Pages from The League of Extraordinary Gentleman – Century 2009 by Kevin O’Neill are now on sale from the Paris-based gallery Galerie Champaka.
2009 is the third part of the Century trilogy by Alan Moore and Kevin, the latest cycle of the The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, now compiled into one hardcover edition by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics. The story plunges contemporary London into a surreal and apocalyptic drama.
Through an online exhibition, Galerie Champaka is offering for sale the many of this last book’s amazing pages. You can view the pages still on sale online exhibition in full here
The cameos in this story include appearances by certain Time Lords on Page 33, along with many other visual gags at the expense of Harry Potter and others. Here’s selection of some of the pages on offer…
A Martian war machine and Dan Dare-inspired graffiti help dress this page of League of Extraordinary Gentleman – Century 2009
Spot the Time Lord!
A macabre take on the Hogwart’s Express features in the story
• The Gallerie Champaka Bruxelles is at Rue Ernest Allardstraat, 27, Bruxelles 1000, Brussel. Tel : +32 2 514 91 52 Email: sablon@galeriechampaka.com. Web: www.galeriechampaka.com. Open 11.00am – 6.30pm Monday to Saturday, 10.30 – 1.30 Sundays
(With thanks to Paul Gravett)
Art © Kevin O’Neill
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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