Alan Moore Archives

Alan Moore Accepts First-Ever GN Bram Stoker Award for Neonomicon
Wolverine by Jonathan Maberry (Marvel) Baltimore Volume I: The Plague Ships by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden (Dark Horse) Neonomicon by Alan Moore (Avatar Press) From this fine list of projects, Alan Moore was recipient of the award In absentia, Alan Moore's acceptance was read with good humor by award presenters Scott Edelman and Rocky Wood: If I may,[...]
Preview: League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009
Here are some early looks at the upcoming League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 2009 by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill to be published in June I've tried to summon my inner Jess Nevins… do feel free to join in. A rusted ruined Martain ship from the Martian invasion of Earth, in LOEG II The Treens Out[...]
The Future Has Stopped Making Sense – Lee Barnett Is The Adult In The Room
Can anyone seriously argue the election process hasn't changed markedly because of the availability of youtube, instant video via smartphones and the like? Alan Moore – in, of course, WATCHMEN – made it crystal clear that the new engines created by Doctor Manhattan had destroyed the old motor vehicle industry That's one of the few 'wider[...]
Alan Moore's Magical Powers Of Spontaneous Improvisation
In 2010, Alan Moore gave a talk at the October Gallery in London as part of The Ecology, Cosmos and Consciousness lecture series, about his journey from a child into the worlds of magic. Whatever your beliefs, whatever your take on the man and his work, this is as incredibly enjoyable as ever Alan has been[...]
Friday Trending Topics: Hurm.
It was the warmest March 16 on record at BC HQ today, March Madness is in full swing, and so is Spring convention season with the start of Wondercon.
Alan Moore Reads A Chapter Of Jerusalem For Thirty-Five Minutes (VIDEO)
At Northampton Central Library, Alan Moore read to an audience one chapter of his upcoming novel Jerusalem The twenty-fourth chapter, as told by the statue of the statue of the archangel Michael on the Northampton Guild Hall. It rather reminds me of the Voice Of The Fire episode, from the point of view of a head[...]
Richard Pace's The League Of Halfway Decent Gentlemen
And now he has a take on the current situation… Alan Moore's response to it, and the possible response from the creators involved Here is his Burning Itch… Richard Pace was the first comic book creator to state that they knew that Before Watchmen was actually happening And now he has a take on the[...]
"If DC Want To Soil Themselves In Public And Kill The Reputations Of A Number Of Otherwise Possibly Halfway-Decent Writers And Artists, Then I'm Certainly Not Going To Stop Them. And I Shall Take My Fun And My Pleasure However It Comes" – Alan Moore On Before Watchmen
Alan Moore has been talking to Kurt Amacker about Before Watchmen, Watchmen, DC Comics and League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Now, Alan has said a lot of this before, sometimes to me, but not all in the same place, in such a concise fashion and so directed Here are a few snippets, to encourage you to[...]
Get Your Alan Moore-Signed V For Vendetta Masks – Occupy The Album
And they are appealing for start up costs through SponsuMe.com. The album will contain work from the likes of Ani Di Franco, Tom Morello, Tao Seeger, Billy Bragg, Sam Duckworth, Chumbawumba and a cover by Sex Pistols designer Jamie Reid. And one of the rewards is, for £175, a resign V For Vendetta mask signed by Alan[...]
Wednesday Trending Topics: More Before Watchmen
Alan Moore, on DC and Watchmen, from one of today's trending topics: "They have a whole battery of lawyers who could continue to fight this case for decades And it's not like I'm after money It's always been about the dignity and integrity of the work I just want them not to do something[...]
First Minutemen Art From Darwyn Cooke – And The Watchmen Contract
FastCoCreate has a new interview with Alan Moore talking about Watchmen – accompanied by the first art from Darwyn Cooke from the Minutemen book It seems an odd article for DC Comics to have agreed to provide such artwork for, as negative as it is, including such paragraphs as; More recently, Moore says some lawyers involved[...]
Alan Moore Talks V For Vendetta Masks To The BBC
Alan Moore has written an article for the BBC about the history and impact of the Guy Fawkes and the mask from V For Vendetta, including recent anti-Scientology and Occupy protests. He writes, regarding the re-emergence of the mask. It would seem that the various tectonic collapses deep in the structure of our economic and political systems[...]
A Tribute To Harvey Pekar, With A Little Help From Alan Moore
This weekend, Alan Moore engaged in his first mass webchat, to help promote the Kickstarter appeal to raise money for a tribute statue to the late Harvey Pekar. The two-and-a-half hour video has been made available on Vimeo, and those who enjoy it are asked to consider making a Paypal donation towards the fundraising effort (below,[...]
That Two And A Half Hour Alan Moore Webchat You Missed… (VIDEO BACK)
Dirk Manning writes for Bleeding Cool when he's not writing comics for Image Comics/Shadowline, crafting columns at that other place, or doing a million other things. If you enjoy the video below, and you think it's appropriate, you can make a Paypal donation to HPekar@aol.com towards the Harvey Pekar statue tribute, to help with the cost[...]
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009 Off To The Printers
Alan Moore is engaging in a videochat with 58 people who paid $99 as part of a Kickstarter effort to raise money for a Harvey Pekar tribute statue He talks about it below. Expect fuller coverage later, but amongst the many gems the man is dropping – including stating that he is the new god of[...]
Kevin Smith Turned Down BEFORE WATCHMEN
Only passed because I'm not Alan Moore, sadly If I was Alan Moore, I'd be all over it As Kevin Smith, I'd likely just make Bubastis "big pussy" jokes and have Rorschach wet himself Hurm." Shame, I think I would have enjoyed Veidt And Silent Bubastis And as we now know, Len Wein is now writing[...]
The Ethics Of Before Watchmen
But should they? Here are a few thoughts worth considering. The Contract Alan Moore definitely argues the ethics behind the original contract he signed with DC Comics over the rights to the publication of Watchmen and V For Vendetta They allowed the company to publish the work for a reasonable amount of time while it stayed in[...]
When Alan Moore Helped Write A Series Of Watchmen Prequels
Alan Moore wrote Watchmen with Dave Gibbons And that was that. Or was it? Because, as well as making suggestions about writing a Minutemen prequel or a Tales Of The Black Freighter spinoff with Joe Orlando, he also helped out with the Watchmen DC Heroes Role Playing games from Mayfair, in both Who Watches The Watchmen,[...]
Leah Moore On Before Watchmen
Leah Moore, co-writer of the medium-redefining webcomic The Thrill Electric – and also one of Alan Moore's daughters – had something to say about the announcement today of Before Watchmen. I have to say I find it hard to disagree. Leah Moore, co-writer of the medium-redefining webcomic The Thrill Electric – and also one of Alan[...]
BEFORE WATCHMEN Announced Today With Azzarello/Bermejo's Rorschach, JMS/Adam Hughes' Dr Manhattan And Len Wein/Jae Lee's Ozymandias (UPDATE)
They include; (UPDATE: USA Today confirms the artists) Rorschach by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo Comedian by Brian Azzarello and JG Jones) Minutemen by Darwyn Cooke Silk Spectre by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner Doctor Manhattan by J Michael Straczynski and Adam Hughes Nite Owl by Joe Michael Strazynski (and presumably Andy and Joe Kubert) Ozymandias by Len Wein and Jae Lee. The last[...]
Alan Moore Meets Occupy Londoners In Their V For Vendetta Masks [VIDEO]
Channel 4 News last night interviewed Alan Moore, and took him to meet the Occupy London demonstrators for the first time at St Paul's Cathedral And he came away "amazed, I'm very impressed and I'm rather touched The people here are amazing, I think that this is the best organised, most forward thinking protest that[...]
Alan Moore Wishes You A Happy New Year On BBC Radio 4
And chose Alan Moore to deliver an Alternative Thought For The Day You can find it at 1 hour 22 minutes in… British comedian Stewart Lee guest edited BBC Radio 4's Today Programme this morning And chose Alan Moore to deliver an Alternative Thought For The Day You can find it at 1 hour 22[...]