Alan Moore Archives
One of the most renowned and respected comic book creators of all time, Alan Moore is also a filmmaker, anarchist, and accomplished wizard in service of the snake god Glycon. Bursting onto the comics scene in the 1980s, Moore effectively broke the entire comics industry, which has been trapped in a nostalgic feedback loop since 1986.
From coverage of Moore's seminal work with Dave Gibbons, Watchmen, (not to be confused with Moore's fish-semenal work, Neonomicon) to his current projects and cultural commentary, Bleeding Cool brings you all the latest news about Alan Moore as well as the unauthorized sequels and adaptations of his work. Moore's most famous comics also include From Hell, Swamp Thing, Marvelman, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta, Promethea, The Killing Joke, Tom Strong, Providence, Lost Girls, and others.
Of Moore's magickal prowess, the only comic book creator viewed as having comparable magick abilities is fellow Englishman Grant Morrison. However, fellow comic book creator "The Great One" Brian Bendis has gone on the record as saying that Moore could easily defeat Morrison in a wizard battle. "Alan Moore’s mage powers are not to be f***ed with," Bendis said. It's a lesson DC Comics, which has kept control of the Watchmen rights instead of releasing them to Moore and Gibbons after keeping the book in print for perpetuity to fulfill a contractual loophole, must one day learn as well.
If there was ever a day to enjoy the two best takes on writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons & colorist John Higgins' comic book classic Watchmen, today would be that very day Why? Because you can catch both of them on the same streaming service! Wait… was there another reason? First up, we've got HBO[...]
He's rarely online, and even if he was, he probably wouldn't read this, but nevertheless, we wish a very happy seventy-first birthday to Alan Moore, who had both a novel and a graphic novel published last month, to great acclaim Those who just wish he would write a Fantastic Four comic should read this from[...]
When Bleeding Cool revealed the name of the second of Alan Moore's Long London novels, on the week that the first was released, we stated "Then there will be the inevitable Guardian article about Alan Moore and superheroes, reviews in The Times newspaper and plenty of the usual kinds of headlines that will spill out."[...]
Named after the Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Society established by Alan Moore, David J and Tim Perkins, and which recently saw Alan Moore's final graphic novel, The Moon And Serpent Bumper Book Of Magic, published by Knockabout and Top Shelf/IDW.
Jason Pilley of The Psychedelic Party clarified things saying "MAYBE THE MOON & SERPENT PARTY[...]
Entertainment's take on DC Comics' Watchmen (based on writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins's classic work) blew our minds with how well it brought the original work to animated life (with a great behind-the-scenes look waiting for you below) On Wednesday, we're going to get our first extended look at what[...]
We are going to see a lot of Alan Moore this month, with the release of two books: his final graphic novel, The Moon And Serpent Bumper Book Of Magic in two weeks and today sees the release of the first of his five Long London novels, The Great When set in 1949 in an alternative London[...]
The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for October 2024 includes signings at Gosh Comics, Forbidden Planet and events with Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Steve Bell Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, Jamie Smart, Dan Slott, Babs Tarr, Alison Sampson, Cecil Castellucci, Jim Zub, Kevin Maguire, Emma Vieceli and Martin Rowson. And[...]
Alan Moore is writing London. He has long written Northampton, in Voice Of The Fire, Jerusalem, Big Numbers, Show Pieces, The Show, Dodgem Logic and more and, in doing so, has illustrated everywhere a huge history that can be unearthed through archaeology, through literature It's not just places like London that have such rich histories just because[...]
Entertainment's take on DC Comics' Watchmen (based on writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins's classic work) now available (and hitting physical media later this month), we're getting a chance to hear from director Brandon Vietti (Young Justice, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Batman: Under the Red Hood) about how the[...]
Over time I was only off by about four million"
"I had the honour of being the second person ever to be Funky Flashman from the Fourth World… I appeared in Sleeper as agent W… I helped Dave Gibbons get a gig to do a promotional poster to be given out in Hall H when the[...]
Including All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly, Superman for All Seasons by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?, by Alan Moore and Curt Swan and Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. And it was that final book that introduced a Superman shield logo closest to the one chosen for the new movie[...]
Entertainment will release the first chapter of its animated adaptation of DC Comics' Watchmen (based on writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins's classic work) But for this go-around, instead of a sneak preview, we're getting an extended look behind the scenes of how the comic pages were brought to animated life[...]
As well as the final Alan Moore graphic novel, or graphic grimoire, with Steve Moore, Kevin O'Neill, John Coulthart, Steve Parkhouse, Rick Veitch, Melinda Gebbie, and Ben Wickey twenty years in the making, The Moon And Serpent Bumper Book Of Magic The launch of The Exorcism At 1600 Penn #1 by Hannah Rose May and[...]
Nico Delort is the cover artist for the upcoming Alan Moore Pentology of novels, Long London, beginning with The Great When, published in October And on Instagram, he shared the finished work… and a little of its progress.
This is the published wraparound cover Nico reports "I recently had the high honor of illustrating the cover[...]
Entertainment released the official trailer for the first chapter of its upcoming animated adaptation of DC Comics' Watchmen (based on writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins's classic work) – with August 13th as the target date for its digital release (and on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on August 27) –[...]
The Gallery Edition of The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland, in the Artists Edition style pioneered by another former DC VP when he was at IDW, Scott Dunbier Which reproduced The Killing Joke, and other work by Bolland, as close to reproducing the original artwork boards as possible That includes size, colour, paper[...]
Entertainment's upcoming animated adaptation of DC Comics' Watchmen (based on writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins's classic work), courtesy of the 2024 Annecy International Animation Festival First up, some rumblings from earlier this month were confirmed (see below) when it was announced that the adaptation would be broken into two parts[...]
Nearly a year after we first learned during San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2023 that an animated film adaptation for Watchmen (based on writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins's classic work) was on the way, we had what looked like an update earlier this month when a Blu-ray website listed the animated adaptation as arriving[...]
Top Shelf Comix/IDW Entertainment and Knockabout Comics have confirmed that the long-awaited Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic by Alan Moore, Steve Moore, Kevin O'Neill, John Coulthart, Steve Parkhouse, Rick Veitch, Melinda Gebbie, and Ben Wickey is at the printers It has been twenty years in the making, and sadly, we lost both Steve[...]
Ten years ago, Alan Moore was stopped on the red carpet at Fright Fest, which was to show three of his five Show Pieces films with Mitch Jenkins And the interviewer, Russell Nelson, asked him about comics, Watchmen, superheroes, graphic novels and the like. And Alan Moore says what he usually says when asked such things.
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This October will be a bumper month for Alan Moore He has his third novel published, The Great When, the first part of his five-part Long London series And his twenty-years-in-the-making final graphic novel work, The Moon And Serpent Bumper Book Of Magic with the late Steve Moore and Kevin O'Neill will see publication from[...]
People like fantasy legend Michael Moorcock, Watchmen and V For Vendetta co-creator Alan Moore, the late great Scottish sci fi and modern fiction author Iain Banks and Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro (The Shape Of Water, Pinocchio) to name just a few it will also include a brand new introduction from acclaimed British comics[...]
Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Ltd have released an official announcement for the very long awaited The Moon And Serpent Bumper Book Of Magic by Alan Moore and the late Steve Moore, with art from the late Kevin O'Neill, John Coulthart, Steve Parkhouse, Rick Veitch, and Ben Wickey.
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In the now-classic Superman story by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, For The Man Who Has Everything, Batman and Wonder Woman visit Superman in his Fortress Of Solitude..
…to find him in the arms of a Black Mercy plant giving him his dreams of living in Krypton, and allowing Mongul free reign to conquer the Earth.
The[...]
In 2004 for his 50th birthday, Gary Spencer Millidge as Abiogenesis Press published Alan Moore: Portrait Of An Extraordinary Gentleman, a collection of tributes to the man, mostly in comic book form Contributors included Neil Gaiman, Will Eisner, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Gibbons, Denis Kitchen, David Lloyd, Jim Valentino, Sergio Toppi, Bryan Talbot, Steve Parkhouse, Mark[...]
Last month, Alan Moore held an audience with the Scottish Book Trust, hosted by fellow author Heather Parry in which he talked about saving Brazil from fascism As it concluded, he was asked if he expected his upcoming series of prose fantasy novels, Long London to be as experimental as his other prose works such as[...]
Recently, Alan Moore held an audience with the Scottish Book Trust, hosted by fellow author Heather Parry They talked about everything from cabbages to kings, from Star Trek to satire, but also that this was the occasion of his seventieth birthday Which meant it was thirty years since he declared that he was a magician[...]
Alan Moore turned seventy years of age today So what better excuse than to run a bunch of songs that he has either written, recorded or both And some with videos showing the comic books they are from.
Such as the punk band The Indelicates singing Immoral Earnings In The UK from League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen,[...]
Sylvester got the role when BBC decided that Campbell (whose audition channelled Doctor Manhattan from the recently-published Alan Moore comic Watchmen) was too scary for children Yes, this really happened.
But what if Campbell had got the job? In the universe next door, he did Join us for the adventures of… The Lost Doctor.
In this beautifully[...]
Claremont wrote Ms Marvel – who would later become Marvel's Captain Marvel – and his work on X-Men influenced Alan Moore's work on Marvelman, especially Dark Phoenix and Kid Marvelman but as for the rest? I have no idea I will have to pick a copy up The Kickstarter offers are possibly a bit too[...]
