Alan Moore negotiated a contract that would grant him and co-creator Dave Gibbons ownership rights when the book went out of print In those days, there wasn't much of a graphic novel market so collected editions of comics didn't stay in print for long.
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If you're unfamiliar with the name, he's the man who brought Alan Moore's Watchmen to life through his masterful illustrations Considering how big Watchmen is these days, I wanted to pick his brain about the various Watchmen-related projects released in recent years.
Cully Hamner, co-creator of Red, the comic book that was adapted into two movies, which has been known to[...]
September saw the publication of Soft Wood #1, a raucous comedy spin-off of Heavy Metal Magazine. Amongst many other strips was a republication of the
They like how it confronts racism, corruption, and gun control — things that are all top of mind in 2019.
So why does the audience think Watchmen is 50% worse than the average critic?
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They Are Comic Book Purists
Ever since press releases came out for Watchmen, a chunk of Alan Moore loyalists have canned responses to why the HBO[...]
Full disclosure: I've spoken to Alan Moore on the phone many times We generally avoid talking about things that are stupid, because we would just sigh about how stupid they are I have not brought up the Watchmen show with him or Damon Lindelof's interview.
[Ed Note: Check out Bleeding Cool's review of Lindelof's "Watchmen" to[...]
Now that HBO's "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – it seems the world's liking what they're seeing so far Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – and they should.
Bleeding Cool didn't exactly pull punches in emphasizing just[...]
Damon Lindelof's Watchmen is not Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen.
And yet it is.
Thank God (or Dr Manhattan) for that.
Consider that a "teaser" that will make much more sense over the course of our look at the series' nine episodes, but I want to start off with some confessions and clarifications – just so everyone[...]
With HBO's "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen having had its world premiere at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 and time "tick-tocking" away until its October 20th premiere (that's today!), we're rolling on with "Watchmen Week" with more insight on the series.
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First, a little background:[...]
With HBO's "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen having had its world premiere at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 and time "tick-tocking" away until its October 20th premiere, we're rolling on with "Watchmen Week" with more insight on the series.
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First, a little background: Bleeding Cool[...]
With HBO's "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen having had its world premiere at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 and time "tick-tocking" away until its October 20th premiere, we're rolling on with "Watchmen Week" with more insight on the series.
As a wrap up to our[...]
With HBO's "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen having had its world premiere at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 and time "tick-tocking" away until its October 20th premiere, we're rolling on with "Watchmen Week" with more insight on the series.
Today, Jean Smart (Agent Blake) and[...]
With HBO's "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen having had its world premiere at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 and time "tick-tocking" away until its October 20th premiere, we're rolling on with "Watchmen Week" with more insight on the series.
Today, we hear from famed award-winning[...]
With HBO's "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen having had its world premiere at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 and time "tick-tocking" away until its October 20th premiere, Bleeding Cool's been rolling out "Watchmen Week" with more insight on the series.
We had the opportunity to[...]
With HBO's "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen having had its world premiere at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 and time "tick-tocking" away until its October 20th premiere, we're rolling on with "Watchmen Week" with more insight on the series – this time from executive[...]
With HBO's "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen having had its world premiere at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 and time "tick-tocking" away until its October 20th premiere, we're kicking off "Watchmen Week" with some insight from none other than series writer/executive producer Damon Lindelof.
First,[...]
Oh and the headline news bulletins of the day.
Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman have both seen their episodes and choices air Comic laureate Hannah Berry will be next on the 13th October, followed by Warren Ellis on the 20th.
While Neil's episode takes but an hour, Alan Moore's choices, being interviewed along the way by Richard[...]
And I end up finding out what they are publishing through a variety of sources, but rarely Avatar Press themselves,
Such as the news that they are to collect the Cinema Purgatorio strips by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill from the Cinema Purgatorio anthology that ran for two years It was my favourite strip from this[...]
With Damon Lindelof's 112% fully-authorized "remix" of/pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen having had its world premiere at this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 ahead of its October 20 premiere on HBO, the cable giant is offering viewers a new preview that answers a very heartbreaking (and[...]
And a toaster that burned Rorschach's mask into a piece of bread seemed like the pinnacle of humiliation via crass commercialization DC could attempt to inflict on Alan Moore for daring to co-create one of comics most seminal works, Watchmen, and then having the gall to stop working with DC after thew screwed him out[...]
He also was the artist for the launch of The Joker comic book with Dennis O'Neill – though Dennis does not get credited.
Bolland is best known in Batman-circles for drawing The Killing Joke, which established Joker as a failing standup comedian – though its writer Alan Moore is not credited But then Moore has asked[...]
With Damon Lindelof's "remix" of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen set to have its world premiere at this year's this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 ahead of its October 20 premiere on HBO, the cable giant has released the Emmys teaser that aired on FOX during the awards[...]
With Damon Lindelof's "remix" of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen set to have its world premiere at this year's this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 ahead of its October 20 premiere on HBO, the cable giant is starting to roll out the promotional machine with a striking look[...]
With Damon Lindelof's "remix" of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen set to have its world premiere at this year's this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 ahead of its October 20 premiere on HBO, Lindelof sat down with Entertainment Weekly for an extensive interview about the series (which is[...]
With Damon Lindelof's "remix" of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen set to have its world premiere at this year's this year's New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 ahead of its October 20 premiere on HBO, curious fans will have the chance to get a better understanding of what they can[...]
With Damon Lindelof's "remix" of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen making its way to HBO on October 20th, the cast and creative team are giving viewers a look behind the scenes at how the project both compliments and distinguishes itself from the classic original.
In the following featurette, Lindelof explains how[...]
With Damon Lindelof's "remix" of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen making its way to HBO on October 20th, we have two important updates that we think you'd want to know about First, HBO announced that it will screen the series' premiere episode and host a panel at this year's New[...]
With Damon Lindelof's "remix" of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen making its way to HBO in October, it appears earlier reporting (and TV Guide's Fall Preview 2019 issue) was on-point: HBO has officially confirmed that Lindelof's series will premiere on Sunday, October 20.
Here's a look at the official tweet that[...]
It may be an understatement to say that Alan Moore is quite the fan of poet, artist, occultist and author William Blake He often quotes and alludes to Blake in his work, notably the titling of the symmetrical Rorschach story in Watchmen as Tyger Tyger, V quoting Blake's Jerusalem in V for Vendetta, is riven[...]
With Damon Lindelof's "remix" of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen making its way to HBO in October, it looks like we might have a premiere date and some additional details From who and from where? How about Lindelof in an interview with TV Guide for their Fall Preview 2019 issue.
Now,[...]
With Damon Lindelof's fully authorized "remix" of Alan Moore and David Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen making its way to HBO some time this October, the cable giant is offering viewers a fresh look at the upcoming series via a trailer released through HBO Portugal (with screen caps below) While most of the trailer[...]