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July 17, 2013, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Dynamite proudly announces that The Last Temptation, the groundbreaking graphic book partnership between bestselling author Neil Gaiman as well as rock music icon Alice Cooper with art by Michael Zulli, will return in a fully-remastered Deluxe edition printing. The new edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the project, the very first printing because its original marvel run to be provided in color. Dynamite makes this statement to coincide with Neil Gaiman’s appearance this week as a special guest at San Diego Comic-Con 2013.
The Last Temptation graphic book was originally released in three serialized installments in 1994 as a buddy to the Alice Cooper album of the exact same name. In the story, a young boy named Steven (who was previously introduced as a character from Cooper’s album, welcome to My Nightmare) is lured by an enigmatic showman — based on Cooper — to join his carnival. Written by Neil Gaiman as well as illustrated by Michael Zulli, The Last Temptation was originally published by marvel Comics, however has been out of print for over a decade.
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“I’m truly pleased that The Last Temptation is coming out for a new generation of readers, who have not seen Michael Zulli’s marvelous drawings, or understand of the Showman as well as his wicked ways,” states Neil Gaiman. “I composed this a long time ago, driven by like of Ray Bradbury’s dark carnivals as well as of Alice Cooper’s own pandemonium shadow show. It’s time for it to shuffle out onto a leaf-covered street as well as satisfy the people who don’t understand about Stephen as well as Mercy as well as show what’s concerning town.”
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“I indication a ton of the Last Temptation comics after my shows. I was thumbing with one of them the other day as well as I realized that it’s practically the 20th anniversary of them, however you wouldn’t understand it since the stories are still so relateable,” comments Alice Cooper. “The conceits as well as themes are still appropriate – the worry of growing up, the wish to stay young as well as shirk responsibility. It only becomes much more appealing as you age. like all great horror stories as well as nightmares, it’s a morality tale. It talks to something bigger than our personal wants as well as needs, bigger than our cultural principles. The new generation of visitors will be thrilled by this sideshow as the very first visitors in 1994 were, as well as those reading it once again for the very first time in a decade or two will be amazed exactly how genuine the headache as well as the temptation still is.”
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“The Last Temptation is much much more than a graphic novel. It’s an amazing story as well as a true work of art, a masterful partnership between a metal maestro as well as literary designer with a great artist,” states Nick Barrucci, CEO as well as publisher of Dynamite. “Restoring The Last Temptation to its full-color glory is the most fitting method to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. fans old as well as new of both Neil Gaiman as well as Alice Cooper will delight in what we have in store for this extremely special deluxe edition.”
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