He is also the mastermind behind the americas best comics line, through which he has created along with many talented illustrators the league of extraordinary gentlemen, promethea, tom strong, tomorrow stories. This graphic novel pays an homage to the classic novels of yesteryear. The league of extraordinary gentlemen takes place during the victorian era in london and it is a steampunk version of the british empire. The unofficial companion to the second league of extraordinary gentlemen, the book length version of jess nevins annotations to league v2. The league of extraordinary gentlemen, volume 1 a sharpwitted gloss on the scientific and sexual obsessions of victorian society. Ive not read every book on this list, but the ones i have do make the experience all the greater.
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