Promethea: The 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition #3
"Cross, Star, Moon, Shapes in the Sand (Everything Goes Wrong)" is the concluding chapter of Alan Moore’s visionary *Promethea*, rendered in stunning, multi-layered art by J. H. Williams III, whose masterful pencils, inks, and colors define the series’ dreamlike aesthetic. This 2021 deluxe edition issue defies convention with its upside-down pages and a narrative designed to be read in multiple ways—front to back, or unfolded into a massive double-sided poster, offering a unique, tactile experience that transforms the comic into an art object. The cover, also by Williams III, captures the issue’s surreal essence in its intricate, hand-crafted detail.
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From the "A Word About This Issue" on the inside front cover: "This final issue of Promethea has several notable differences from previous ones. First off, a number of pages are upside down, we know. Secondly, the story is constructed so you can read it from front to back… or it can be 'unfolded' into a giant double-sided poster and read in a completely different order. Since this is a comic book that has been cut at the printer… you can't actually unfold the book but you can carefully pull it apart and… tape it all back together to form the poster. …"
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).