(This review originally appeared on RevolutionSF.) Sadly since then, very few comics have approached this combination of artistic and literary tour-de-force. Not only was Moonshadow the first fully painted comic book, it, along with Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, ushered in a new era of horror comics, stories that were not for children and appealed to both longtime comic book fans and newer adult readers.īefore 1986 there were no comics like this. DeMatteis manages to rescue the book with well-placed bits of crude and funny humor. Though pretty and passionate, Moonshadow can be at times rambling and dull. Muth's subtle use of color and emphasis on Victorian style art are the perfect complement to the text. The captions throughout rhapsodize 19th-century writings. Orphaned and raised by strange aliens and befriended by a cantankerous, foul smelling, hairy creature, by story's end Moonshadow uncovered his true nature through his experiences with fantastic literature and surreal worlds.ĭeMatteis incorporated elements of his own life along with the works of William Blake and the Romantics.
The chronicles of the young, naive Moonshadow's life continued in 1986. Premiering in 1985, the fully painted twelve-issue fairy tale Moonshadow by writer JM DeMatteis and artist Jon J. Under the editorship of visionary Archie Goodwin, Marvel's Epic Comics line, with titles such as Dreadstar, Coyote, and Starstruck, showcased some of the best and most innovative comics of the 1980s. A sci-fi fantasy that Ray Bradbury called, "Beautiful, original, haunting," and DeMatteis himself calls "Dickens' David Copperfield meets Siddhartha in space." … ( more) Digitally restored and including all original cover work, this volume also includes illustrations by Kent Williams and George Pratt and lettering by Kevin Nowlan. With gorgeous watercolor artwork by Jon J Muth, this influential, timeless "fairy tale for adults" also includes the Farewell Moonshadow illustrated novella that gives fans a look at Moon's life after his tumultuous, space-faring teens and misadventures with the miscreant Ira. A romantic, unreliable narrator leads us through his interplanetary coming-of-age story, as an older Moonshadow recounts his strange mixed-species birth in outer space, his escape from a deep-space zoo, and his struggles to survive in a war-torn universe.
DeMatteis and a new bonus section featuring concept art and early notes from the creative team. Collects Moonshadow #1-12 and Farewell, Moonshadow.Known as America's first fully painted graphic novel, the poetic, philosophical, and groundbreaking Moonshadow gets a deluxe hardcover treatment, with a new introduction by writer J.M. Nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of the outside corners. Book has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and a light bump at the front corner of the tail of the spine.
Colorful artwork spine and covers are clean and glossy.
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