Storyteller is a biographical work dealing with the life and work of Alan Moore. Moore has helped with the book and it probably shows. Millidge is clearly a fan and his prose is never too critical of Moore. I'm a big fan of Alan Moore myself but in some ways a more balanced biography may have been more interesting. With that slight qualification in mind this book is still worthwhile. It contains a fairly comprehensive account of all of Moore's work from his underground magazine and newspaper strip beginning through his blockbuster comic book years to his later musical experiments and more alternative comics.
The book is well illustrated with archive material from Moore and the artists he has worked with. We get original scripts, sketchbooks, plot charts and pencil artwork. We also get a CD collecting 80 minutes worth of Moore's musical work. It's a great package.
This book may not be the final critical biography of Moore but it is an interesting account of an interesting man.
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