The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999. The series spans two six-issue limited series, Volume I, Volume II, and an original graphic novel Black Dossier from the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics, and a third volume and spin-off trilogy Nemo published by Top Shelf and Knockabout Comics. According to Moore, the concept behind the series was initially a "Justice League of Victorian England" but quickly grew into an opportunity to merge many works of fiction into one world.

Elements of Volume I were used in a loosely adapted feature film of the same name, released in 2003 and starring Sean Connery. The film opened at #2 at the box office but was met with negative responses from critics and had little resemblance to the comic book source, and resulted in Alan Moore's departure from involvement with Hollywood. A reboot was announced in May 2015.

Plot

The year is 1898, and Mina Murray is recruited by Campion Bond on behalf of British Intelligence and asked to assemble a league of other extraordinary individuals to protect the interests of the Empire: Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, Dr. Jekyll and Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man. They help stop a gang-war between Fu Manchu and Professor Moriarty, nemesis of Sherlock Holmes. Following this they are involved in the events of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. Two members of the League (Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain) achieve immortality, and are next seen in an adventure in 1958, which follows events that take place after the fall of the Big Brother government from Nineteen Eighty Four.

The League

The League is an American sitcom that aired on FX and later FXX from October 29, 2009 to December 9, 2015 for a total of seven seasons. The series, set in Chicago, Illinois, is a semi-improvised comedy show about a fantasy football league, its members, and their everyday lives.

Synopsis

Set in Chicago, the series revolved around six friends who participated in a fantasy football league. The show followed the friends, who would do anything to win, while also dealing with a variety of situations that occurred in their everyday lives.

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Knockabout Comics

Knockabout Comics is a UK publisher and distributor of underground and alternative comic books.

History

Knockabout grew out of Hassle Free Press, the UK publisher of Gilbert Shelton's Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy's Cat titles as well as British work from creators such as Hunt Emerson and Bryan Talbot and importer and distributor of underground comics. They have published works by Robert Crumb, My Troubles With Women, R. Crumb Draws the Blues, R. Crumb's America. In the 1980s 14 issues of the eponymous Knockabout anthologies were produced.

Knockabout has frequently suffered from prosecutions from UK customs, who have seized work by creators such as Robert Crumb and Melinda Gebbie claiming it to be obscene.

They currently have a diverse catalogue of titles and, with Top Shelf, have co-published volume three of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, whose previous installments were published by Wildstorm, Vertigo and America's Best Comics, all of which are imprints of DC Comics.

America's Best Comics

America's Best Comics (ABC) is a comic book publishing brand. It was set up by Alan Moore in 1999 as an imprint of WildStorm, an idea proposed to Moore by Wildstorm founder Jim Lee when it was still under Image Comics.

History

America's Best Comics was a prominent Better/Nedor/Standard title during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books, starring such heroes as the Black Terror and the Fighting Yank. Those characters were integrated into the Moore version under the ABC imprint, where Moore has penned many well-regarded series; the most well-known being The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a strip which merged several famous Victorian era fiction characters into one world. Other notable series include Tom Strong, an homage to pulp fiction heroes such as Tarzan and Doc Savage; Top 10, a drama set around a police precinct in a city where everyone has superpowers; and Promethea, one of Moore's most personal pieces which detailed Moore's view on magic.

Peter Hogan and Rick Veitch had their own spin-off series, Terra Obscura and Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset respectively, and Steve Moore (no relation) co-wrote Tom Strong's Terrific Tales with Moore.

America's Best

America's Best may refer to: