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Providence Act 2 (Providence #2)
by
Alan Moore (Goodreads Author),
Jacen Burrows (Goodreads Author)
The second arc of Providence is unveiled in this special hardcover-only edition. Robert Black came looking for a story but what he found is a world of misery and woe. He's becoming a broken man, only beginning to accept the horrors of the Lovecraftian world are real and hiding in plain sight. Alan Moore's quintessential horror series has set the standard for a terrifying r
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“We may guess that in dreams life, matter, and vitality, as the earth knows such things, are not necessarily constant; and that time and space do not exist as our waking selves comprehend them. Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself secondary or merely virtual phenomenon.”—HP Lovecraft, “Beynd the Wall of Sleep,” Spring 1919
“I never dreamed it could all turn to such a nightmare.” --Robert Black
I called Pro ...more
“I never dreamed it could all turn to such a nightmare.” --Robert Black
I called Pro ...more
Most of the works of Alan Moore are exemplary in the graphic literature world, and Providence just keeps on crawling up to be his most elegant written and well-researched comics. Providence, I admit has been a psychological mindf*ck for me as the story keeps on giving you more and more surprises as each chapter gets creepier. A horror material in its core, Providence does not rely on cheap jump scares (well these are panel surprises lurking at the next page) but instead Act 2 makes the reader go
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The uhm, dreamworld. You can put it that way.
Un'opera decisamente non per tutti, ma gli appassionati del Solitario di Providence, del ciclo letterario dei Miti di Cthulhu ed i fan di Alan Moore non devono assolutamente lasciarsi sfuggire questo capolavoro a fumetti, un incredibile tributo alle opere di Lovecraft, una rivisitazione piena di citazioni e simbolismi a tratti allucinante.. i finali degli episodi 5, 6 e 7 sono quanto di più malato e disturbante sia mai stato pubblicato in una graphic novel. E l'apparizione di Lovecraft in person ...more
Whoa. I'm so enjoying this. (Even though, typically for Alan Moore, it's teeming with images again that are very hard to bear. At least they make sense in the context of the concept of this series.) Now I can't wait to see what happens when "the herald" meets "the messiah" at the end of his journey.
I'm also under the impression that the title can be read in two ways: the obvious one, Providence being the birthplace and home of HPL and somehow central to much of his fiction and literary career - ...more
I'm also under the impression that the title can be read in two ways: the obvious one, Providence being the birthplace and home of HPL and somehow central to much of his fiction and literary career - ...more
Torn. Good writing, characters...normally I'm not a fan of Moore's text inserts in graphic formats, but they work well here, exposing an unreliable narrator beautifully. But, on the other hand, the plot is basically, "a tour of creepy New England." And the big plot twist at the end had me rolling my eyes. Still horrific, still nicely richly layered with different levels of reality--but it's a little too easy to see the man behind the curtain in this book, in a way that didn't happen to me in Neo
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En realidad es un tomo que aúna cuatro entregas de la cinco a la ocho de un total de doce. Las ultimas cuatro no están disponibles en español todavía (y creo que falta la doce por publicar).
Continúa la revisión de los mundos de HP Lovecraft. Para ser un cómic creo que abusa de la narración de los pensamientos del protagonista a través de su diario y peca de falta de acción en la parte dibujada.
Continúa la revisión de los mundos de HP Lovecraft. Para ser un cómic creo que abusa de la narración de los pensamientos del protagonista a través de su diario y peca de falta de acción en la parte dibujada.
This is a 4.5 due to my liking it slightly less than the first part.
Are you a fan of "Twin Peaks"? If so, you might want to be reading Alan Moore's "Providence" series since the similarities are startling: a fourth dimension influencing life from behind a curtain, memory loss and the question of the self, dreams having as much import as real-life, the uncanny in the ordinary . . . really, the list goes on. But the two works are also nothing alike.
"Providence Act 2," brings us closer to Providenc ...more
Are you a fan of "Twin Peaks"? If so, you might want to be reading Alan Moore's "Providence" series since the similarities are startling: a fourth dimension influencing life from behind a curtain, memory loss and the question of the self, dreams having as much import as real-life, the uncanny in the ordinary . . . really, the list goes on. But the two works are also nothing alike.
"Providence Act 2," brings us closer to Providenc ...more
I maybe loved this second volume even more than the first one, which I adored. After fun times wandering around endless basements and creepy farms, our clueless would-be novelist follows the information to Manchester, home of the college, meteorite site, and where The Wisdom of The Stars book is kept. One week becomes three or less as time and dreaming lose all meaning.
He also tracks down the photographer and has another underground experience, which was surprisingly hilarious for how truly sca ...more
He also tracks down the photographer and has another underground experience, which was surprisingly hilarious for how truly sca ...more
Act Two keeps the story moving along at a suspenseful and interesting pace and Jacen Burrows's pencils are a credit to the graphic novel medium overall, and while I fully enjoyed this installment, I have to warn that it's not for everyone, especially if you're 'triggered' by depictions of forced sexual contact (and being that you've probably already read Neonomicon, I don't think that's a spoiler for the kind of content you're expecting from Providence). However disturbing things get, though, it
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Besser als #1. Sehr gut!
This is creepy af and truly distressing to read, which is EXACTLY what you want in your horror fiction. Very well written, and much more well planned-out than I gave Act 1 credit for. Very inter-textual (Loveladycraft was in this!) and incredibly self-referential, which is why it doesn't bother me any more that the main character is so clueless (yes, Alan Moore KNOWS, and we all know what's gonna happen to him next, and yet!). Though the art is great, I do wonder what would a less realistic arti
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Still ticking off HPL stories as we move closer to the increasingly worryingly named Providence. Moore, while not focusing on an elaborately constructed plot (I think?), is still developing an impressive sense of dread here. Some of the scenes are deeply unsettling and the main character (protagonist is perhaps too active a term) is becoming seriously compromised.
Jun 22, 2017
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Fun traveling with Black through New England, and through the plots of several Lovecraft stories.
The diary/commonplace book entries are becoming increasingly sophisticated, a way for Black both to explore AND to repress his experiences.
Very much looking forward to the next volume, but I guess that will be a while, since this one is only about two weeks old.
The diary/commonplace book entries are becoming increasingly sophisticated, a way for Black both to explore AND to repress his experiences.
Very much looking forward to the next volume, but I guess that will be a while, since this one is only about two weeks old.
The creepiness deepens, and the unifying truth behind Lovecraft's fiction starts to emerge and cohere into a sinister hidden reality. Plus Lovecraft himself shows up! Looking forward to the next volume and saving the fifth star for it to blow my mind.
Por si no quedaba claro en el primer tomo, esta es parte de la Obra Mayor de Moore. El número #6 es quintaesencialmente lovecraftiano, además de uno de los mejores ejercicios del escritor de Northampton.
Two-thirds of the way in, it's clear that Alan Moore's unsettling love-letter to all things Lovecraft, is his best, most engaging, comic book work, in years.
It's still good but I have to admit it's gone on a bit of a wander and I suspect there might not be a payoff at the end. I'm still in it though.
Great continuation. Loved seeing Lovecraft and the stories coming to life. Very provocative and quite interesting.
This series is very influenced by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. It's a good story, but it's not in any way ground breaking.
Continúa el viaje de Robert Black por Nueva Inglaterra, buscando información sobre la Stella Sapiente y mediando entre nuestro mundo y esa realidad onírica que se inmiscuye en él. La estructura, consistente, se me comienza a hacer un poco cansina. Entre tanta conversación bien se podría introducir algo de... acción. Pero continúo atrapado por el laberinto a medida que Moore añade nuevos muros y cámaras mientras Burrows incorpora soluciones narrativas muy logradas (los lapsus de Black, los diálog
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Segundo tomo recopilatorio de Providence. Moore empieza a llevar los Mitos de Cthulhu más a su terreno y las referencias las obras de Lovecraft son un poco menos directas. La dualidad de formatos (cómic y escritura) sigue funcionando como un reloj y enriqueciendo la historia de un modo formidable.
El segundo tomo mantiene incluso mejora lo apuntado en el primero. El ambiente que crea Alan Moore es perfecto, generando una expectativa constante, y trenzando muy bien las diferentes referencias a las obras de Lovecraft (a veces directas, mencionando los textos del de Providence y otras como parte de la trama o de la ambientación), sin caer en una mera superposición de guiños a los relatos. Además, Moore le sabe da su toque personal con la Fans de Lovecraft, no lo penséis ni un segundo.
Diese Graphic Novel von Alan Moore ist kongenial. Sie entführt uns in den Horror unserer Träume. Sie versetzt uns auf die Reise zu H.P. Lovecraft. Sie spielt verdammt gut mit Realität und Fantasie und sie ist dazu auch noch meisterhaft illustriert. Ich hätte jetzt gern Teil 3, um Robert Blacks Suche nach Stoff für seinen Roman, weiter zu begleiten. Und ich will wissen, wie er H.P. Lovecraft kennenlernt...
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Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.
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