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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

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Name: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Abbreviation(s): LoEG, LXG
Creator:
Date(s):
comic books
1999 – 2019
film
July 11, 2003
Medium: comics, films
Country of Origin: United States
External Links:
comic books
at Wikipedia
film
at IMDb
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 21 plus one original graphic novel multi-genre,[1] cross over comic book series (inspired by the 1960 British film The League of Gentlemen) co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999. A live-action film loosely adapted from Volume I and starring Sean Connery was released in 2003.

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The well-known author Neil Gaiman cited that work as one of the influences for his award-winning short story "A Study in Emerald"[2].

The comic has a controversial reputation in the gothlit fandom. Some fans of the works it was based on consider portrayals of the characters from them OOC, while others enjoy their characterizations and the expanded roles it gave them. The treatment of racism and rape in the comic also often comes under criticism.

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References

  1. ^ For comic books, the genres are: Alternate history, Steampunk, Horror, Science fiction, Metafiction and Superhero. For film, the genres are: 2003 steampunk/dieselpunk, superhero.
  2. ^ Introduction to Fragile Things