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Monday, May 29, 2006

Alan Moore's New Masterpiece


What happens when Alice, Dorothy and Wendy from Wonderland, Oz and Neverland, respectfully, meet on the verge of the first world war and discuss and relive their first sexual experiences with one another? Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's new work Lost Girls is what. Lost Girls, a stunning 16 years in the making, has finally been completed and will be released soon as a massive three book box set from Top Shelf. It's Alan Moore's first pornographic work. But not the kind of pornography that you'd think of. Not sleazy, not torrid, not disgusting. Something to excite the sexual imagination in the classiest way possible. Here are parts one and two of his interview on Newsarama, and here is part three; an interview with the artist Melinda Gebbie. Alan Moore's interview and insights are especially interesting.

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posted by Mike at 7:57 PM

4 Comments:

  • I heard that there's pedophilia and beastiality in the book. You know if that's true or not?

    By Blogger Rob, at May 29, 2006 10:39 PM  

  • the interview explains, at least the pedophilia issue. It apparently deals with the issue of burgeoning sexuality before the age of 18, which... by 18 has usually manifested itself in most people. To my knowledge it's not pedophilia, but rather the characters when they're younger. The assurance is that it's treated respectably and Alan Moore stresses that unlike real life or actual photographic pornography this is a work of pure fiction the characters never existed, never will and he isn't encouraging such things to be reproduced in reality. Also the fact that it's drawn by a woman I think really takes a lot of sting out of the stigma.

    But I can't really elaborate as I haven't read it yet. and with a $75 US price tag it may be a while before I can.

    -Mike

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at May 30, 2006 9:38 AM  

  • The problem is that doujin and hentai are of non-existing people and yet I heard you could go to prison for even posessing such stuff. Although I suppose Alan Moore isn't exactly writing explicit sex scenes what with bodily fluid flowing from every orifice, including rape tears.

    By Blogger S, at May 30, 2006 2:33 PM  

  • Jail time for doujin and hentai?! I suppose maybe in Japan. Maybe. But there's no precedent, logic or possibility that someone would be jailed simply for owning it. It's sometimes banned from crossing the border (but only in large quantities with the intent to sell, not individual copies brought over by someone for themselves)
    And no, the sex depicted is meant to be a fairly realistic interpretation of sex, except given the fantastical surroundings of Oz, Neverland and Wonderland, that's where the surreal parts enter into it. Not rape and penis tentacles for sure.
    -Mike

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at May 31, 2006 9:47 AM  

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