Alan Moore's 'Lost Girls' Will Be Found in UK...But Not Till Jan. '08
Alan Moore's LOST GIRLS will be available for bookstore sales in the UK after all. Though the illustrated "porno-graphic" novel featuring the erotic adventures of Peter Pan's friend Wendy, Dorothy from THE WIZARD OF OZ, and Alice from Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
The adult sexual nature of LOST GIRLS did not amuse the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, which has been funded by the proceeds of Barrie's beloved children's play for nearly 100 years. (
Now the illustrated novel's publisher, Top Shelf, has agreed not to offer Moore's book for sale until January 2008, when the British and E.U. copyright on J.M. Barrie's novel and play expires.
Here's a link to Galleycat's thorough coverage of the dispute between Moore and the Great Ormond Street Trust.
Galleycat's been following the dispute between graphic novelist Alan Moore and the
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