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I think I will read everything Emily St John Mandel writes.

It's a wonder that this book is so under-mentioned and neglected in the Alan Moore canon. It's a tour de force in terms of achievement. To take well-known characters in literature and reinterpret and recontextualize them purely as sexual beings, and doing it without demeaning or diminishing their essence, is – to use an oft-misused word – genius.

Fact and fiction - only madmen and magistrates cannot distinguish between them.

Once upon a time, I found this book funny. Now it just feels like a bunch of wannabe meme panels thrown together. Explosions! Exclamation marks!!! Comic book violence!!!! Characters being sassy and ironic and full of sarcasm, because that's so cool.

Ok, yeah. I am obsessed with the book and movie. The making-of story is a tale worth telling, with its ecstatic ups and nail-biting downs.

It's a wonder that I never realized that the designer of the iconic book cover and movie poster, with the hands holding the crucifix/puppet strings was a Japanese-American designer named S Neil Fujita, who was interned during WWII. He was also known for iconic Jazz album covers for Columbia recordings, including Dave Brubeck's Time Out.

Accompanied by a viewing of the movie, of course. Fascinating to see the process of adaptation be mostly a matter of chopping off parts of the book, accompanied by trying to bring inner monologues and backstories to life in the most economical manner possible.

Wonderful addition to the CozyFantasy genre.