The meat of this book is a long extensive interview with Alan Moore taking us from his childhood and through his career, up until the current state-of-play in 2008. (The bulk of the interview was conducted for the previous 2002 edition and there is an extra chapter bringing it up to date.) All stages of his career are discussed in detail with many examples of both well-known and more obscure works. There are also lots of extras which really make this a great read, some unpublished - comic strips, scripts, photos and even an early short prose story from when he was just 17. There is also a detailed bibliography of his work and some short tribute strips contributed by collaborators and associates. (e.g. Neil Gaiman, Kevin O'Neill etc.)

I've always enjoyed reading interview books with Alan Moore and this is one of the best. Excellent. ( )

An extended interview, but probably the closest we're going to get to an autobiography of the man the mainstream has unaccountably been unable to identify as the finest writer of imaginative fiction working in the English language. -Plus, it's hilarious! Check out his top five tips for would-be comics writers. "1: Don't. 2: No, really don't. 3: DEFINITELY don't – I mean it. 4: Whatever you might be imagining about a life of writing, it's not like that. 5: OK, if you're going to anyway, if you're going to be a writer of any quality, you will have to..." –Nope! Read it for yourself! ;p Unmissable. ( )