A review by dngoldman
The Golden Age by Mark Buckingham, Neil Gaiman

4.0

This fine selection of short stares serves as a melancholy epilogue to Alan Moore’s Miracleman series. Gaiman’s graceful stories show that even in the age of gods and miracle’s that human yearning - loneliness, yearning, inability to forgive ourselves and others, hope, or feeling trapped are as alive as ever. Buckingham’s artwork is brilliant - changing styles for each story enhancing the mood, emotion, and pathos of the stories. The stories whimsy and a pop art aesthetic to ensure the stories are not a drag. For example, the 12-warhol replica story is a hoot, even if it’s main theme characters being trapped in an illusionary world (a theme that occurs often, particularly in the spy story). While the characters do intersect at the end, the stories are essential separate. Those wanting a graphic novel, similar to Moore’s original work, will be disappointed. (As will those looking for action scene - practically zero). I was bit disappointed at first as well. But the stories are so well crafted and their weight does accumulate by the book’s end.