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Watchmen: Lindelof Not Doing "Literal Translation," HBO President Says
In a statement that might not go over well with fans of Alan Moore's seminal comic book series, HBO President Casey Bloys told IGN that the cable giant's adaptation of Watchmen will not be a "literal translation" of the work Interviewed during the Television Critics Association's (TCA's) ongoing press tour, Bloys revealed that Damon Lindelof[...]
Carla Speed McNeil's Comic Book Life, Furnished In Alan Moore
And Carla Speed McNeil has chosen to illustrate her own comic book coming of age steeped in the writings of one fellow familiar to most Bleeding Cool readers, a certain Alan Moore And his work on Swamp Thing, Marvelman, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V For Vendetta, Promethea, Providence, Watchmen and Lost Girls. You can read what[...]
Today's Essential C2E2 Panel, DC Essential, Was Basically, Y'Know, Essential
This year on the panel were Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Franco, Dan Jurgens, Steve Orlando, Joe Prado, and James Tynion IV. The moderator started things off by asking who or what the panels' favorite Superman books were. Dan Jurgens piped up, saying that his favorite super man (and best suggestion) is Alan Moore's Superman (Eliot – 3 stories as[...]
watchmenbabies
Watchmen was the seminal 1986 comic work by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, not to be confused with Alan Moore's fish-semenal comic work, Avatar Press's own Neonomicon Hoooorrrrrdd! Speaking of Alan Moore and Avatar Press… Hey, where did that video come from?! Comic Book Resources had the news from a survey sent out by Warner Bros, which calls[...]
Sarah Paulson Cast In Very Strange Adaptation Of Lost Girls
American Horror Story star Sarah Paulson has been cast in an extremely bizarre adaptation of Alan Moore's Lost Girls, according to a report from THR Billed as a serial killer drama, what makes the adaptation so bizarre is that it does not appear to have anything to do with Alan Moore's Lost Girls at all,[...]
English Artist Takes To Twitter To Draw Writers
The account was started this month, only has 25 followers as of this writing and features six images including Ian Fleming, Alan Moore, and J R R Tolkein The artist doesn't identify themselves, but they are asking for names of writers to draw The page says they are from Bolton, England, but you could guess that[...]
Green Arrow: A Celebration Of 75 Years – 24 Trades Of Christmas
This section includes stories from Alan Moore, Klaus Jansen, Grell, Doug Moench, Gene Colan, Dan Jurgens, Chuck Dixon, Jim Aparo and Rodolfo Damaggia This also leads to the death of Oliver Queen. The fourth section of the book is Return of the Archer and starts up with works by Kevin Smith and Phil Hester and then[...]
Risking Wrath Of Alan Moore, Ed Boon May Bring Watchmen To Injustice 2 [Updated]
The sequel, Injustice 2, is set to come out next year, and NetherRealm Studios' Ed Boon is looking for ways to improve on the original. One idea… one potentially very, very bad idea… You wanna see Watchmen characters in Injustice 2 ? — Ed Boon (@noobde) November 22, 2016 Clearly, the approximately 14,841.44 people who voted "Yes" must not[...]
Black Pre-Friday: Alan Moore & HP Lovecraft's Scary, Scarce Century
TL;DR: Go get these insanely great and limited Providence Century Sets, while supplies last. If you haven't read Providence by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, there's really no sweeping overview I can give you that won't substantially spoil the magic, so let me come at it by way of analogy: Even the slightest glance at the history of[...]
The Return Of Kieron Gillen's Über Leads Avatar Press' December Solicitations
And the theatre of the surreal continues with the eight issue of Cinema Purgatorio with stories by some of the top writers in the industry including Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, Max Brooks and more. Avatar Press is the parent company of Bleeding Cool. UBER: INVASION#1 REGULAR CVR Retail Price: $3.99 US Writer: Kieron Gillen Covers and Art: Daniel Gete MR, Color, 32[...]
Everything Wrong With Batman: The Killing Joke
Based on the Alan Moore and Brian Bolland graphic novel that is considered by many to be one of the top Batman stories published, the animated film was met with mixed reviews because of the opening sequence added on But these guys seemed to have problems with a lot more than just what happened between[...]
2 Content Providers, Alan Moore And Stewart Lee, Talk About Writing And The Audience
Alan Moore is a comic book writer who has a novel coming out, Jerusalem. Stewart Lee is a stand-up comedian who also has a book out, Content Provider. And, for the Guardian, they talk about writing… and the unexpected reactions of the audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79MpJ-PwTlwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Stewart Lee talks to Alan Moore about writing[...]
The Superhero Comic Alan Moore Likes – Germany To Invade America In Kieron Gillen's Uber
Alan Moore has given Uber, the superhero war comic by Kieron Gillen, Canaan White and Daniel Gete, his blessing. For the Kickstarter appeal to launch the return of the series published by Avatar, Bleeding Cool's owners, he says, "Situating the superhuman in its only credible real-life context, UBER gives us an appallingly logical and brilliantly-imagined world where[...]
Avatar Press In October 2016 With Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill, Max Brooks, Kieron Gillen, Garth Ennis And Christos Gage
This volume collects issues #93 – 100 of the ongoing Crossed: Badlands series. CROSSED VOL 17 HC $39.99 CINEMA PURGATORIO #6 $6.99 Cover: Kevin O'Neill Writers: Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, Max Brooks, Kieron Gillen, Christos Gage Artists: Kevin O'Neill, Raulo Caceres, Michael DiPascale, Ignacio Calero, Gabriel Andrade MR, B&W, 48 pages, ongoing monthly, no ads The lights are low and that surreal ticking noise[...]
When A Zubat Flies Into Alan Moore's Home – Pokemon Go!
#Zubat #AlanMoore #PokemonGo pic.twitter.com/3CeZkS92If — Amber Moore (@Amber_moore) July 15, 2016 Amber Moore, one of Alan's daughters, has taken Pokemon Go into strange and wonderful places. Including Alan Moore's paperwork. Look forward to Zubats making their way into Cinema Purgatorio? I suppose they already have Modded. It's not just Pokemon trainers who are wandering into strange and hostile situations[...]
The Man Who Has Read Alan Moore's Jerusalem. Out Loud.
Alan Moore's second novel, Jerusalem is due to be released later this year But if reading more that 600,000 words fills you with a little trepidation, why not look to someone who has done it for you? Like the award-winning Simon Vance, who has read for the audio version of the book And who took a trip[...]
Double Dose Of Alan Moore In Comic Shops This Week
Avatar Press is offering up a double-dose of Alan Moore this week Kicking it off with the second issue of Cinema Purgatorio as Moore teams with Kevin O'Neill as hosts for the new anthology that also includes writers Garth Ennis, Max Brooks, Kieron Gillen and Christos Gage and artists Paulo Caceres, Michael DiPascale, Ignacio Calero[...]
Alan Moore And Robert Goodman Have Recorded Frank And Nick Make You Sick
As a duo who worked together on Beyond The Fringe before spinning off their own TV show Not Only But Also, the team of Pete'N'Dud were national treasures in the UK. That can't be said about their other characters, the foul mouthed Derek And Clive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-IDPQEqaw In that spirit, Robert Goodman and Alan Moore and have revived their characters[...]
Alan Moore's Unearthing Videos Have Been Unearthed – And Will Go On Sale On Sunday
In 2007, Iain Sinclair published London: A City of Disappearances, which included the Alan Moore novella, Unearthing, a story about the long history of London suburb Shooter's Hill in a fashion similar to Voice Of The Fire on Northampton, and also his best friend and mentor who lived there, the late Steve Moore, which would also[...]
Avatar Press Goes DRM-Free Digital For Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Max Brooks, Jonathan Hickman Comics And More
  Bleeding Cool's owner Avatar Press have launched their direct digital comics offerings – DRM-free comics from their range of extreme offerings from the biggest writing names in comics. And in Cinema Purgatorio's case, ahead of next Wednesday's mass-market comic store date. The work of Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Max Brooks, Jonathan Huckman, Si Spurrier, Antony[...]
Alan Moore's Show Pieces Comes To Hulu, iTunes And Amazon In May
© 2012 John Angerson.Filming of Jimmy's End – Northampton The film Show Pieces is getting a screening at the Barbican on the 8th of May followed by a question and answer session with writer Alan Moore and director Mitch Jenkins. Already available as a box set, the film will also be available digitally to iTunes, Hula and Amazon in May as well. This is Moore's first work[...]
Crossed Badlands Ends With #100 – Avatar's July 2016 Solicits
Here are Bleeding Cool owner Avatar Press' July solicitations, including a new chapter in Alan Moore's ongoing anthology Cinema Purgatorio and the new Mercury Heat written by Kieron Gillen CROSSED: BADLANDS #100 REGULAR CVR $5.99 Cover: German Nobile Writer: Christos Gage Artist: Emiliano Urdinola MR, Color, 64 pages No Ads This is the way the world ends in the final issue of[...]
Alan Moore's Cinema Purgatorio #2 Leads Avatar Press' Solicits For June 2016
Here are the solicitations for Avatar Press for June 2016, leading with the second issue of the Alan Moore curated anthology Cinema Purgatorio Moore also has his new issue of Providence with Jacen Burrows solicited, as well as Crossed Badlands by Christos Gage and Emiliano Urdinola, Crossed +100 from Si Spurrier and Martin Tunica and War Stories[...]