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A review by drtlovesbooks
The Golden Age by Mark Buckingham, Neil Gaiman
3.0
Gaiman takes Moore's work and builds it out a bit from where it left off. This series is a collection of stories that unite at the end. My guess, based on the "extras" material at the end of this book, is that Gaiman plans to follow the characters of these stories into future pieces, showing how the world continues to develop around Miracleman and his compatriots.
I like that Gaiman is continuing to push forward the boundaries of this world a bit. Moore's original (and frequently revisited) thesis is about how superheros might actually impact the world outside of the comic book fantasies that are offered by ongoing titles; he realizes that there is probably a finite amount of grand storytelling that can be done, as super-powered people would either fix or destroy the world fairly quickly. Moore's focus is generally on those heroes and the people in their immediate circle. Gaiman pulls the lens further back, focusing on the stories of people who have only encountered the mythic figures of Moore's stories in glancing ways, and looking at how their lives are affected by living among god-like characters. It's not a type of story that is often presented in comic books, so it provides an interesting window into this world.
Seeing how Gaiman has established this world around the heroes, I'm curious to see how he will develop it from here.
I like that Gaiman is continuing to push forward the boundaries of this world a bit. Moore's original (and frequently revisited) thesis is about how superheros might actually impact the world outside of the comic book fantasies that are offered by ongoing titles; he realizes that there is probably a finite amount of grand storytelling that can be done, as super-powered people would either fix or destroy the world fairly quickly. Moore's focus is generally on those heroes and the people in their immediate circle. Gaiman pulls the lens further back, focusing on the stories of people who have only encountered the mythic figures of Moore's stories in glancing ways, and looking at how their lives are affected by living among god-like characters. It's not a type of story that is often presented in comic books, so it provides an interesting window into this world.
Seeing how Gaiman has established this world around the heroes, I'm curious to see how he will develop it from here.