description The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier Overview
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier is a 2007 work by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill that combines sequential art with prose, parody, and reproduced fictional documents. It follows Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain through an alternate version of Britain in 1958, where the country has become a totalitarian state after events connected to earlier volumes. The book draws on characters and settings from public-domain literature, but its mixed format makes it structurally different from a conventional graphic novel.
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Who created The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier?
The Black Dossier was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. It was published in 2007 as part of their League of Extraordinary Gentlemen project.
When is The Black Dossier set?
The main journey takes place in an alternate version of Britain in 1958. Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain travel through this setting while uncovering material about the country's fictional history.
Is The Black Dossier only a comic book?
No. The 2007 work combines sequential art with prose, parody, and reproduced fictional documents, so its format changes from section to section.
Which characters lead The Black Dossier?
Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain are the central characters. Their movement through alternate Britain provides the story's frame for the book's documents, jokes, and genre parodies.
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