I first met filmmaker Damien Sung a few years ago, when he was filming an evening with Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins He's worked with Danny Boyle, Prince [hell, he lived with him], Peter Jackson, Alex Garland and more, and he directed the Unearthing movie based on the work of Moore and Jenkins He is[...]
Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins have been making the movie The Show for at least ten years It began life as a burlesque video that Mitch was making but got more elaborate as Alan Moore provided character, backstory, plot and dialogue, then spitting out five short films collectively dubbed Show Pieces, as well as the[...]
At the ElectriComics panel at Thought Bubble this morning, the panel were asked if any of their digital comics (free on the iOS App) would appear in print.Mitch Jenkins, the man who helped get the funding for the project and longtime Alan Moore collaborator had an answer He said that they have been talking to Avatar[...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA_DstQ9FwIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Unboxing Alan Moore And Mitch Jenkins' Show Pieces Kickstarter DVD Box Set for BleedingCool.com (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA_DstQ9FwI) I kickstartered it. It took a little time. But this morning, I got something rather special…
And in all comic book stores on Wednesday.Here, in the first of three short films by Mitch Jenkins, Alan Moore explains the importance of HP Lovecraft, on a personal level, ahead of the comics' release.[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wby0CxEcdeQ[/youtube]Providence is published by Avatar Press, owner of Bleeding Cool.[...]
Those four comics will be created by Alan Moore and Colleen Doran (Big Nemo), Leah Moore, John Reppion, and Nicola Scott (Sway) Garth Ennis and Peter Snejbjerg (Red Horse), and Peter Hogan and Paul Davidson (Cabaret Amygdala).The idea, strangely enough, originated as a concept developed for Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' short film series Show[...]
I'd like to thank those who engaged in interviews this year on Bleeding Cool again for sharing their perspective and wisdom with us, and with our readers.Here are some of the highlights from the interviews of 2014 from myself, Rich Johnston, Dan Wickline, Adi Tantimedh, Alex Wilson, Nikolai Fomich, and Jeremy Konrad:
With Fred Van Lente:[...]
Electricomics had a strong presence at Thought Bubble in the UK this past November, and I was fortunate enough to not only be part of the Electricomics panel, with its mellifluous video introduction by Alan Moore, and also to speak to several members of the digital comics research and development team, including Project Manager Leah[...]
The Electricomics team is actually much larger, though, and includes a number of experts from varying fields including Mitch Jenkins, director of Show Pieces with Alan Moore, and digital comics specialists Alison Gazzard and Daniel Merlin Goodbrey.A number of team members were present at Thought Bubble in the UK in November, hosting an Electricomics table[...]
One of the highlights of the Festival for me, and for many of my like-minded friends, was the presence of the team behind the current research and development project Electricomics.Team members who helped support the Electricomics table at the Festival and were involved in the panel presented at the show, including Leah Moore (Project Manager[...]
The Electricomics team is fairly massive, including comic creators, media folks, digital researchers, and more, and for Thought Bubble, Leah Moore (the project's editor), John Reppion, and Peter Hogan (all comic creators for the pilot comics on the platform), Mitch Jenkins (photographer, filmmaker and co-founder of producing company Orphans of the Storm), and Daniel Merlin[...]
You can see a full review and report on the showing of the Alan Moore-written movie Show Pieces in Leeds last night courtesy of Hannah Means-Shannon. But I was also able to take a little video in the process. Apologies for the gaps. And the judders. And the definition. Hopefully Alan and co will make up for […]
Show Pieces consists of three parts of the five piece short film series written by Alan Moore and directed by Mitch Jenkins While Show Pieces as screened at the festival includes Act of Faith, Jimmy’s End, and His Heavy Heart, the wider film cycle actually also includes the shorts Upon Reflection and A Professional Relationship.The[...]
Bear with me.And topics covered include Moore's "Marvel generation", Moore's work on The Bojeffries Saga, Warrior Magazine, his approach to a "Block Universe" model that relates to his theories of time and existence, and Moore is joined by Melinda Gebbie, Mitch Jenkins, Kevin O'Neill, Siobhan Hewlett, and Robert Goodman as well Dig in here.But while[...]
Khandie Khisses talked to Bleeding Cool about her role in Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' Show Pieces,Khandie Khisses is many things Veteran soldier, burlesque dancer, stand up comedian, occasional contributor to Bleeding Cool - and actor in Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' Show Pieces, recently showing at London's FrightFest We bumped into each other at[...]
Alan Moore recently called on readers to eschew the film Hercules, based upon comics written by his close friend Steve Moore, on the basis that Steve did not wish his name to be attached to the film and yet following his death, his name appeared prominently in advertizing for the film. But Alan Moore has […]
These are Nicola Scott's character designs for the Sway, written by Leah and John Moore-Reppion. A strip appearing for the debut of Electricomics, the new enhanced comic book medium launch by Alan Moore, and spinning out of his screenplay for The Show, where children read Electricomics on their Spindles. See also, the energy drink Fuel Rods and the computer game Escapism… You can […]
On Friday, Alan Moore made an appearance on Channel 4 News in the UK to promote the collection of short films made with Mitch Jenkins, called Show Pieces, as it begins to tour the film circuit beginning with this weekend's FrightFest in London.Also booked on Channel 4 that night with Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP,[...]
Today, in Leicester Square, London, we have had the FrightFest premiere at Vue Cinema of three of Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' short films linked together as Show Pieces.You can pre-order your copy here if you want.But before that, Kickstarter backers of the third of those short films (including me) were given a pre-premiere showing[...]
Adi Tantimedh writes:You can never fully know what a story is really about until you’ve seen it through to its end.As a Kickstarter backer, I finally got to watch His Heavy Heart, the last short film in Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins’ cycle of short films known alternately as The Jimmy’s End Cycle or Show[...]
