query: who plays the invisible man in the league of extraordinary gentlemen

pos: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, also promoted as LXG, is a 2003 steampunk-dieselpunk superhero action film loosely based on the first volume of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. It was released on July 11, 2003, in the United States, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Stephen Norrington and starred Sean Connery (in his final film role to date), Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, and Richard Roxburgh. As with the comic book source material, the

pos: Tony Curran Tony Curran Tony Curran (born 1969) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in "", "Doctor Who", "Roots" and the Netflix historical epic "Outlaw King". Curran was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1969. He is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2012, he married Mai Nguyen. Curran appeared in the BBC television series "This Life". Since then, the Scots star has appeared in a number of major film and television roles. Some of his roles have included Rodney Skinner ("The Invisible Man"), an original character in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". To portray the

pos: Griffin (The Invisible Man) him all along as his vision operates in the infrared spectrum, a fact that he had hidden from Griffin. In the film version, the Invisible Man who joins the League is not Griffin (due to copyright issues), but Rodney Skinner (played by Tony Curran), a cheerful thief who stole the invisibility formula from the original Invisible Man (presumably Griffin). The fact that his skin is invisible is also related to his name of "Skinner". Skin samples of him are taken by Dorian Gray for Professor Moriarty, allowing him to duplicate the invisibility process, Contrary to the graphic novels, Skinner himself

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen builds a crepuscular alternate history story whose aim is to explain on a historical and psychoanalytical level why all European super-heroes disappeared from popular culture and European collective memory with World War II. Jess Nevins has produced a series of annotations for each volume which are available online (see links) and have also been expanded into book form: A film adaptation was released in 2003, also by the name "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". The film stars Sean Connery, who plays Allan Quatermain, and features Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, Rodney Skinner aka "An" Invisible Man (the rights could not be

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen within Alan Moore's and H.G.Wells' works, including but not restricted to "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman" series or "The Invisible Man". The steampunk band Unextraordinary Gentlemen was inspired by this comic On "75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)" off the "Rising Down" album, Black Thought refers to The Roots as "gentlemen of an extraordinary league". A chapter in the 2005 nonfiction work "" is titled "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". In his 2005 book "The Areas of My Expertise", John Hodgman refers to Nemo as "the Sikh" and "the Science-Pirate", as Nemo was referred to in the "League" comics. Neil Gaiman cited

neg: The Martian War involved in both. "The Martian War" uses the same first name given to the Invisible Man by the creators of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. II" (in the original book, the Invisible Man had no first name. "LOEG" author Alan Moore gave him the first name 'Hawley' as a reference to Hawley Crippen). Anderson had previously written the novelization of the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" film. While making use of many themes in "The War of the Worlds", "The Martian War" is diametrically opposite in its basic philosophy. Wells emphasized humanity's complete helplessness in the face of the invasion,

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) the character "The Invisible Man" was changed to "An Invisible Man" since Fox was unable to obtain the rights to the title character of H. G. Wells' "The Invisible Man", and his name was changed from "Hawley Griffin" to "Rodney Skinner". The Fu Manchu character was also dropped from the script. At Fox's request, the character of Tom Sawyer was added for American audiences and to give the movie some "youth appeal". Producer Don Murphy, who described the request as a "stupid studio note", later said that the move to add Sawyer was "brilliant". Connery was paid US$17 million for

neg: Griffin (The Invisible Man) Sea. The Invisible Man appears in "Mad Mad Mad Monsters" (a "prequel of sorts" to "Mad Monster Party?") voiced again by Allen Swift. He, his invisible wife Nagatha, and their invisible boy Ghoul and his invisible dog Goblin are invited by Baron Henry von Frankenstein to attend the wedding of Frankenstein's Monster and the Monster's Bride at the Transylvania-Astoria Hotel on the midnight of Friday the 13th. In Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's comic book series, "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", Hawley Griffin is depicted as a member of the Victorian-era team of agents for which the series is named.

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) Nigel. In London, Quatermain meets "M", who is forming the latest generation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He reveals the Fantom plans to start a world war by bombing a secret meeting of world leaders in Venice. The new League consists of Quatermain, Captain Nemo, vampiric chemist Mina Harker, and invisible thief Rodney Skinner. The League travel to the London docks to recruit Dorian Gray, Mina's former lover who is kept immortal thanks to a missing portrait. The Fantom's assassins attack, but the League fend them off, aided by U.S. Secret Service Agent Tom Sawyer. Dorian and Sawyer join

neg: Rosa Coote Confession" the general is stated to be Rosa Coote's grandfather. The character is probably based on the real-life Theresa Berkley who ran a brothel in Soho in the 1830s. The character reappears in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. She is Headmistress of the Correctional Academy for Wayward Gentlewomen, where the League discover Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, impregnating her students (who believe he is the "Holy Spirit"). Rosa Coote Rosa Coote is a fictional dominatrix appearing as a stock character in a number of works of Victorian erotica, including "The Convent School, or Early

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One physically approaches the League as M, with no presence of Campion Bond. The revelation is not made clear until well into the film's climax, with no reference to Sherlock Holmes or Moriarty apparent at any earlier point. The film also mimics "Volume One" in a sequence where the Invisible Man (here named Rodney Skinner, a thief who stole Griffin's invisibility formula) departs from the team to spy on the antagonists while the League wrongly accuse him of betraying the group. Subtle references to the comic are also made in the background, such as a mutual newspaper front page which speculates

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) prevent a resurrected Tony Montana and his occult gang, the Lost Boys, from killing all those between him and domination of America. In the aftermath of the events of the novel "Dracula", a now disgraced and divorced Mina Harker (née Murray) is recruited by Campion Bond on behalf of British Intelligence and asked to assemble a league of other extraordinary individuals to protect the interests of the Empire. Together with Captain Nemo, Mina travels to Cairo to locate Allan Quatermain, then on to Paris in search of Dr. Jekyll; finally in London she forcibly recruits Hawley Griffin, The Invisible Man,

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen into one world. Elements of Volume I were used in a loosely adapted feature film of the same name, released in 2003 and starring Sean Connery. A reboot was announced in May 2015. The year is 1898, and Mina Murray is recruited by Campion Bond on behalf of British Intelligence and asked to assemble a league of other extraordinary individuals to protect the interests of the Empire: Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, Dr. Jekyll, and Hawley Griffin the Invisible Man. They help stop a gang war between Fu Manchu and Professor Moriarty, nemesis of Sherlock Holmes. Following this they take part

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One them their next task: going undercover at a girls' school to investigate three separate cases of sexless conception. Mina, Allan and Nemo visit the school undercover and meet the dominatrix headmistress, Rosa Coote. The girls believe they have been impregnated by the Holy Spirit, and the league stay the night for their investigation. Late at night, Mina catches an unseen force attacking one of the girls and throws a tin of paint over it, making the entity partly visible. The League successfully apprehend the "Holy Spirit", which is actually Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, and take him to their new

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen secured to "The" Invisible Man), Dr. Jekyll and Edward Hyde, Dorian Gray, and U.S. Secret Service agent Tom Sawyer (Gray and Sawyer were not in the comics, although a painting of a young man holding a cane with "Dorian Gray" printed under it appears on the cover of Volume I). In May 2015, 20th Century Fox announced that a reboot is being developed. In 2013, it was reported that Fox was ordering a pilot for the television version of "LoEG" with Michael Green serving as writer and executive producer. Should the project go to series, showrunner Erwin Stoff would also

neg: Griffin (The Invisible Man) later uses the pseudonym Hawley Griffin (a reference to the League of Extraordinary Gentleman and the original Invisible Man), pretending to be a CIA agent from the South. In Jeff Lemire's "The Nobody" the Invisible Man is named "John Griffen". John Griffen goes through a similar episode as the Invisible Man's "Griffin" does. Both men hide out in an Inn in a small town, only to be driven out because of fear and curiosity. In Genndy Tartakovsky's 2012 Sony Pictures Animation film "Hotel Transylvania", Griffin the Invisible Man (voiced by David Spade) is one of the supporting character monsters who

neg: Alan Moore back with a company he'd vowed to never work with again". Lee and editor Scott Dunbier flew to England personally to reassure Moore that he would not be affected by the sale, and would not have to deal with DC directly. Moore decided that there were too many people involved to back out from the project, and so ABC was launched in early 1999. The first series published by ABC was "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", which featured a variety of characters from Victorian adventure novels, such as H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain, H. G. Wells' Invisible Man, Jules Verne's

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, publication of which began in 1999. The series spans several volumes. There have been a number of versions of the League, and in particular in the comic book "" the membership and activities of these Leagues were fully explored, interwoven into an extensive world timeline. The first League was established at the behest of England's Queen Gloriana recommending that Italian sorcerer Prospero and his squire found a group of extraordinary individuals after her death who

neg: The Pearl (magazine) were identified on appeal, the conviction was set aside. A selection from the story "Lady Pokingham" is read during a scene in The Master (2012). "The Pearl"s characters and venues, being Victoriana, are featured in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" by Alan Moore. A girls' school seems to be haunted by a ghost (The "Holy Spirit") that is raping and impregnating the students. The headmistress is Rosa Coote, a character from one of "The Pearl's" serials. The "Holy Spirit" turns out to be Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man. The Pearl (magazine) The Pearl: A Magazine of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II Dr Moreau's hybrids resemble anthropomorphic animal characters from children's fiction, including Puss in Boots, Mother Goose, and Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad from "The Wind in the Willows"). Mina explains MI5 has asked for something called "H-142", and while Moreau is seemingly disturbed by this request, he obliges nonetheless. In London, Hyde waits at the headquarters for Griffin to reappear. When he does, still trying to hide through invisibility, Hyde reveals that he has infrared vision, and has therefore always been able to see Griffin. He savagely beats Griffin and rapes him, leaving the "Invisible Man" to die in agony.

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II Blazing World: The Unofficial Companion to the Second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and features interviews and commentary by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill; detailed, panel-by-panel annotations; and a cover by John Picacio. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, published under the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics in the United States and under Vertigo in the United Kingdom. It is a sequel to the original volume of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and like its previous

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century is the third volume of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. Co-published by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics in the US and UK respectively, "Century" was published in three distinct 72-page squarebound comics. The third volume of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" is a 216-page epic spanning almost a hundred years and entitled 'Century'. Divided into three 72-page chapters, each a self-contained narrative to avoid frustrating cliff-hanger delays between episodes, it takes place in three

neg: World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Almanac covers the Arctic and Antarctica. World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The world of "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman" is a fictional universe created by Alan Moore in the comic book series "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", where all of the characters and events from literature (and possibly the entirety of fiction) coexist. The world the characters inhabit is one more technologically advanced than our own, but also home to the strange and supernatural. Beyond the comic itself, the world of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is expanded upon by supplemental prose material, including "The New Traveller's Almanac",

neg: World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The world of "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman" is a fictional universe created by Alan Moore in the comic book series "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", where all of the characters and events from literature (and possibly the entirety of fiction) coexist. The world the characters inhabit is one more technologically advanced than our own, but also home to the strange and supernatural. Beyond the comic itself, the world of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is expanded upon by supplemental prose material, including "The New Traveller's Almanac", "Allan and the Sundered Veil", and

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) has sneaked aboard the exploration pod and telling them to follow his heading. The League reach northern Mongolia, reuniting with Skinner, where they plot to destroy M's factory with explosives. Nemo and Hyde rescue the scientists, Skinner sets the explosive charges, while Mina battles Dorian, killing him by exposing him to his portrait. Quatermain and Sawyer confront M, identifying him as Professor James Moriarty, the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes, who took on a new alias after his alleged death at the Reichenbach Falls. Sawyer is taken hostage by an invisible Reed; Quatermain shoots the latter, only for Moriarty to fatally

neg: The New Traveller's Almanac The New Traveller's Almanac The New Traveller's Almanac is a series of writings included in the back of all six issues of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II", covering the timeline and the world of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". The six issues covered the British Isles, Continental Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Australias, and the Polar Regions. In the Volume II collection, the "Almanac" was collected into a single 46-page document. All of the information from it was drawn from pre-existing literary sources (such as Shakespearean plays or the Cthulhu Mythos). The

neg: The New Traveller's Almanac to Fulworth to keep bees). The New Traveller's Almanac The New Traveller's Almanac is a series of writings included in the back of all six issues of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II", covering the timeline and the world of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". The six issues covered the British Isles, Continental Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Australias, and the Polar Regions. In the Volume II collection, the "Almanac" was collected into a single 46-page document. All of the information from it was drawn from pre-existing literary sources (such as Shakespearean plays

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) was written by Kevin J. Anderson and released shortly before the movie. The soundtrack album was also released internationally but not in the United States. "The Tracking Board" reported on May 26, 2015, that 20th Century Fox and Davis Entertainment had agreed to develop a reboot with hopes of launching a franchise. The report stated that a search was underway for a director who could help "continue to develop the reboot". John Davis told Collider in an interview that the reboot will be a female-centric film. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, also promoted as

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, published under the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics in the United States and under Vertigo in the United Kingdom. It is the first story in the larger "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" series. The story takes place in 1898 in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from Victorian literature (and possibly the entirety of fiction) coexist. The characters and plot elements borrow from works of writers

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One the Martian phenomenon leading to the Martian invasion from H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds". The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, published under the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics in the United States and under Vertigo in the United Kingdom. It is the first story in the larger "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" series. The story takes place in 1898 in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from Victorian literature

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, published under the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics in the United States and under Vertigo in the United Kingdom. It is a sequel to the original volume of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and like its previous installment is a pastiche of various characters and events from Victorian literature; though it borrows a great number of characters and elements from various literary works of writers such as Sir Arthur

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier is an original graphic novel in the comic book series "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. It was the last volume of the series to be published by DC Comics. Although the third book to be published, it was not intended to be the third volume in the series. Moore has stated that it was intended to be "a sort of ingenious sourcebook", and not a regular volume. "Black Dossier" was released on November 14, 2007. Originally referred

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (soundtrack) the Varèse Sarabande label for purchase online. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (soundtrack) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is the soundtrack from the 2003 film "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", released by Varèse Sarabande on August 1, 2003. The music was composed by Trevor Jones and Joseph Shabalala, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Geoffrey Alexander). The Ladysmith Black Mambazo choral group performed the songs "Kenya - Wait For Me" and "Son of Africa". The soundtrack was not released in stores in the United States, and was at first released only for iTunes. After this did not

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (soundtrack) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (soundtrack) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is the soundtrack from the 2003 film "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", released by Varèse Sarabande on August 1, 2003. The music was composed by Trevor Jones and Joseph Shabalala, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Geoffrey Alexander). The Ladysmith Black Mambazo choral group performed the songs "Kenya - Wait For Me" and "Son of Africa". The soundtrack was not released in stores in the United States, and was at first released only for iTunes. After this did not generate satisfactory sales, it was released by

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) present to the unimaginable reaches of a shimmering science-fiction future. With a cast-list that includes many of the most iconic figures from literature and pop culture, and a tempo that conveys the terrible momentum of inevitable events, this is literally and literarily the story to end all stories." "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comics are generally set in the 20th century, but the chronological order of the fictional world does not correspond with the order of release: Notes: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen executive produce. Neither Moore nor O'Neill would be producers on the series. It had also been reported that the pilot episode would still be broadcast, even if Fox opted not to green-light the series. The DVD of the documentary feature film "The Mindscape of Alan Moore" contains an interview with the artist Kevin O'Neill, elaborately detailing the collaboration with Alan Moore. O'Neill talks about "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century" and his run-ins with censorship. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began

neg: The League of Gentlemen (film) Newman who features in the film as Major Rutland-Smith's wife. The book and film inspired both Alan Moore's comic series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and its spin-off movie, and the British comedy troupe The League of Gentlemen. The League of Gentlemen (film) The League of Gentlemen is a 1960 British criminal comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, and Richard Attenborough. It is based on the 1958 novel "The League of Gentlemen" by John Boland and adapted by Bryan Forbes, who also starred in the film. A manhole opens at night in

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo trilogy is a volume in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" series, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. Co-published by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics in the US and UK respectively, "Nemo" was published in three distinct 72-page squarebound comics. The Nemo trilogy is a 216-page story arc spanning fifty years, divided into three 72-page chapters, each a self-contained narrative to avoid frustrating cliff-hanger delays between episodes, it takes place in three distinct eras. The series focuses on Janni Dakkar, daughter of Captain Nemo,

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy an interview with Janni Dakkar on the former pirate's seventieth birthday. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo trilogy is a volume in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" series, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. Co-published by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics in the US and UK respectively, "Nemo" was published in three distinct 72-page squarebound comics. The Nemo trilogy is a 216-page story arc spanning fifty years, divided into three 72-page chapters, each a self-contained narrative to avoid frustrating cliff-hanger delays between episodes, it takes place in three distinct

neg: Carnacki the Welsh myth, and so may be a reference to "The Horse of the Invisible". Motifs: a legend; a protective pentacle; a supernatural manifestation; protection from one supernatural entity by another, more powerful one; a creature or creatures unknown to science; a vigil. In 2002, an Andrew Cartmel novella appeared as one of a series based upon "Doctor Who". "Foreign Devils" featured Carnacki alongside the Second Doctor as his companion. In 2007 a graphic novel entitled "" was released, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. It is part of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" series, and is

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" as one of the influences for his award-winning short story "A Study in Emerald". Warren Ellis has cited "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" as an inspiration for his comic "Ignition City". The comic "" by science-fiction writer Serge Lehman has been regarded by critics as the French reply to "The League". It uses proto-superhumans and supervillains from European pulp literature of the early twentieth century, but in a whole different perspective as Lehman is not mainly focused on English literature (as Moore does), mixes those real fictional characters equally with real prominent historical figures and

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999. The series spans two six-issue limited series, "Volume I", "Volume II", and an original graphic novel from the America's Best Comics imprint of DC Comics, as well as a and spin-off trilogy "Nemo" published by Top Shelf and Knockabout Comics. According to Moore, the concept behind the series was initially a "Justice League of Victorian England" but he quickly developed it as an opportunity to merge elements from many works of fiction

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier the two previous Absolute "League" volumes. Bill Oakley died halfway through designing the book, so the last half was designed by Todd Klein. The book is dedicated to Oakley's memory. The vinyl record was eventually produced in the UK. According to Moore the "Black Dossier" was created because Moore was uncomfortable with the idea of O'Neill being unemployed during the planned hiatus between Volumes II and III of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". Wanting to do a source book for "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" Moore began writing the "Black Dossier". Expanding the original idea to including numerous different prose

neg: MonkeyBrain Books was a collection of companion notes to Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's 1999 comic book series "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I" compiled by Texas-native Jess Nevins. "Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" sold well, and continues to be one of MonkeyBrains best-selling titles several years after its first publication. It was nominated for an International Horror Guild Award and favorably reviewed in both "Locus" and "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction", among other publications. The companion to "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II" followed in 2004, and in 2006, Titan

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) who is holed up in a secret location with the still living head of Oliver Haddo. During the onslaught, Allan was killed while fighting the Antichrist. Soon after Night was granted immortality and left MI6. Allan's body was buried in the same grave in Africa where he faked his death. In 2010, the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - America: 1988" was announced as an April Fools' Day joke, complete with mocked-up cover. This 1988 league was the supposed successor to another league disbanded in 1979 by Oscar Goldman. The 1988 League was created after the murder of Mr. Miyagi to

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier in different sections. Stories include: Other features include: "Time" magazine's Lev Grossman named it one of the Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2007, ranking it at #2, and praising it as "effing genius." Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave "Black Dossier" a 9.5 rating praising the complex detail of Kevin O'Neil's artwork and the literary quality of Moore's writing, whilst criticising the quality of the paper, printing style of the hardcover version and some aspects of the storytelling. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier is an original graphic novel in the comic book

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (novel) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (novel) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 steampunk/adventure novel by Kevin J. Anderson. It is a novelization of the script of the movie of the same name, written by James Dale Robinson, which itself was based on the comic by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. In late 2002, Anderson had just finished working on his novel "", set in a world where Jules Verne had drawn inspiration for his works from (fictional) real-life events, individuals, and technological developments. Anderson was just beginning to work on the book that would become "The Martian War",

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century future repercussions. The three volumes of the graphic novel were scheduled to be released in April/May for three successive years from 2009 to 2011. "1910" was released in April 2009, "1969" was released July 2011, and "2009" was released on June 27, 2012. Reception to "Century" has been mixed to positive. Chad Nevett called the book "flat out fun to read". However, other critics such as Chris Sims have criticized the growing amount of indiscernible references as a hindrance to the plot elements. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century is

neg: Silurian (Doctor Who) side possessing numerical superiority. Silurians also appear outside "Doctor Who"-related media. A cave drawing of a Silurian and a Sea Devil appear in a cave on Mars in a work of steampunk fiction by D'Israeli, "Scarlet Traces: The Great Game". Silurians and Sea Devils are referenced in the second volume of Alan Moore's "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" where they were connected to the creature from the Black Lagoon; "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" is set in a fictional universe which reconciles the exploits of all fictional characters in one continuity. A 2018 journal article set to be published in the "International

neg: The Steam Man of the Prairies first 1868 printing with its cover intact is owned by the Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia. The first novel starts when Ethan Hopkins and Mickey McSquizzle—a "Yankee" and an "Irishman"—encounter a colossal, steam-powered man in the American prairies. This steam-man was constructed by Johnny Brainerd, a teenaged boy, who uses the steam-man to carry him in a carriage on various adventures. The steam-powered man also appears in several panels of both The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Nemo: Heart of Ice. The Steam Man of the Prairies The Steam Man of the Prairies by Edward S. Ellis was the first

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century the same ship and murders a prostitute. Allan Quatermain and Mina Murray (who have both become immortal after bathing in the Fire of Youth) continue to work for the British Government as part of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, along with new members , Thomas Carnacki and A.J. Raffles. Carnacki has frequent visions of an upcoming disaster where many people will die, and a cult plotting the creation of a "Moonchild" destined to initiate Armageddon. He recognises one of the men in his visions as paranormal detective Simon Iff, and the League go to a gentlemen's club Carnacki and Iff

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century superhero Captain Universe giving his ally "Vull the Invisible" a tour of his newly acquired headquarters. All of the while he privately speculates what sort of person Vull is beneath his invisibility, but when Vull leaves the headquarters he removes his invisibility helmet, revealing himself to be Mina in disguise. In "Coming Forth by Day", Mina, the alien "Galley-Wag" and his two Dutch Dolls are summoned to the Blazing World, where Prospero sets them the task of going to the Moon and stopping a civil war between two Lunar races. They travel to the Moon in an airship called the

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century an invisible house, where he angrily rants at Haddo's severed head, which is still alive. When Mina and Orlando arrive to confront him, he emerges as a giant covered in eyes and begins to trigger the end of the world. As Orlando battles him, Excalibur reacts by summoning a light in the sky, which is seen by everyone in the world. Out at sea, arch-terrorist Jack Nemo (the great-grandson of the original Captain Nemo) sees the light, and deciding to abandon his terrorist actions in Pakistan, he orders his crew to return to Lincoln Island, where a new "Nautilus" is

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) shared public domain characters who did not appear in the comic book series. Although Fox denied the allegations as "absurd nonsense", the case was settled out of court, a decision Alan Moore, according to "The New York Times" "took ... as an especially bitter blow, believing that [he] had been denied the chance to exonerate [himself]." The film opened at #2 behind "". "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" grossed an estimated $66,465,204 in Canada and the United States, $12,603,037 in the United Kingdom, and $12,033,033 in Spain. Worldwide, the film took $179,265,204. Critical reaction to the film was generally unfavorable,

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One such as Jules Verne, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, H. G. Wells and Robert Louis Stevenson. In 1898, one year after her encounter with Dracula, Mina Murray has divorced her husband and now works for the British government. She meets with MI5 agent Campion Bond (the grandfather of James Bond), who gives her the task of gathering selected members for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a secret task force whose job it will be to protect the British Empire from potential threats. Captain Nemo escorts Mina to Egypt, where she finds a heavily intoxicated Allan Quatermain in an opium

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comments made by the producer of the film version of his "V for Vendetta", which stated that the author—who had distanced himself completely from film adaptations of his work, particularly after "LXG"—had commented favorably on a draft of the script. Moore requested that someone involved with the film's production company—and DC Comics parent company, Warner Bros.—officially retract the comments and/or apologize. He also claims that his lack of support from DC regarding a minor lawsuit related to the film adaptation of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" was instrumental in his departure. When no such apology was forthcoming, Moore (and O'Neill)

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) promised eon of unending terror can commence, the world can now be ended starting with North London. Presented as a stand-alone hardcover spin-off rather than a new "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" story. The trilogy consists of three chapters, "Nemo: Heart of Ice", "Nemo: The Roses of Berlin", and "Nemo: River of Ghosts". "Nemo: Heart of Ice" follows Janni Dakkar to Antarctica in 1925. The story opens with Nemo and her crew robbing a great treasure from Ayesha, who appears to have great influence over Charles Foster Kane. Nemo travels to Antarctica as her father once did on a trip that

neg: Peter Coogan two examples. Coogan's remit, therefore, is to clarify these issues and: Sanderson also notes that Coogan - and his publisher, MonkeyBrain, who also publish Jess Nevins' annotations on Alan Moore's "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" - are not following the common trend in academic circles to largely ignore the superhero genre when comics are discussed. Coogan seeks to define not merely the superhero as a character, but also the genre itself, thereby discussing not just individual attributes, but types of story, noting that the superhero: Coogan's definition makes reference to DC's lawsuit against Victor Fox, who published Wonder Man in

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II at Coradine, a ladies' commune in Scotland. She leaves, and the story ends with Allan sitting alone on a park bench. Just as in the first volume, the back of the second contains additional information on the League and its world. The chief is "The New Traveller's Almanac," serialised in the back of the six issues and collected in the volume, serving as a guide to the world of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, including numerous references to classic and modern fictional works, e.g. the City of Opar, and Laputa, narrated by the creators. Other parts include a cover gallery,

neg: The Invisible Man (1933 film) title "The Invisible Man Returns" was later released in 1940 starring different actors and following different characters. The film stars Vincent Price as a new Invisible Man, while John Sutton plays the brother of Claude Rains's character from "The Invisible Man". "The Invisible Man" was released on VHS as part of the Universal Studios' Classic Monster Collection in 1992. In 2004 Universal released six legacy collections that included some of their best horror films. "The Invisible Man" was uncut and longer than previously televised versions. The complete "Invisible Man" collection comprised "The Invisible Man" (1933), "The Invisible Man Returns" (1940),

neg: Kevin O'Neill (comics) for "Negative Burn" published by Caliber Comics. The DVD of the 2003 documentary feature film "The Mindscape of Alan Moore" contains an exclusive bonus interview with Kevin O'Neill, elaborately detailing the collaboration with "Alan Moore." O'Neill talks about "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century", his run-ins with the censors and the status of the "Marshal Law" movie in an interview with The Times. His 2009 work includes "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century", the third "League" limited series, the first issue of which was released in May 2009. O'Neill is a contributor to Alan Moore's bi-monthly magazine, "Dodgem Logic", which debuted

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II the Molluscs off Mars. As they leave, however, Carter worries they may be going to Earth. On Earth, in the year 1898, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (consisting of Allan Quatermain, Dr Henry Jekyll, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo and Hawley Griffin) arrive in Horsell Common, where a Mollusc spaceship lies at the centre of an impact crater. The League meet with MI5 Agent Campion Bond, and debate about what the mysterious craft is and where it came from. A tentacled alien emerges from the craft, and a group of men carrying a white flag descend into the crater to make

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One prostitute to lure the killer into a trap, but is kidnapped. Allan and Dupin trace the killer to his apartment and find Mina, but are attacked by a large monster. After a brief fight, Allan forces the monster out of the apartment window, and the fall renders it unconscious. Once on the "Nautilus", the monster transforms into a frail, terrified man with no memory of recent events. The man is Dr Henry Jekyll, while the monster is his alter ego Mr Hyde. Mina bids farewell to Dupin, and the "Nautilus" leaves Paris. When the League return to London, Bond sets

neg: Dan Laustsen also known for his work on the films "Silent Hill" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", where the visual side of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" was hailed as a "visual treat" in "Variety". Laustsen was born in Aalborg, to Aage Aarup Laustsen and Ellen Laustsen. He studied at the National Film School of Denmark (1976–1979) to pursue a career in cinematography. Laustsen has been involved in the production of feature films, documentaries, and advertisements. Dan Laustsen Dan Laustsen, , (born 15 June 1954) is a Danish cinematographer. He is a member of the Danish Society of Cinematographers and the

neg: Kevin O'Neill (comics) smokescreen, the pair have taken the third volume of "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and its "Nemo" spinoffs to Knockabout Comics and Top Shelf Productions due both to Moore feeling insulted by the lack of support from 20th Century Fox and DC comics in the lawsuit, and also Warner Bros.' failure to retract false claims of Moore's endorsement of the "V for Vendetta" film adaptation. O'Neill drew the final "Nemesis the Warlock" story in the special "Prog 2000" millennium edition of "2000AD" in 1999. Apart from this and his work on "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", he has worked on short strips

neg: Martin Poll a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized a script of theirs titled "Cast of Characters" in order to create the Sean Connery-starring "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" film in 2003. According to the BBC, the lawsuit alleged 'that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name "Cast of Characters".' "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" was an adaptation of the 1999 published comic book series by Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill. Poll produced eleven studio films. His credits included two films loosely based on Russian

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century they have seen, including the Clangers and their Soup Dragon. They discover a citadel populated by naked warrior women called Myrmidons, who explain that a plague starting in 1901 killed their entire male population, and the skulls are of their deceased. To keep their race alive, the women harvest sperm cells from the frozen body of a human man, whom Mina recognises as Professor Selwyn Cavor. The first segment, "A Cricket-Cap of Thorns", is set in 1901, shortly after the events of H. G. Wells' "The First Men in the Moon". Stranded on the Moon and confronted by several Selenites

neg: Invisible Agent released in 1944. In the sequel Jon Hall again plays the main character, although portraying a different character who becomes an Invisible Man. Notes Bibliography Invisible Agent Invisible Agent is a 1942 American science fiction film from Universal. The film was a wartime propaganda production that was part of a Hollywood effort to boost morale at the home front. It loosely echoed a series of formula war-horror films produced during this period that typically featured a mad scientist working in secret to aid the Third Reich. This film, which is the fourth film in the Universal Studios "Invisible Man" series,

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century Carter kills Gallion before the ritual can be completed. With his plan gone awry, Haddo is forced to enter the body of a man named Tom (who is heavily implied to be a younger Voldemort). Purple Orchestra release a flock of bats into the crowd, and as Mina returns to her body she is driven insane by a hallucination of the bats chanting "Remember me?". She is taken away in an ambulance before Allan and Orlando can get to her, while Tom - now under Haddo's control - goes to King's Cross and passes through Platform 9 3/4. Eight years

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier in 1948, but the dates were changed by the publisher). The frame story sees Mina Harker and Allan Quatermain - now immortal after bathing in the fire of youth from "" - on their quest to recover the "Black Dossier", which contains the secret history of the now-disbanded League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The book starts with Mina Murray (going by the name Odette O'quim) at a bar in London, where MI5 Agent James "Jimmy" Bond (grandson of Campion Bond) attempts to seduce her, taking her to the decaying remains of the "Ministry of Love", once one of Big Brother's government

neg: Larry Cohen episode was written by splatterpunk-horror author David Schow, and starred Cohen regular Michael Moriarty. In 2003, Cohen, together with production partner Martin Poll was at the center of a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized a script of theirs titled "Cast of Characters" in order to create the Sean Connery-starring "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" film in 2003. According to the BBC, the lawsuit alleged 'that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name "Cast of Characters".' "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" was an adaptation

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) after bathing in the fire of youth from "She"—on their quest to recover the Black Dossier itself (a confessed macguffin), in a metafictional unravelling of the secret history of the now-disbanded League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Out to stop them is a trio of secret agents: James Bond, Emma Night, and Hugo "Bulldog" Drummond. The pursuit takes Mina and Allan from London to Scotland and eventually to the magical Blazing World, overseen by Shakespeare's Prospero. Initially intended to be accompanied by a 45-rpm record featuring songs referenced in the plot, this addition was shelved ostensibly to be included as an incentive

neg: Alan Moore Narrative (in 1995 with Eddie Campbell for "From Hell" and in 2003 with Kevin O'Neill for "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen") Moore received a Bram Stoker Award in the category Best Illustrated Narrative for "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" in 2000, then again in 2012 for "Neonomicon" as Best Graphic Novel. In 2005, "Watchmen" was the only graphic novel to make it on to "Time"'s "The 100 Best Novels from 1923 to the Present" list. Best Writer Best Writer/Artist Best Single Issue/Single Story Best Serialized Story Best Continuing Series Best Finite Series/Limited Series Best New Series Best Anthology Best Graphic

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) comics Alan Moore was cynical of the film from early in its development, seeing that the two works bore little resemblance, distancing himself from the film altogether. "As long as I could distance myself by not seeing them," he said, he could profit from the films while leaving the original comics untouched, "assured no one would confuse the two. This was probably naïve on my part." "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" earned a total of $48,640,000 in rentals with $14,810,000 from video rentals and $33,830,000 from DVD rentals. DVD sales meanwhile gathered revenue of $36,400,000. A novelization of the movie

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen daughter, Janni Dakkar, is introduced, and some of her adventures are chronicled subsequently. In a 1997 interview with Andy Diggle for the now defunct Comics World website, Alan Moore gave the title of the work as ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlefolk"". Moore changed the name to "Gentlemen" to better reflect the Victorian era. Simon Bisley was originally going to be the artist for the series before being replaced by Kevin O'Neill. The Victorian setting allowed Moore and O'Neill to insert "in-jokes" and cameos from many works of Victorian fiction, while also making contemporary references and jibes. The works bear numerous

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One furor, but is also a reference to the Marvelman, when Marvel Comics had previously retitled Marvelman, which was written by Alan Moore, to Miracleman, despite Marvelman having been around for 40 years. "Volume I" won the 2000 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative. Jess Nevins' annotations for this volume are available in a book entitled "Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and features; Elements from "Volume One" are present in the loose 2003 film adaptation. Similar to the comic, Professor Moriarty is revealed to be the antagonist in the film, though here he

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) when a special effects set did not pan out as intended, forcing the filmmakers to have to quickly look for another effects shop. In 2003, Larry Cohen and Martin Poll filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized their script "Cast of Characters". According to the BBC, the lawsuit alleged "that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name "Cast of Characters"," and that Fox had solicited the comics series "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" as a smoke screen. It noted that the films

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) with "Empire" magazine giving it two stars out of five while criticizing the film's exposition and lack of character depth, saying it 'flirts dangerously close with one-star ignominy'. A 30/100 approval rating on Metacritic is based on 36 reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reports 17% of 177 reviews being positive, with an average rating of 4/10. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film one star out of a possible four stating ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" assembles a splendid team of heroes to battle a plan for world domination, and then, just when it seems about to become a real

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier to as "The Dark Dossier" during early announcements of its existence, "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier" differs from the other regular volumes, as it is a self-contained graphic novel designed to be a "sourcebook" for the series. While the first two volumes included prose stories as backup features, the majority of "Black Dossier" consists of non-comic pieces, taking the form of prose stories, letters, maps, guidebooks, magazines and even a lost Shakespeare folio. Also included is a 'Tijuana Bible' insert and a 3-D section complete with custom glasses. However, these prose pieces and inserts are framed by a

neg: Sean Connery the Rose", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", "The Hunt for Red October", "Finding Forrester", "Highlander", "Murder on the Orient Express", "Dragonheart", and "The Rock". Connery has been polled in "The Sunday Herald" as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by "People" magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1989 and the “Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to Film Drama. Thomas Sean Connery, named Thomas after his grandfather, was

neg: World of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 'League' of extraordinary individuals to defend Britain. The group disbanded when Prospero returned to the Blazing World, but was succeeded by similar groups in the 1740s, early 19th century, 1890s, early 20th century, and a failed group in the 1950s. In the late 1890s the United Kingdom was attacked by Martian invaders, who were defeated via germ warfare. The nation went on to fight in World War I and against the Germany of Adenoid Hynkel in World War II. After the war, General Sir Harold Wharton, an agent implanted by rogue factions of MI5 into the Labour Party, took power

neg: 2000s (decade) the highest grossing R-rated film of all time. The superhero film genre experienced renewed and intense interest throughout the 2000s. With high ticket and DVD sales, several new superhero films were released every year. The "X-Men", "Batman" and "Spider-Man" series were particularly prominent, and other notable films in the genre included "Daredevil" (2003), "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (2003), "Hulk" (2003), "Hellboy" (2004), "Fantastic Four" (2005), "Iron Man" (2008), "The Incredible Hulk" (2008), and "Watchmen" (2009). Some media commentators attributed the increased popularity of such franchises to the social and political climate in Western society since the September 11 terrorist

neg: The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen "The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen" is a short story written by Graham Greene in 1965. The story takes place in Bentley's, a restaurant in London (perhaps the same as the current Bentley's, 11–15 Swallow Street). The narrator is sitting at a table, alone, and observes a group of eight Japanese gentlemen having dinner together, and beyond them a young British couple. The Japanese speak quietly and politely to each other, always smiling and bowing, toasting each other and making speeches in Japanese which the narrator doesn't understand and describes in patronizing, derogatory terms. Seven of the Japanese

neg: The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen of several Greene stories adapted for the 1970s British television series "Shades of Greene". Denholm Elliott, starring Royce Mills and Celia Bannerman. The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen "The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen" is a short story written by Graham Greene in 1965. The story takes place in Bentley's, a restaurant in London (perhaps the same as the current Bentley's, 11–15 Swallow Street). The narrator is sitting at a table, alone, and observes a group of eight Japanese gentlemen having dinner together, and beyond them a young British couple. The Japanese speak quietly and politely to each other, always smiling and bowing, toasting

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One den. Two Arab men enter the den and attempt to rape Mina, but Allan intervenes and kills one of them. As the other man rushes off to tell the authorities, Mina drags Allan through the busy streets towards the docks, where Nemo's submarine, the "Nautilus", emerges from the sea. Nemo fends off the Egyptian police with a harpoon gun, and Allan is brought on board the "Nautilus" to recover from his opium addiction. For their next assignment, the League travel to Paris and meet with C. Auguste Dupin to investigate a recent string of violent murders. Mina poses as a

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) who completes this incarnation of the League. Meeting with Professor Cavor, the League is sent against Fu Manchu in his Limehouse lair, who has stolen the only known sample of cavorite and plans to use it to build an armed airship, against which Britain would have little defence. Having eventually retrieved the cavorite, the League delivers it into the hands of their employer — none other than Professor Moriarty (nemesis of Sherlock Holmes), who plans to use it in an airship of his own, with which he will bomb his adversary's Limehouse lair flat, taking large parts of London and

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II a playable "Game of Extraordinary Gentlemen," an impossible "Nemo's origami "Nautilus"," a cautionary fable to complaining fans, and "Campion Bond's moral maze." Volume II received the 2003 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. Time Magazine listed it as the 9th best comic of 2003. It was nominated for the 2003 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative, but lost to "". It was included in the 2005 edition of "The Year's Best Graphic Novels, Comics, & Manga". The series has been collected into the following volumes: Jess Nevins' annotations for this volume are available in a book entitled "A

neg: Unextraordinary Gentlemen Unextraordinary Gentlemen Unextraordinary Gentlemen (UXG) is a musical project formed in Los Angeles in 2005 by bassist/keyboardist Richard Pilawski (previously with the surf punk band Sex with Lurch) & vocalist/lyricist Eric Schreeck to "...explore our love for post-punk, synth-pop, industrial & experimental music combined with the literary genre of Victorian fantasy." The project went public in early 2007, joined by Jennifer Pomerantz (of Demonika & The Darklings) on violin. The band's name is a tongue-in-cheek nod to Alan Moore's "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". UXG has been called one of the "foremost of the musical assets of... steampunk" and has

neg: Artful Dodger known among his clientele as "Fine Art". He befriends the Oliver Twist character called Lee (played by Keivyn McNeill Grayes), the latter a black adolescent runaway. In the first edition of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's comic series "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", set in 1898 London, the Dodger briefly appears as an elderly man running his own gang of boy thieves, hinting that he is still following in Fagin's footsteps. In 2001, the Artful Dodger was the subject of an Australian children's show called "Escape of the Artful Dodger". The show followed the Artful Dodger's adventures in the Australian penal

neg: Mayored to the Mob book series "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", as well as a Borg and Geordi La Forge from "Star Trek". When Comic Book Guy meets a girl with similar interests to him at the convention, Alexander Courage's piece "Under the Spell" from the original "Star Trek" pilot "" is played. A booth for the comic book "Roswell, Little Green Man" is seen at the convention; the comic was published by Groening's Bongo Comics Group. The episode contains multiple references to "Star Wars", the film series in which Hamill starred. Throughout the episode, Hamill wears the costume of his "Star Wars" character

neg: London in film (1966), "The Assassination Bureau" (1968), "The First Great Train Robbery" (1978), "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), "An Ideal Husband" (1999), "Shanghai Knights" (2003), the 1956 version and 2004 version of "Around the World in Eighty Days", and the black-and-white film "The Elephant Man" (1980), based on the life of Joseph Merrick. Other British cities, such as Edinburgh, or locations in other countries, are now often used for period films instead of filming in London itself. "From Hell" (2001), "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (2003) and Roman Polanski's 2005 film of "Oliver Twist" all recreated Victorian London in Prague in the Czech Republic. Edwardian

neg: Adam Hughes League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", and most definitely "Watchmen". I hope to do some sort of justice to Dave Gibbons' brilliant art: he's one of the all time great illustrators ever to work in the field of comics...I'm fairly stoked to be working with the fabulous J. Michael Straczynski I loved his "Thor" run, especially. The man knows how to craft amazing tales, so I feel like you & I are in good hands." In 2014 "She Lies at Midnite", an eight-page Batman/Catwoman story written and illustrated by Hughes using greytones, appeared in the sixth and final issue of the anthology

neg: Superhero film "X-Men" (2000) became a film franchise by its surprise hit, and M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable" (2000) also succeeded and added an element of more urban realism to the genre. Later, one of the largest blockbusters of all time was released with Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" (2002). With high ticket and DVD sales, several new superhero films were released every year in the 2000s, including "Daredevil" (2003), "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (2003), "Hulk" (2003), "Catwoman" (2004), "Hellboy" (2004), "The Punisher" (2004), the semi-animated "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (2004), "Batman Begins" (2005), "Fantastic Four" (2005), "Ghost Rider" (2007), "Transformers"

neg: Tribeca Film Festival 13 major panel discussions; an all-day Family Festival; and the premieres of studio films "," "About A Boy", the American remake of "Insomnia", "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" as well as the American premiere of "Spider-Man 3" and "The Avengers". The 2003 festival brought more than 300,000 people. The festival showcased an expanded group of independent features, documentaries and short films from around the world, coupled with studio premieres, panel discussions, music and comedy concerts, a family festival, sports activities, and outdoor movie screenings along the Hudson River. The family festival featured children's movie

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume II Tripods. The advanced technology aboard the "Nautilus" proves to be an even match for the Tripods, and Nemo orders his crew to bring the wreckage of a destroyed Tripod on board so they can study the alien technology. While investigating the South Downs countryside, Mina and Allan meet a man called Teddy Prendrick (the protagonist of H.G. Wells' "The Island of Dr. Moreau"). He is insane and gives them little information, but does mention a "devil doctor", whom they suspect could be the scientist they are looking for. Despite Prendrick's warnings, Mina and Allan continue to search the countryside, retiring

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) Soames and Italian criminal mastermind Count Zero (both from Frank Richards's "Greyfriars School" series)—before disbanding. During the course of the mission, the Iron Warrior was accidentally destroyed. This marked the end of the League as a group in the employ of the British government. They later would operate outside the law as fugitives and freelancers, following their own agenda rather than that of any official masters. By 1948 a totalitarian government (Ingsoc) was in control of Britain, which denounced and denied the League in all its forms. Many came to believe the extraordinary individuals never existed, and were nothing more

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comics) the League itself with it. An aerial battle above London commences, and the League eventually triumphs. Mycroft Holmes replaces Moriarty as the League's employer, and the extraordinary individuals are given the task of remaining in the service of the Crown, awaiting England's call. Some kind of a meteor shower is shown, leading up to the events in Volume II. Placed during the events of H. G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds", Volume II opens on Mars, where John Carter and Lt. Gullivar Jones (of Edwin Lester Arnold's "") have assembled an alliance to fight against Martian invaders. When the

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) while Quatermain confronts the Fantom, who is unmasked as M. Dorian is also revealed to be the traitor, murders Nemo's first mate Ishmael, and steals the "Nautilus"' exploration pod. M and Dorian leave a phonograph recording for the League, revealing that their true goal is to ignite the world war and Dorian has been collecting physical elements of the League to create superhuman formulas and sell them off to the highest bidder. The "Nautilus" is damaged by bombs hidden on board, but Hyde saves it by draining the flooded engine rooms. Skinner sends a message to the League, revealing he

neg: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century leader of the Haddo cult. The next morning, the League meet with Jerry Cornelius, who tells them Andrew Norton is due to reappear at King's Cross. When Norton does appear, he continues to speak almost exclusively in cryptic riddles referencing works of fiction and events in the future, but he does reveal Haddo's spirit has been transferring into other bodies for years, including Karswell Trelawney and Kosmo Gallion, and directs the League's investigation towards a nightclub called the Flying Cylinder. Before leaving, Norton warns that by the time they meet again in 2009, the League will be "too late" to

neg: Reece Shearsmith Reece Shearsmith Reeson Wayne "Reece" Shearsmith (born 27 August 1969) is an English actor, writer and comedian. He created, wrote and starred in sketch show "The League of Gentlemen", along with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. He and Pemberton also created, wrote and starred in the dark comedy series "Psychoville". The pair currently write and star in their anthology series "Inside No. 9". In "The League of Gentlemen", "Psychoville" and "Inside No. 9", Shearsmith plays multiple characters. He had notable roles in "Spaced", "The World's End" and the "Doctor Who" episode "Sleep No More". Shearsmith was born in