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Luckily for the world Alan Moore is nearly as productive as he is cantankerous, and he has interesting stuff coming out at regular intervals. UNEARTHING, a biography of Moore’s close friend and mentor Steve “No Relation” Moore, was originally published in 2010 as a prose book, but Top Shelf is publishing a NEW edition with photos by Mitch Jenkins that have turned it into a narrative art book.

Because it’s Alan Moore, UNEARTHING is also “a history of  London, a mystical journey, and a tribute to human imagination.” And you can see that Jenkins’ photos fit the bill.

Co-publishers Top Shelf and Knockabout will be releasing several editions, including one in a limited edition of 300 incorporating a letterpress bookplate, hand-signed & numbered by Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins, limited to 300 copies worldwide. You can order them starting today on the Top Shelf website. Here are more deets:

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UNEARTHING by Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins
Three formats will be produced: a deluxe softcover edition, a  special double-sized hardcover edition (limited to 1500 copies), and a  special signed & numbered double-sized hardcover edition (limited to  300 copies worldwide).

UNEARTHING Signed & Numbered Edition
— Web Exclusive (Pre-Order Now)
— Double-Sized Hardcover Edition w/S&N Bookplate
— Limited to 300 copies worldwide
— 184 pages • 11.75” x 16.5” (A3 size!) • $99.00
— ISBN 978-1-60309-150-3 • For mature readers (18+)
— Scheduled for December 2012

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UNEARTHING Double-Sized Hardcover Edition
— Limited to 1,500 copies worldwide
— 184 pages • 11.75” x 16.5” (A3 size!) • $74.95
— ISBN 978-1-60309-150-3 • For mature readers (18+)
— Scheduled for December 2012
— Will be featured in the October Diamond Previews

UNEARTHING Deluxe softcover edition with French flaps
— 184 pages • 8.5” x 11.75” (A4 size) • $29.95
— ISBN 978-1-60309-151-0 • For mature readers (18+)
— Scheduled for December 2012
— Will be featured in the October Diamond Previews

1 COMMENT

  1. Sounds really cool. I love Steve Moore and was lucky to promote his two Hercules books when I worked at Radical Publishing. Never got to meet him in person but from the interviews I set up for him, he comes across as a great individual I would have loved to have hung out with.

  2. Is there a rule that if Alan Moore is mentioned in an article he has to be described as cantankerous, crazy or crumpy? Is it me or is that annoying as hell. I cannot think of another comic guy that consistently gets henpecked.