rassmguy
10-05-2007, 04:11 PM
Good afternoon,
I wanted to let you know about the online publication of a chapter in The Sandman history that has been in limbo for the past ten years.
British writer Peter Hogan, best known to comic-book readers for his work on 2000 A.D. and The Dreaming, wrote a followup to his popular miniseries, The Sandman Presents: Love Street, in 1997. Unfortunately, The Sandman Presents: Marquee Moon, as it would have been called, has never been published, even a decade after it was first solicited.
Love Street offered insight into John Constantine's youth in the 1960s, setting the stage for the cynical magician he would someday become. Marquee Moon would have revisited Constantine's early years, showcasing his brief fame as a punk rocker in the band Mucous Membrane. The future mage's prominence in this story, however, would have been reduced, compared to his starring role in Love Street.
Marquee Moon would have chronicled Constantine's 1977 encounter with an American woman with a secret--the main character of the story and the mother of a young girl featured in The Sandman's "The Hunt"--who'd moved to London and discovered punk-rock music for the first time. Had this 56-page one-shot seen publication, it would have featured The Clash's comic-book debut.
With Hogan's kind permission, Roots of the Swamp Thing presents the complete text to this unpublished chapter in Sandman and Hellblazer history, along with an an introductory essay Hogan included upon delivering the script to Vertigo. This essay provided artist Peter Doherty, former Vertigo editor Alisa Kwitney and Sandman creator Neil Gaiman a detailed look at the 1970s London punk-rock scene--and is a fascinating read in its own right.
In addition, I have conducted an interview with Hogan, to explain Marquee Moon's background and context. Hopefully, Vertigo will some day come to their senses and publish this officially. In the meantime, click the following link to read the script:
http://www.swampthingroots.com/
Sincerely,
Rich Handley
Roots of the Swamp Thing
I wanted to let you know about the online publication of a chapter in The Sandman history that has been in limbo for the past ten years.
British writer Peter Hogan, best known to comic-book readers for his work on 2000 A.D. and The Dreaming, wrote a followup to his popular miniseries, The Sandman Presents: Love Street, in 1997. Unfortunately, The Sandman Presents: Marquee Moon, as it would have been called, has never been published, even a decade after it was first solicited.
Love Street offered insight into John Constantine's youth in the 1960s, setting the stage for the cynical magician he would someday become. Marquee Moon would have revisited Constantine's early years, showcasing his brief fame as a punk rocker in the band Mucous Membrane. The future mage's prominence in this story, however, would have been reduced, compared to his starring role in Love Street.
Marquee Moon would have chronicled Constantine's 1977 encounter with an American woman with a secret--the main character of the story and the mother of a young girl featured in The Sandman's "The Hunt"--who'd moved to London and discovered punk-rock music for the first time. Had this 56-page one-shot seen publication, it would have featured The Clash's comic-book debut.
With Hogan's kind permission, Roots of the Swamp Thing presents the complete text to this unpublished chapter in Sandman and Hellblazer history, along with an an introductory essay Hogan included upon delivering the script to Vertigo. This essay provided artist Peter Doherty, former Vertigo editor Alisa Kwitney and Sandman creator Neil Gaiman a detailed look at the 1970s London punk-rock scene--and is a fascinating read in its own right.
In addition, I have conducted an interview with Hogan, to explain Marquee Moon's background and context. Hopefully, Vertigo will some day come to their senses and publish this officially. In the meantime, click the following link to read the script:
http://www.swampthingroots.com/
Sincerely,
Rich Handley
Roots of the Swamp Thing