Providence Act 2 Limited Edition Hardcover (edition 2017)

by Alan Moore (Author)

Series: Providence {2015-2017 comic} (5-8)

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The second arc of Providence is unveiled in this special hardcover-only edition. Robert Black came looking for a story but what he found is a world of misery and woe. He's becoming a broken man, only beginning to accept the horrors of the Lovecraftian world are real and hiding in plain sight. Alan Moore's quintessential horror series has set the standard for a terrifying reinvention of the works of H.P. Lovecraft. It is being universally hailed as one of Moore's most realized works in which the master scribe has controlled every iota of the story, art, and presentation. The result has been a masterpiece like no other and a true must-have addition to his essential works in the field. We present a collected Providence Act 2 Hard Cover edition that contains Providence issues #5-8, and all the back matter, in this one-time printing of this edition.… (more)

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Another great volume of Providence, if not better than the previous. Can't really say much that I didn't say for Act 1. However, this volume ends with a very special guest and what looks like character. As far as I know, I'm hooked to this series. (

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Ghost_Boy | Aug 25, 2022 |

Distinctly diminishing returns here. Dull, dreary dialogue, and a rape scene involving a 13-year-old girl?

I'll finish the last four issues, but I really didn't enjoy this middle section whatsoever. (

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TobinElliott | Sep 3, 2021 |

In that moment, I was pierced by...I don't know. A sensation, an impression, an idea that was so overpowering that it went beyond fear. It felt as if all of my life, all of my mind, all of the universe were irrecoverably destroyed right there and then, all of the continuities of sense and cause and reason that there are in the world suddenly snapped like cotton threads to reveal a screaming, senseless blizzard of a billion unconnected facts that I knew to be the awful truth of human existence, the meaningless noise and chaos that forever churns beneath our desperate attempts to impose a sane and reasonable narrative.

On the one hand, props to Moore for actually giving his protagonist an experience that bears the weight of his epiphany. And I am deeply sympathetic to what he is trying to do here, even up to his determination to leave his readers with something they wish they could unsee in every one of these volumes. On the other hand, let's face it, that thing is going to be a penis. A horrible, no good, very bad penis. And that's just not the same as cosmic horror, now is it? Still, the advent of a certain writer keeps this yarn on the interesting side, and I will continue on with it into the next volume. (

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amyotheramy | May 11, 2021 |

Particularly loved the room decor in #8 (

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AChild | Feb 4, 2021 |

I'm not sure how I feel about this series. It's clearly part of the project of reinterpreting Lovecraft for a 21st-century diverse audience, but it isn't as successful for me as works like The Ballad of Black Tom or The Dream-Quest of Vellit Boe. A lot hinges on Act 3, I guess, which I haven't seen yet. (

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jen.e.moore | Aug 3, 2017 |

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Providence Complete Slipcase by Alan Moore

Providence Compendium by Alan Moore

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Providence #5 by Alan Moore

Providence #6 by Alan Moore

Providence #7 by Alan Moore

Providence #8 by Alan Moore

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The second arc of Providence is unveiled in this special hardcover-only edition. Robert Black came looking for a story but what he found is a world of misery and woe. He's becoming a broken man, only beginning to accept the horrors of the Lovecraftian world are real and hiding in plain sight. Alan Moore's quintessential horror series has set the standard for a terrifying reinvention of the works of H.P. Lovecraft. It is being universally hailed as one of Moore's most realized works in which the master scribe has controlled every iota of the story, art, and presentation. The result has been a masterpiece like no other and a true must-have addition to his essential works in the field. We present a collected Providence Act 2 Hard Cover edition that contains Providence issues #5-8, and all the back matter, in this one-time printing of this edition.

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