Alan Moore's The Courtyard
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Avatar Press |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Limited series |
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Publication date | January – February 2003 |
No. of issues | 2 |
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Created by | ISBN 1-59291-017-3 |
Alan Moore's The Courtyard is a two-issue comic book mini-series published in 2003 by Avatar Press. The comic was adapted by Antony Johnston with artwork by Jacen Burrows from a 1994 prose story by Alan Moore (credited as "consulting editor").
Plot
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Publication history
The original 1994 prose story had first appeared in an anthology
The comic book adaptation was planned to appear in Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths, but it was published as a limited series by Avatar in January and February 2003.
Collected editions
The series was collected in a trade paperback in 2003, a second version (the Companion) was released in 2004, which contained annotations by H. P. Lovecraft scholar N. G. Christakos and reprinted Moore's original short story. A limited edition hardcover set of the two volumes was also released in 2004. In 2009 a full color version was released separately, as well as in a collection with Moore's sequel series Neonomicon.
- Alan Moore's The Courtyard (ISBN 1-59291-015-7)
- Alan Moore's The Courtyard Companion (Avatar Press, softcover, 72 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-59291-016-5)
- Alan Moore's The Courtyard Deluxe Hardcover Set (Avatar Press, hardcover, 128 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-59291-017-3)
- Alan Moore's The Courtyard (Color Edition) (Avatar Press, 56 pages, 11 March 2009, ISBN 1-59291-060-2)
Sequel
Alan Moore has written a 4-part sequel to The Courtyard called Neonomicon, the final issue of which was released by Avatar on 23 March 2011. Moore's 2015–17 comic Providence is a further continuation in the series.
References
Sources
- Alan Moore's The Courtyard at the Grand Comics Database
- Alan Moore's The Courtyard at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)