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Maureen Cooper is not real. She is an apparition summoned to screens, into homes, into the hearts and mind of the viewing audience by Carol Livesly. But Carol Livesly is not the god that creates the illusions that capture the mind and bind the soul. She is only a servant of a higher power. A higher, hungry power, as old as the world and eternally new. As, perhaps, are we all. Alan Moore, master and magician of storytelling, tears back the veil of one of the most arcane of enchantments -- - The Magic of Television! Part grimoire, part grim invocation of things that are all too ordinary, LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE is an original and breathtaking story by Alan Moore, adapted to graphic novella format by Antony Johnston, preserving every word.
About the author
Alan Moore is one of the most admired writers in comics today. His credits include The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Swamp Thing, V For Vendetta and Watchmen. Felipe Massafera, Brazilian artist, his work has appeared on the covers of Avatar's Anna Mercury, Doctor Sleepless, Fever Dreams, and DC JLA/99, and many more.
Summary
- Alan Moore, master and magician of storytelling, tears back the veil of one
of the most arcane of enchantments — The Magic of Television! Part
grimoire, part grim invocation of things that are all too ordinary, Light of
Thy Countenance — an original and breathtaking story by Alan Moore
— is adapted to graphic novella format by Antony Johnston, preserving
every word, with each page painstakingly painted by Felipe Massafera.
- Maureen Cooper is not real. She is an apparition summoned to screens, into
homes, into the hearts and mind of the viewing audience by Carol Livesly. But
Carol Livesly is not the god that creates the illusions that capture the mind
and bind the soul. She is only a servant of a higher power. A higher, hungry
power, as old as the world and eternally new. As, perhaps, are we all.
