Alan Moore Archives

Alan Moore Withdraws From Angoulême Grand Prix
So Alan Moore is one of the three main nominees for the Grand Prix of Angoulême, alongside Bill Watterson and Katsuhiro Otomo. Such an honour, the greatest in the comics industry, would see Moore made a member of the Angoulême Academy and President of next year's festival This accompanies the French release of Neonomicon, a major[...]
In Play Cosmic Trigger, Alan Moore Will Be The Voice Of An A.I. Supercomputer
John Higgs, the author of The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned A Million Pounds, a book which includes a chapter about Alan Moore, recently visited Moore in Northampton, and in the meantime secured Moore's agreement to read the lines for FUCKUP, an "artificially intelligent supercomputer which predicts Armageddon by use of the[...]
The Marvelman Story Never Reprinted Until Today
Fearing newstand distributor disatisfaction, Dez Skinn got writer Alan Moore to write a new fill-in story to go between chapters Possibly in the spirit of Days Of Future Past, possibly of Terminator, it meant that after only three short chapters of the comic, we took a trip to the future of Marvelman, to see the[...]
J'Adore Le Alan Moore
And they have chosen Englishman Alan Moore, the first time they have celebrated a comics writer over an artist or writer/artist. Concentrating on prints and original artwork of his comics, including Eddie Campbell, David Lloyd, Melinda Gebbie, Kevin O'Neill, Dave Gibbons and more, as well as scripts, research notes and cuttings, acquired and curated by Jean-Marie[...]
Boycott Threatens To Disrupt Angoulême Grand Prix
Binet, Christophe Blain, Charles Burns, Pierre Christin, Daniel Clowes, Richard Corben, Bernard Cosey, Étienne Davodeau, Nicolas de Crécy, Edika, Emmanuel Guibert, Hermann, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Manu Larcenet, Milo Manara, Lorenzo Mattotti, Alan Moore, Katsuhiro Otomo, Quino, Marjane Satrapi, Joann Sfar, Jiro Taniguchi, Jean Van Hamme, Chris Ware and Bill Watterson. But the Academy, who normally vote on[...]
Unsung Masterpieces #2: Alec, with Eddie Campbell
– Ales Kot Do you need me to tell you how good Eddie Campbell is? Or that ALEC is probably the best book-length comic about art and wine and midlife crises and families and friends and wine and love and art and saying goodbye and terror there is? – Neil Gaiman In the simplest of terms, Alec is Eddie[...]
Whatever Happened To The Cover Of The Killing Joke?
By Alan Moore and Brian Bolland You may have heard of it. Controversial, hated and loved, cherished by some, seen as all that is wrong with comics by others, disowned by its writer and elevated by his fans, there have been essays, books, dissertations about it, and there will be many more to come Each generation[...]
Liz Moran Wears Knickers In Miracleman – But Only In The Digital Version
Garry Leach seemed rather bemused by the news earlier today (video coming soon). How the digital version is going to cope with the graphic childbirth issue, I have no idea… here's Lance Parkin, author of Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore suggestion for Bleeding Cool.   Marvelman/Miracleman has a history of people trying to sensor[...]
Why Miracleman Matters, Thirty Years On
This morning I talked to a shop assistant at Orbital Comics who was reading Miracleman for the first time. Because, today sees the publication of Miracleman #1, by Alan Moore and Garry Leach Originally published as Marvelman in the pages of Warrior Magazine, it was a revival of the believed-abandoned British ripoff of Captain Marvel from[...]
The Next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Book Is River Of Ghosts, And Set In 1975
Roses Of Berlin isn't out yet, but the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen chapter by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, River Of Ghosts, will complete the Nemo trilogy begun by Heart Of Ice. O'Neill told Diamond Previews, published today, that the new book will be set in 1975 in South America. That's the year Wonder Woman started[...]
Your First Look At The New Alan Moore And Steve Parkhouse BoJeffries Saga
Alan Moore wrote three strips for it One was Marvelman, now to be republished by Marvel Comics in 2014 Another was V For Vendetta, still in print in increasingly luxurious formats from DC Comics and the subject of a major motion picture by the Wachowski Brothers But the third, The BoJeffries Saga with artist Steve[...]
Watchmen Deluxe On Kindle, 448 Pages For Five Bucks
The Watchmen Deluxe edition by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, 448 pages of it, for $4.99. Bargain. This may be the Kindle deal that digital refuseniks may find hard to argue with The Watchmen Deluxe edition by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, 448 pages of it, for $4.99. Bargain. This may be the Kindle deal that digital[...]
Your First Look At The Remastered Miracleman #1
    Marvel Comics are publishing a remastered version of Miracleman from January, by Alan Moore The Original Writer, Mick Anglo, Garry Leach, Alan Davis, Chuck Austen, Rick Veitch, Rick Totleben, Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham We might have mentioned it once or twice. Eventually. Here's a look at the new work, Garry Leach's art, recoloured[...]
Supreme Comic Book Trademark Registration From Nuben Azar
Some remember Alan Moore's reinvention of the character into a Silver Age pastiche, and subsequent pastiche of many superhero tropes And some will have enjoyed Erik Larsen reinvention of the character yet again, befio cancellation. Well it looks as if someone else has plans, for the name at least. One Nuben Azar of Brooklyn, New York, has[...]
Alan Moore's Dodgem Logic Gets An Italian Job
It has been noted that if you meet Alan Moore in Northampton, he is more than likely to take you to an Italian restaurant of his favour. Well, maybe they might be interested in stocking this publication. The Best Of Dodgem Logic collects a number of articles, features and comics from the much loved Alan Moore-created magazine,[...]
"Alan Moore, Hitler And God, Though Their Friendship May Seem Odd"…
Taken from Alan Moore's evening at the Prince Charles Theatre with Lance Parkin which you can see here and hear here… "I've always said Northampton is the centre of the universe Hitler's invasion plan ended with the capture of Northampton Also God directed his angels there in the eighth century So I thought we could all[...]
Pop Culture Hounding Alan Moore And Lance Parkin
[audio:http://popculturehound.net/podpress_trac/web/2866/0/PCHPodcastEpisode66.mp3] by Chris Thompson After my last episode with the amazing Max Bemis from Say Anything (which you can still listen to here) I feel very privileged to bring to you this exclusive recording of Alan Moore & Lance Parkin in conversation at The Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square, London. Timed to coincide with the release of[...]
Does Original Killing Joke Artwork Reveal Greater Sexual Intent For Batgirl?
But for many fans, this find will be the most surprising yet. It appears to be an original page from Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's The Killing Joke from DC Comics which differs from the final print image in the comic Brian Bolland, when shown this Twitpic, has confirmed to Bleeding Cool that it is genuine[...]