Bacchus Omnibus Edition Volume 2 [Paperback]

Eddie Campbell’sBacchusis a true epic, spanning a decade of work, over a thousand pages, and several millennia of alcohol consumption. InBacchus, the visionary behindFrom Hell(with Alan Moore) andALEC: The Years Have Pantspresents his version of an American-style comic
book, filtered through his own brilliant, whimsical, and wide-ranging sensibility. With a fine blend of action, comedy, suspense, and an ear for a great story,Bacchusbrings the gods and myths of ancient Greece to modern life, as if they had never left. Nearly 600 pages, this deluxe volume collects the second half of theBacchussaga with new notes and commentary by the author.Publishers Weekly calls Eddie Campbell  one of the premier cartoonists of his generation. Campbell has been writing and drawing comics since 1974, and is best known for his collaborations with Alan Moore (From Hell, A Disease of Language) and Neil Gaiman (The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains), as well as for Alec, his tour-de-force autobiographical series that Booklist called a high-water mark in the graphic novel's short history, and the 1200-page epic Bacchus. Forthcoming is Bizarre Romance (in collaboration with Audrey Niffenegger).KR