The Last Temptation | Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli

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The Last Temptation

	The Last Temptation Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli Dark Horse, 2006 - 104 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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Steven is afraid. Afraid of ghost stories, afraid of growing up... just afraid. That is, until he meets the mysterious Showman and his Theatre of the Real. Steven takes a ticket and watches the show on a dare, but getting out of the performance will be harder than he ever imagined. And then Steven learns what it is to be truly afraid. Neil Gaiman, internationally acclaimed and bestselling writer of both prose fiction (Neverwhere, Stardust) and graphic novels (The Sandman, Signal to Noise) teams with veteran artist Michael Zulli (The Sandman, Creatures of the Night) to create this dark and brooding morality tale. The Last Temptation is the latest addition to Dark Horse's proud and growing library of Neil Gaiman hardcovers. Originally published as part of the short-lived Marvel Music line of the early '90s, Zulli's lush and beautiful duoshade artwork is now showcased in a new format for this stunning second edition.

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Alice Cooper stars as....

I've been a fan of Neil Gaiman since his early work of Don't Panic (a book about Douglas Adams' work). Also a fan of the Sandman stuff, etc. You know the drill. This one I half-cringed, thinking it just too good to be true that Neil Gaiman AND Alice Cooper had combined forces, but here ya have it. And it's crazy good. Buy it, read it, love it.

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I loved the book "The Last Temptation"! It was very interesting, but a little freaky. I would recommend this book to boys from 12-16 because some of the content is written for teenage boys. Even if you are a girl you will like this book. I'm a girl and I thought it was great!

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A Decent Tale

I picked the book up on a whimsy. I like Gaiman, and this book looked different from the rest.

The introduction was among the most interesting parts for me, the prose that allowed Gaiman to tell how Last Temptation came about. Helping write a concept album for Alice Cooper sounded exciting and neat, and I imagine it is an opportunity that happens too often. Within the context of the album, the resulting graphic novel take form.

The tale is of Steven, a boy pressed with many fears and threats in his life, nothing amazing though, more on the level of a meek Joe Average. He is offered a place in the Theater of the Real by the Showman in exchange for his Potential. The Showman is very much the serpent, playing to Steven through the mouths of those around him, trying to tempt him to accept.

The story is pretty straight and simple. I believe it is the result of the collaboration. The story is a bit simpler in plot and character than I would ordinarily expect, but it is to the point and well told. The art is evocative and well done, bringing out the eeriness of the theme.

I would mostly recommend this to Gaiman and Cooper fans. There are definitely better books out there on this theme.

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Alice Cooper, comic star and writer

Yes, that Alice Cooper.

It's about a disaffected teenaged boy, Steve, at that age too old for kids' stuff but nowhere near adult. He's a stranger to everyone - his friends (such as they are), his parents, and even himself. So, when The Showman makes an offer that will cost nothing and everything, he has nothing to lose. Or so he thinks/

It's audience participation all the way, even after Steve has left the theater, the existence of which is iffy at best. The Showman appears again and again, on all of the wrong people's faces. The Showman presses his Faustian deal - whatever it is, we never quite see - endlessly. In the end ...

... Well, see for yourself. It's a growing-up story, but with a final insight that whispers rather than shouting. Readers expecting a bigger finish may find it indecisive, largely because decisions is an internal and invisible process. If you expect macabre madman Alice Cooper, you'll get a bit of that, but probably not as much as you expected. Instead, you'll get something more satisfying.

-- wiredweird

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