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When Alan Moore wrote The Killing Joke for Brian Bolland, its status in DC Comics continuity was never meant to be as fixed as it became It gave us a story that referenced Bat-Girl, Batwoman, Ace the Bat-Hound and Bat-Mite – characters that did not exist in continuity, after DC's Crisis On Infinite Earths rewrote the universe. And the[...]

Just in time for Alan Moore's birthday. No one send it to him as a present, okay? Maybe you could send the Supergirl colouring book instead… I remember at one point someone at DC Comics called up someone at Dynamite Entertainment, over their solicitation of a Watchmen toaster, that burned the pattern of Rorschach's face into each[...]

We have the solicitations for the books shipping in May 2016 from Avatar Press which starts of with lots of Alan Moore His Providence series with Jacen Burrows gets collected into a limited hardcover edition while a new monthly anthology called Cinema Purgatorio will feature Moore working with his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen partner Kevin O'Neill[...]

The Alan Moore/Kevin O'Neill-led anthology from Bleeding Cool publisher Avatar Press, Cinema Purgatorio has just hit $100,000 on Kickstarter, with a day-and-a-half to go. Avatar Press will have 200 copies of the deluxe hardcover of Cinema Purgatorio flown out to the London Super Comic Con this coming weekend They can be pre-ordered for $35 on Kickstarter,[...]

Avatar Press are also publishing Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's new anthology series Cinema Purgatorio And Avatar Press are currently funding it on Kickstarter, using it as a way to obtain direct preorders without going through Diamond and the like. But what about retailers? Will it bypass them as well? Not a bit of it[...]

In an interview with Bleeding Cool yesterday, about his upcoming Cinema Purgatorio project, Alan Moore passed on some news regarding the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic he creates with Kevin O'Neill. Kevin had been working solely on that for fifteen years, and it must have occurred to him that if he'd actually murdered somebody he'd be out by[...]

Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill are the creators of League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen But, for Bleeding Cool owner Avatar Press, they are starting something new. Cinema Purgatorio, a horror anthology comic book including their work and the work of their friends, including Max Brooks, Kieron Gillen, Christos Gage and more. And, yes, it's being funded on Kickstarter. The lead[...]

Stephen Baskerville writes After 30 years, Jim Dandy In The Underworld is finally back– and for the first time in full colour– in the splendid digital anthology Aces Weekly (Volumes 19 and 20 to be precise). (Read the first week's installment for free right here:) "But who is Jim Dandy in the Underworld, and why should I be even vaguely interested[...]

The controversy over the Angoulême Grand Prix is far from over. After the controversy in which thirty nominees for the prestigious prize were named, without one woman, the organisers eventually abandoned the list and said that voters could vote for anyone they wished. The final three nominees, who will go forward to a second vote, are Belgian comics[...]

The three nominations are Hermann, Alan Moore and Claire Wendling And, yes, one of the three is a woman Clare Wendling, who won the Alph'Art Avenir Prize at Angoulême in 1989 She worked on the anthologies Children Of The Nile and Entrechats, before creating the series The Lights Of Amalou before working in film and gaming[...]

There new offerings include the fourth volume trade of Garth Ennis' War Stories, the eighth issue of Alan Moore's Providence and the ninth issue of Kieron Gillen's Mercury Heat plus Crossed +100 and Crossed: Badlands. WAR STORIES VOL 04 TPB Retail Price: $19.99 US Cover & Art: Thomas Aria Writer: Garth Ennis MR, Color, 144 pages PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Garth Ennis' visionary[...]

The first episode was written by a young Alan Moore, with subsequent episodes by John Wagner, credited to his pseudonym Rick Clark Monster continued as a strip in Eagle for a number of years. Well, now it's coming back. It's one of a number of classic British comics that Rebellion, the publishers of 2000AD, are reprinting –[...]

Who are the UK publishers of Alan Moore's upcoming second novel, Jerusalem (Liveright are the US publishers.) Which is how they came by Alan Moore's blurb for the novel in question…              In the half a square mile of decay and demolition that was England's Saxon capital, eternity is loitering between the[...]

It was the Alan Moore spinoff that could A new kind of digital comic book envisioned for his planned movie, The Show, that became real And, with arts funding, saw the publication of a number of short comics in that format created by well known writers and artists, and a generator so that anyone could have[...]

 First up, Simon Spurrier continues what Alan Moore started in the second story arc of Crossed +100 and then Max Bemis kicks off a new story arc in Crossed: Badlands. Crossed +100 #12 The second arc of the Alan Moore developed Crossed future exploration comes to a powerful conclusion.  Simon Spurrier has pushed Future Taylor and her[...]

Thanks to SpaceGuruu, who went to an day of counter culture discussion at Northampton University , called Under The Austerity The Beach with Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie, Robin Ince, Scroobius Pip, Josie Long and more. And who videoed and edited a few clips… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJYFxD1kk6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCkTPZcAlvkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: AUSTERITY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCkTPZcAlvk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCkTPZcAlvkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

It's one of the charities that comic fans should know about. If you donate to CBLDF today, not only is the amount tax deductible… and as we approach the end of the year that could be important… but you will receive some gifts depending on the amount. Donate any amount, and receive a special #GivingTuesday edition of[...]

And then the sixth issue of Alan Moore's Providence brings use 40 ad-free pages of story (As a disclaimer, Avatar Press is the parent company of Bleeding Cool). Crossed: Badlands #90 Singer and songwriter Max Bemis of Say Anything takes readers on a twisted trip through the dysfunctional family dynamic of two very different brothers in a[...]

Alan Moore has been in the news again, after a man who he donated £10,000 after reading about his particularly strained efforts to bring his wife into the country, posted a cheque and letter on Facebook. Add that to the regular revival of V For Vendetta-related coverage around the Million Mask March, and Electricomics about to release[...]

At the ElectriComics panel at Thought Bubble this morning, the panel were asked if any of their digital comics (free on the iOS App) would appear in print. Mitch Jenkins, the man who helped get the funding for the project and longtime Alan Moore collaborator had an answer He said that they have been talking to Avatar[...]

Available with Regular, Wraparound, Movie Poster, Nightlife, and a special Pure Art Incentive cover, all by series artist Raulo Caceres. PROVIDENCE #7 REGULAR CVR $4.99 Writer: Alan Moore Covers and Art: Jacen Burrows MR, Color, 40 pages (no ads), 7 of 12 Robert Black came looking for a story but what he found is a world[...]

"I'm pretty much incapable of listing my favourite films or books, as my answers to the rest of this series of questions demonstrate resoundingly, so asking me what I think was my most spiritual experience is pretty much doomed to elicit an answer that is even vaguer and more equivocal." Alan Moore has answered 75 questions[...]

Cry Havoc, a gritty new fantasy military noir comic published by Image Comics. And oh look, Crossed +100's creator Alan Moore has something to say about it.   "The werewolves of London are chihuahuas compared with the hardier breeds we have out here in the regions With Cry Havoc Si Spurrier, Ryan Kelly and their ingenious colour and[...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA_DstQ9FwIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Unboxing Alan Moore And Mitch Jenkins' Show Pieces Kickstarter DVD Box Set for BleedingCool.com (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA_DstQ9FwI) I kickstartered it It took a little time But this morning, I got something rather special… [...]

For justifiable reasons, it's a big part of the series Providence, written by Alan Moore and illustrated painstakingly by Jacen Burrows, not to give any spoilers of what lies ahead, but there's certainly been plenty of speculation, and this is fertile ground for imaginative predictions based on how in-depth your knowledge of the Lovecraftian universe[...]

Now you can get the entire epic story, all six volumes, packaged in a sturdy slipcase featuring striking original art! PROVIDENCE #6 REGULAR CVR $4.99 Writer:Alan Moore Covers and Art: Jacen Burrows MR, Color, 40 pages (no ads), 6 of 12 Fans and critics alike are hailing Alan Moore's Providence as the horror event of the year! Mild mannered newsman Robert[...]

The participants ranged from the software development team for the app, Ocasta Studios, to the funding body that granted development resources to the project, NESTA, to the team lead Leah Moore, digital comics advisor Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, and then there were the comic creators who helped introduce the app through four original stories, including Leah[...]

Sprung from an idea for a background element in Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' film project The Show, Electricomics morphed into an innovation project funded by a government grant from NESTA, under the project management of Leah Moore, and involving a wide array of digital comics experts, software developers, and several teams of creators whose[...]

Electricomics, the real life emergence of a new kind of digital comic book storytelling experience, ripped from the fiction of Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' The Show film projects And with an all-star cast of comic book creators to boot. You can download the iPad App here, like I just have Other operating systems will roll[...]

This week from Avatar Press we get three new books hitting the shelves including work by Alan Moore and Garth Ennis. Crossed: Badlands #84 Convinced by Morgan and Olivia that their food source could  either be compromised or possibly even be the source of whatever started the Crossed epidemic, the bridge dwellers begin to re-think their survival[...]