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Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Coraline, American Gods) bringsshock rocker Alice Cooper's concept album to life in a surreal sideshow of thesoul! Join a young boy named Steven on a surreal journey of the soul, as anenigmatic and potentially dangerous Showman seduces him into joining hiscarnival.Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of this seminal Gaiman work, returned toprint for the first time in over a decade. Fully remastered in color, thisDeluxe Edition incorporates complete scripts to all three chapters,black-and-white thumbnail art of pre-colored pages, an original outline of theproject by Neil Gaiman, and a collection of letters between shock rocker AliceCooper and the author!"I'm really happy that The Last Temptation is coming outfor a new generation of readers, who have not seen Michael Zulli'sglorious drawings, or know of the Showman and his wicked ways," says NeilGaiman. "I wrote this a long time ago, driven by love of RayBradbury's dark carnivals and of Alice Cooper's own pandemoniumshadow show. It's time for it to shuffle out onto a leaf-covered streetand meet the people who don't know about Stephen and Mercy and showwhat's coming to town." |