I actually really, really liked Heart of Ice. I thought it was pretty much a return to form after how Black Dossier got butchered into something the creators didn't entirely want and Century was more than a little self-indulgent. Don't get me wrong, I liked bits of Century - I liked where Moore placed Janni (despite not liking *how* he got her there) in the first chapter, and I thoroughly enjoyed the reveal of who 'God' was in the finale, but the middle piece was such a difficult slog; O'Neill's visuals saved it, but just barely.

But Heart of Ice was like, a return to form and what made the first volume work. As great as Black Dossier was, it was essentially a glorified version of the second volume's Almanac, really, little more than a slave to all the references Moore wanted to make. Heart of Ice worked a lot better to me because the references weren't overdone, the plot was simple but solid, and I actually found Janni really rather compelling; I can only think of a handful of instances where we have female legacy characters, and Moore's approach to her wanting to one-up her father was neat. I think my only complaint was that I could have generally read more of just Janni and the Nautilus crew looting famous literary characters in general rather than the story taking the turn it did; But if Moore insists on playing with Lovecraft, he's at least shown he can do it better than Neonomicon.