Alan Moore Archives

Cinema Purgatorio #1 Hardcover Comes To Comic Stores
As the collection of the Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill strips has hit comic stores (with signed copies at Gosh), the original hardcover of the first issue, alongside new work by Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Christos Gage and Max Brooks is being offered through Diamond Comic Distributors for the first time Copies of this have[...]
Neil Gaiman, Michael Chabon, Alan Moore Forewords For Michael Moorcock
And with Gallery/Saga Press reprinting his Elric saga in three volumes, it is an excuse for other fantasy writer – especially those known for comics – to pay their tributes. Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore and Michael Chabon are writing forewords to the new editions, with Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of[...]
Don Simpson and Gary Groth On Alan Moore's No-Credit For In Pictopia
On the 27th of February, Bleeding Cool posted an article referencing a then-current meme, Publish An Alan Moore Comic Without Saying It's An Alan Moore Comic. It referred to Fantagraphics republishing In Pictopia! as In Pictopia, the 13-page story by Alan Moore and Don Simpson, originally published by Fantagraphics in Anything Goes in 1986 This was[...]
Alan Moore’s The Show: Shout! Acquires North American Rights
Shout! Studios has acquired the North American rights to Alan Moore's first feature-length movie, The Show Written by Moore and directed by Mitch Jenkins, the film will be launched on all major platforms later this year. Tom Burke in Alan Moore's "The Show," Protagonist Pictures The movie stars Tom Burke as a mysterious man who arrives in[...]
Alan Moore & David Lloyd's V For Vendetta Original Artwork At Auction
But also the painted colour sheet with Siobhan Dodds from the first DC Comics issue, currently at $1,050, and ends at 11:00 AM Central Time, Saturday, April 3, 2021. David Lloyd V for Vendetta #8 Story Page 5 Original Art (DC, 1989). The stark, dystopian world of writer Alan Moore's V for Vendetta was realized perfectly by David Lloyd's high-contrast, hard-edged[...]
Alan Moore Swamp Thing & Joe Hill's Hill House Get DC Comics Boxsets
One containing the Alan Moore run on Swamp Thing from the mid-eighties, with Rick Veitch, Steve Bissette and John Totleben The other being the collection of last year's horror stories curated by Joe Hill, as Hill House Here's the breakdown for each. Hill House Comics Boxset  Oct 26, 2021 All the terrifying HILL HOUSE COMICS hardcover graphic[...]
Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows' Providence Compendium From Avatar In June
Providence is a twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows, published by Bleeding Cool's own publisher, Avatar Press from 2015 to 2017 Dubbed the "Watchmen Of Horror", it took the works of HP Lovecraft and recombined and recontextualised them into one extended narrative, working as both a prequel and sequel to Moore's previous HP[...]
Alan Moore Asks London to Take to the Streets - Extinction Rebellion
Because it transpires that Alan Moore now has a literary agent And it is Watson, Little. Alan Moore screencap – Extinction Rebellion As they state "Moore has never had an agent, and given his famous public disagreements with filmmakers on how they have adapted his stories, perhaps he should have." Alan Moore has published novels and novellas before[...]
Publish An Alan Moore Comic Without Saying It's An Alan Moore Comic
Marvel Comics agreed with Alan Moore to republish his Marvelman comics as Miracleman, without crediting him Instead, the book is credited to The Original Writer While DC Comics agreed to remove his name from adaptations of V for Vendetta and Watchmen, crediting them to being based on comics by David Lloyd and Dave Gibbons instead. This[...]
Kent Williams, Jim Woodring, The Balbusso Twins, and Beehive Books
"Illustrated by Jim Woodring, featuring an introduction by Alan Moore." That's a good way to kick things off on Kickstarter. Painter Kent Williams, Frank cartoonist Jim Woodring, and Italian illustrators the Balbusso Twins are collaborating with Beehive Books to create new illustrated editions of literary classics and forgotten works Having previously released six volumes with artists[...]
2000AD Audios: Joseph Fiennes as Dredd with Cream of UK Acting Talent
The Underground Railroad's Sheila Atim will play the lead in the adaptation of The Ballad of Halo Jones, Alan Moore, and Ian Gibson's groundbreaking feminist space opera, while The Hobbit's Richard Armitage and His Dark Materials' Nina Sosanya will star in Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard's space-noir Brink. The themes of the novels remain as relevant today as when they[...]
From League To Violator Vs Badrock - Alan Moore's Nineties At Auction
Original artwork from comics written by Alan Moore can sell for a pretty penny But the project in question can affect the value So, at Heritage Auctions this weekend, amongst their Online Catalog: 2021 February 14-15 Sunday & Monday Comics, Animation, Video Games & Art Weekly Online Auction #122107 are a couple of pages from[...]
Alan Moore's "Watchmen Of Horror" Providence Compendium In June
Providence is a twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows, published by Bleeding Cool's own publisher, Avatar Press from 2015 to 2017 Dubbed the "Watchmen Of Horror", it took the works of HP Lovecraft and recombined and recontextualised them into one extended narrative, working as both a prequel[...]
Alan Moore & Daniel Gete's Nightmares Of Providence in April Solicits
It's Alan Moore time Bleeding Cool is published by Avatar Press But I never actually know what's going on at the publisher until I read about it in Previews And next week's Previews will include a listing for Nightmares Of Providence, the artwork companion book to Alan Moore and Jacen Burrow's HP Lovecraft reworking, Providence[...]
Brian K Vaughan Won Alan Moore Gen 13 Auction - And Is Giving It Away
A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool told you that Scott Dunbier was auctioning off an unpublished Gen-13 script by Alan Moore to help pay the medical bills of comic book creator Bob Wiacek And it seems that in a hotly contested auction, it was Brian K Vaughan, co-creator of Y The Last Man and Saga[...]
Dr Manhattan Returns To DC Comics In Rorschach #7
In Rorschach, Myerson is based on Steve Ditko, with a little Alan Moore, creator of the Pontius Pirate character and posing as the new Rorschach – until his death, supposedly attempting political assassination of the new President of the United States. Rorschach #1 by Tom King and Jorge Fornes. The tape played in Rorschach appears to be[...]
2000 AD: Future Shocks Radio is Live with Alan Moore Christmas Story!
Konnie Huq, Rufus Hound, Al Murray, and Janet Ellis are just some of the celebrity voices behind Future Shocks Radio – a brand new series of audio adaptations of classic 2000 AD stories! Future Shocks Radio logo The first episode went live on the app on Monday 14 December and is a Christmas-themed adaptation of 'One Christmas During Eternity' (from 2000[...]
Zack Snyder's Watchmen Button Up For Auction
The blood-spattered smiley button from the 2009 adaptation of Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons The actual button used in the movie, worn by The Comedian, and picked up by Rorschach and appearing prominently in all marketing for the film This should be going for big bucks at Comic Connect as the auction comes to[...]
Alan Moore Faxed Gen-13 Script Now At $2500 On eBay
And Scott Dunbier was the point man for publishing Alan Moore's ABC line of comic books, including Top Ten, Tomorrow Stories, Tom Strong, Promethea and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Then Scott Dunbier was fired over the breakdown regarding the publication of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. But he still has some stuff from[...]
Hachette Launches DC Comics Collections With Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore
This could make collector's lives even more confusing. Hachette Launches DC Comics Collections With Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore DC HEROES AND VILLAINS COLLECTION VOLUME 1 – BATMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER? HC (W) Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore (A) Andy Kubert, Simon Bisley, Mark Buckingham From the fertile imaginations of Neil Gaiman (Sandman) and Alan Moore (Watchmen) come[...]
What Does Marvel 616 Actually Mean? We Explain Again
Even though he never actually put it into print… he gets a Thanks credit on the show. He did got an interview on Marvel.com a few days ago, where they only used illustrative pages written by Alan Moore We'll get to that. Once upon a time, in 1981, Dave Thorpe was writing original Captain Britain comic strips[...]
Alan Moore's Providence Compendium On Kickstarter With Signed Copies
Yesterday was Alan Moore's birthday Today is the final day that one of his final comic books, Providence, will be available on Kickstarter, including its signed editions, with 6 hours to go Providence Compendium, the complete collection of Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows' Providence, a reinventing and encapsulating of the stories of HP Lovecraft for[...]
Unseen Jim Lee X-Men Art Created Over Ten Years, Goes To Auction
From Pokémon GO, X-Men and Transformers to Alan Moore's birthday – The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: Pokémon GO, X-Men and Transformers – The ten most-read stories yesterday… LITG: X-Men art by[...]
Alan Moore Asks London to Take to the Streets - Extinction Rebellion
From Pokémon GO, X-Men and Transformers to Alan Moore's birthday – The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Daily LITG: Pokémon GO, X-Men and Transformers – The ten most-read stories yesterday… What you were reading[...]
Providence: A Look Back at Alan Moore’s Ultimate Lovecraft Story
Avatar Press owns Bleeding Cool, and as they launched a Kickstarter to publish the single collection of Alan Moore's Providence, I was asked to review Providence now that time has passed since its initial publication since so few reviews were ever published I didn't need an excuse to read it again, but it's always fun[...]
"Earth Exceptionalism" In The DC Omniverse
After the events of the New 52, with 52 alternate universes, the DC universe was Earth-Prime, and the differences between realities was all down to what was happening on Earth, despite each reality containing an entire universe. It took a Brit, Alan Moore, to declare that the Marvel UK universe he was writing in, was Earth[...]
Jim Jaspers And The Fury In Today's X Of Swords: Stasis
In the Chris Claremont series X-Men: Die By The Sword, he gets Jim Jaspers to create a bevy of Furies and, yes, that's a point, maybe it's time to re-read that series given its title. Mad Jim Jaspers was a character created by Dave Thorpe and Alan Davis for the Captain Britain comic in Marvel UK series Marvel Superheroes. The character[...]
How The Three Jokers Rewrites The Killing Joke (BIG SPOILERS)
Bleeding Cool told you yesterday that Batman: The Three Jokers #3 by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok worked as a direct sequel to Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland Here's where it breaks down most visibly Big spoilers going in, you have been warned. Batman: The Three Jokers. So Batgirl gets her own[...]