Alan Moore Archives

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool. Alan Moore upsets people. Emotionally, it's usually their own choice People get upset that his work in the 1980s made comics "dark," "serious," and "not fun anymore." There are comics readers who find him pretentious, arrogant, and boisterous; elevating an entertainment form onto an artistic pedestal at the expense of their[...]

From Alan Moore to Frank Miller to Robert Crumb, they're all in here, with illustrations from the amazing Hunt Emerson. He tells me; "I'd started collecting more anecdotes, just on the off-chance that it might have been worth doing a sequel, but the book was so poorly advertised thatnot many people heard of it The stories have[...]

There has been a small media fuss over Damon Albarn's new opera on the life and times of the magician, mathematician and court advisor to Queen Elizabeth, Doctor John Dee. The New Scientist reports; The opera, Dr Dee, which premieres at the Manchester International Festival in the UK this week, was conceived when festival organisers approached graphic[...]

I couldn't make it to the British Library tonight to see The Universe Of Alan Moore – Alan in conversation with comedian, comic writer and Alan Moore-interviewer Stewart Lee, as part of their Out Of This World events In which Lee told Alan "what is twitter if not voluntary self surveillance?" I know this because[...]

After twenty-five years, one of the most famous comic book shops in the world, Gosh! Comics of London is moving from opposite the British Museum on Great Russell Street, to the other side of Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road, to Berwick Street, in Soho, on August 6th. But before they leave, Gosh! will host a[...]

And I understand there may be more to come… In related news, Big Numbers writer Alan Moore has given an interview to The Big Issue. Singling out ring leader of the 'new atheism' Richard Dawkins, Moore says he can be more religious than scientific in his dedication to his own theory of evolution "There[...]

Woo.... A commission piece by Chris Weston there. Woo...

Well here's another. Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows' Neonomicon in harcover and paperback, incorporating the prequel Courtyard miniseries adapted from Alan Moore's short story, by Antony Johnston and Jacen Burrows. Ostensibly a crime thriller about FBI agents investigating an occult cult, it uses structural aspects of the comic book medium to deliver a message about text, subtext[...]

Over the phone he reveals to me that Alan Moore is at the event! I begged my dad to put him on and before I knew it I was talking to one of my heroes Alan Moore! He was absolutely lovely He was incredibly nice to me and I don't think I acted like an idiot[...]

Alan Moore, by Frank Quitely Make sure you look deep into the beard to see what you can see… it will be worth it Photographed by MArvel's CB Cebulski last night Clicky for biggy. On display at the Centro Cultural Bernardino Rivadavia of Rosario in Argentina right now Alan Moore, by Frank Quitely Make sure[...]

It wasn't that long ago that Alan Moore declared that DC's current work was based on his own stuff for them years ago, and he wished they'd come up with something new. Well, it's tempting to think that people at DC, especially Geoff Johns, whose Blackest Night was singled out by Moore, might have taken this[...]

Apparently Winston Churchill was just a pig in a hat, part of a cigar advertising that got out of control. Here's the second part of last night's Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle on BBC2, put up onto YouTube by someone naughty, bless them, featuring Alan Moore, Stewart Lee and the revelation that Alan carries a crowbar around[...]

It'd take more guts to tell Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons you want connect up the hive mind and call it Mogo. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Robert Kirkman Insisted On Covering Up Eve's Bottom In Invincible #79 And here's a close up of that panel of Eve, Invincible's girlfriend. Mogo Doesn't Eulogize (Green Lantern SPOILERS) There's an awful lot of[...]

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool. As the Green Lantern movie approaches this summer, Hal Jordan isn't the only one building incredible things out of

So, while you are waiting for the world not to end  – though we'll be having a rematch next year with the Mayans – why not settle back and enjoy the most entertaining way the Earth has met its end in comics? Alan Moore and Alan Davis's first DR And Quinch story from 2000AD[...]

Why? Because he was delivering me this thing. Alan Moore: Storyteller is by Gary Spencer Millidge, long time friend of Alan Moore, creator of Strangehaven and author of Portrait Of An Extraordinary Gentleman, a Moore anthology I contributed towards around the time of his fiftieth birthday. But this is a very different kind of volume[...]

One is a comic book turned into a film against the writer's wishes. The other is a comic book about to be turned into a film with the writer's eager participation. Anyway, here's a scene from Watchmen #6 from 1985 by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons from DC Comics, and from Incognito: Bad Influences #5 from 2011[...]

Alan Moore?  Michael Kaluta? New Ultimates?  Now that's a Thursday full of comic news, though with a surprising lack of Thor  But like every Thursday night, I'm late, I'm late, for a very important… webcomic  So let's get down to business here: Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Alan Moore's Big New Multi-Media Thing What I thought was wouldn't it[...]

But this was the London Word Festival, this was the Dodgem Logic Festival both a celebration and, on part, a eulogy to Alan Moore's underground magazine he published eight issues of, complete with music on CD, transfer tattoos, obscene mini-comics and the very existence of which helped me discover a new good friend, Khandie Khisses[...]

"Blah blah blah, I hate films, blah blah, you know, it's tiresome" – Alan Moore. At the Dodgem Logic show last night, Alan was asked if he had any interest in writing a computer game – and if so could the questioner's company make it. Alan gave a very guarded answer that outlined what seemed to be[...]

Last night at the Dodgem Logic show (and a lot more on that to come later) , Tony from Knockabout was selling a number of copies of a variety of Alan Moore and Knockabout comics, for people to get signed by Alan Moore and other attendees. One item that didn't sell but stuck out was this[...]

One frame from the storyboard for Jimmy's End, Mitch Jenkins' new film written by Alan Moore. Photographer Mitch Jenkins has been working on a number of projects with Moore I first mentioned his graphic novel adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novelle Unearthing about the life of Steve Moore, three years ago Here's a pic from it[...]

The final issue of Neonomicon by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows What to show, what to talk about, what to say without spoilers. What I can say is that the Bleeding Cool crowdsourcing of analytic readers managed to get pretty much everything they guessed on the nose What Carcosa actually said, what it meant, where Cthulhu[...]

It's the last issue of Alan Moore and Jacen's HP Lovecraft comic book Neonomicon And it's out in all its many covers, for C2E2 Time to get all your questions answered… and your cop[ies signed by Jason. And now with added Caligula issue 1… It's the last issue of Alan Moore and Jacen's HP Lovecraft comic[...]

Pádraig Ó Méalóid, long time friend of the site, has just posted a full interview with Alan Moore on his site Naturally you'll want to read the whole thing bit here are a few select highlights from the man. On Superfolks; I can't even remember when I read it[...]

The upcoming comprehensive biography of Alan Moore by friend and colleague Gary Spencer Millidge, Storyteller, reproduces a number of early photographs and documents of the great man. On his blog, Gary shows us  a number of spreads from the upcoming volume And also that Alan was actually baptised "Allan"… The upcoming comprehensive biography of Alan Moore[...]

Well, now Alan Moore's magazine next trick is to jump off the pages and into performance. On May 2nd, as part of the London Word Festival, Alan Moore comperes a Dodgem Logic 2011 evening with artists Steve Aylett, Savage Pencil, Melinda Gebbie and Kevin O'Neill talking about their comic work, with Robin Ince bringing his standup[...]

And they described it thus; Like Alan Moore, plants have a job to do, and they do it very well, but they'd really prefer to just sit quietly and do it on their own They understand that they are the primary source of the food chain and they accept this[...]

I understand that Alan Moore has signed off on the finished artwork by Jacen Burrows for the final issue of Neonomicon and that Neonomicon #4 will be going to print in a few hours. So until then, here are the first few panels of the final issue With a boat heading away from the domed city… [...]

Yesterday, the appearance of Alan Moore at his local library, St James in Northampton, for a reading of his Christmas short story from Dodgem Logic #7, packed the place out. It was part of a large number of nationwide protest against the threatened closure of libraries as part of a series of nationswide spending cuts. And in[...]