Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan Moore

(November 2016)

Uncivilized Books, 2016 Series

Published in English (United States)

Price: 22.95 USD
Pages: 172
On-sale Date: 2017-01-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Uncivilized Books
Brand: Uncivilized Books
ISBN: 978-1-941250-12-9
Barcode: 9780988901407 51295

Editing: Tom Kaczynski (editor)

Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: Collected Edition

Issue Notes

Part of the "Critical Cartoons" series, number #3.

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Pencils: Rick Veitch
Inks: Rick Veitch
Colors: ?

Genre: fantasy-supernatural

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Letters: typeset

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Rick Veitch (signed)
Inks: Rick Veitch
Colors: Rick Veitch
Letters: ?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

from Epic Illustrated (Marvel, 1980 series) #34 (February 1986)

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

History of the previous story with essay.

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Don Simpson; Pete Poplaski; Mike Kazaleh
Inks: Don Simpson; Pete Poplaski; Mike Kazaleh
Colors: Eric Vincent
Letters: Don Simpson

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alice the Goon; Betty Boop; Buster Brown; Burma; Wilma Deering; Muammar Gaddafi (cameo) (on TV); Goofy; Andy Gump; Henry; Ma Hunkel; Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Little Orphan Annie; The Lone Ranger [John Reid]; Alley Oop; Phantom; Sluggo; Snappy Sammy Smoot; Nocturno the Necromancer; Sammy Sleepyhead; Red; South-Sea Sullivan; Flexible Flynn; Boxenbecker Boys; Private Hercules; Tiger Lady; Walt Wallet; Happy Hooligan; Rough House; Punjab the Wizard; Mama; Ching Chow; Old Doc Yak; Count Screwloose; Barney Google; Cactus Face; Josie Bungle; Gopher Gus; Joe Palooka; Kayo

Synopsis

Nocturno strolls through the deconstructed ruins of the comic industry

Reprints

from Anything Goes! (Fantagraphics, 1986 series) #2 (December 1986)

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

History of the previous story with essay.

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore; W. D. Earhart (credited as W. D. Ehrhart)
Pencils: Stan Woch
Inks: John Totleben
Colors: Sam Parsons
Letters: Mindy Eisman

Genre

war

Reprints

from Real War Stories (Eclipse, 1987 series) #1 (July 1987)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Stephen R. Bissette
Inks: Stephen R. Bissette
Colors: Sam Parsons
Letters: Mindy Eisman

Genre

war

Reprints

from Real War Stories (Eclipse, 1987 series) #1 (July 1987)

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

History of the previous story with essay.

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Stephen R. Bissette; Rick Veitch
Inks: Stephen R. Bissette; Rick Veitch
Letters: Stephen R. Bissette; Rick Veitch

Genre

advocacy

Reprints

from Aargh! (Mad Love Publishing, 1988 series) (October 1988)

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

History of the previous story with essay.

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Bill Wray
Inks: Bill Wray
Letters: John Workman

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

from Taboo (Spiderbaby Grafix & Publications, 1988 series) #1 (Fall 1988)

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

History of the previous story with essay.

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Mark Beyer
Inks: Mark Beyer
Colors: Mark Beyer
Letters: typeset

Genre

drama

Reprints

from Raw (Penguin, 1989 series) #3 - High Culture for Lowbrows ([June] 1991)

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

History of the previous story with essay.

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Oscar Zárate
Inks: Oscar Zárate
Letters: Oscar Zárate

Genre

biography

Reprints

from It's Dark in London (Serpent's Tail, 1996 series) (1996)

Keywords

Autobiographical

Indexer Notes

A coda of sorts to the From Hell stories.

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

History of the previous story with essay.

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Peter Bagge
Inks: Eric Reynolds
Colors: Joanne Bagge; Rhea Patton (Computer Color Separation)
Letters: ?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Kool-Aid Man (unnamed)

Reprints

from Hate (Fantagraphics, 1990 series) #30 (May 1998)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

History of the previous story with essay.

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Melinda Gebbie
Inks: Melinda Gebbie
Colors: Jeromy Cox
Letters: Jason Hvam

Genre

advocacy

Reprints

from 9-11 (Dark Horse, 2002 series) #1 (January 2002)

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

Indexer Notes

History of the previous story with essay.

La Toile's Casebook of the Crepuscular / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Alan Moore
Pencils: Melinda Gebbie
Inks: Melinda Gebbie
Colors: Chris Chuckry
Letters: Todd Klein

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Reprints

from Top Shelf (Top Shelf, 1997 series) #9 - Asks the Big Questions (2003)

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Genre: non-fiction

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History of the previous story with essay.

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Script: Marc Sobel
Letters: typeset

Indexer Notes

Footnotes to the book's essays.

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Script: Marc Sobel
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Script: Marc Sobel
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Indexer Notes

Bibliography.

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. [Title Page & Credits]
2. Contents
3. Introduction
4. Love Doesn't Last Forever
5. Love Doesn't Last Forever
6. In Pictopia
7. In Pictopia
8. Tapestries: Part I
9. Tapestries: Part II
10. Tapestries
11. The Mirror of Love
12. The Mirror of Love
13. Come on Down
14. Come on Down
15. The Bowing Machine
16. The Bowing Machine
17. I Keep Coming Back
18. I Keep Coming Back
19. The Hasty Smear of My Smile...
20. The Hasty Smear of My Smile
21. This Is Information
22. This Is Information
23. Brighter Than You Think...
La Toile's Casebook of the Crepuscular
24. Brighter Than You Think
25. End Notes
26. Selection of Other Short Works
27. Works Cited
28. ["Brighter Than You Think is an essential collection of short stories by Alan Moore..."]

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In Pictopia (Table of Contents: 6)

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In Pictopia (Table of Contents: 7)

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Tapestries: Part I (Table of Contents: 8)

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Tapestries: Part II (Table of Contents: 9)

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Tapestries (Table of Contents: 10)

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The Mirror of Love (Table of Contents: 11)

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The Mirror of Love (Table of Contents: 12)

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Come on Down (Table of Contents: 13)

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Come on Down (Table of Contents: 14)

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The Bowing Machine (Table of Contents: 15)

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The Bowing Machine (Table of Contents: 16)

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I Keep Coming Back (Table of Contents: 17)

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I Keep Coming Back (Table of Contents: 18)

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The Hasty Smear of My Smile... (Table of Contents: 19)

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The Hasty Smear of My Smile (Table of Contents: 20)

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This Is Information (Table of Contents: 21)

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This Is Information (Table of Contents: 22)

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Brighter Than You Think... (Table of Contents: 23)

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Brighter Than You Think (Table of Contents: 24)

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Selection of Other Short Works (Table of Contents: 26)

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Works Cited (Table of Contents: 27)

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Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan Moore

(November 2016)