This full-colour tome provides an exciting and brightly illustrated overview of magic in many different forms.
 
Utilising history, art, humour, and much more, comic writer Alan Moore and his late mentor Steve Moore have come together to create a book that impresses upon readers the value of magic and magical thinking in the human experience. This book contains comic biographies of famous magicians, historical passages on magic, ‘Things to Do on a Rainy Day’ (magically, of course), and a running narrative of ‘Alexander,’ a fictional cartoon character representing ‘the first archeologically verifiable magician.’ This book is a combination of the practical and the absurd, combining nostalgia with an ongoing cultural appetite for the occult.
 
Sherman Oaks: Top Shelf Productions, London: Knockabout Comics, 2024. Hardback, 350 pages. New.