Top 10, beyond its story, also touches on social themes sprinkled across its characters and world: LGBT, racism, pedophilia, and other pop culture elements surrounding the late 90s.
The universe here is so rich that there are still innumerable interesting things readers are yet to experience. The only sad thing about this is that Alan Moore never followed up the main series (besides spin-offes, a short-lived season two actually happened a couple of years after). It is a cohesive creation of police drama, humor, sleuthing and comic parodies/references. Top 10, with its sheer number of characters does not feel congested, far from it actually. The characters all have their parts, though not equally, but balanced. I am not venerating Alan Moore as a comics-god for he too has some share of bad creations but man, the way he tells the story in this five-issue volume is no less than amazing. Whereas volume one of Top 10 establishes the world of Neopolis and the eponymous police department, volume two delivers a solid story with slick narration that can only come from writing geniuses like Alan Moore.
I'm lucky people didn't call the cops on me. I read the second half of this volume laughing like a madman in a late-night restauraunt. Honestly, there are a few one liners in this comic that would make reading the whole thing worthwhile even if the entire rest of the book was nothing but blank paper. And many of the stories and character arcs do see resolution. That said, just these first two volumes are absolutely worth your time. So though Moore stayed around to give some of the stories a wrap, we'll never get to see these carried forward farther than this. There was no part of them that I didn't love.īut from what I understand, ABC comics, which was an Imprint of Wildstorm, was sold to DC. These first two collections had such a strong start.
It's with regret that I add this comic to that list. I'm talking about the Chronicles of Amber. Before their authors could bring them to a proper ending. I'm talking of the stories that were cut off before their prime. Stories I greedily wish there were more of. I'm not talking about the stories I just wish there were more books for. There are some stories I will never have more of, and it breaks my heart.
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