“The Grand When – Long London”, by Alan Moore: London in the shadow of London

Published on November 2, 2024 at 08:28.

Endowed with phenomenal culture and imagination, Alan Moore transcended comics by writing a series of flamboyant masterpieces such as V for Vendetta, From Hell, Watchmen or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Exasperated by the mediocrity of the comics world, he ended up slamming the door to refocus on literature, notably publishing the breathtaking Jerusalemwhich explores in 1200 pages the soul and history of Northampton, his hometown, or Illuminationsa collection of astonishing short stories. He begins The Great Whena fantasy trilogy, the first volume of which has just been published in French.

Times are dark. “Even eternity has failures,” argue two dying wizards and “the angels are expired since the V1 passes through them without problem.” The action takes place in London, in 1949. “Haunted by six years of burning skies [et] of beef tongue sandwiches”, the city emerges slowly, painfully from the war.

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