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Nine Glorious Pages From October’s A1 Annual

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

  Some people read Dave Elliot and Garry Leach’s A1 anthologies when they came out. I wasn’t one of them I was reading Silver Surfer. The closest I came to A1 was The Sleeze Brothers. It was only when I …

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Get Your Copy Of Neonomicon Signed By Alan Moore At Phoenix Comic Con

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Okay, I could have possibly phrased that less ambiguously. But, just as Avatar did with Fashion Beast at the London Super Comic Con, they are offering an incredibly limited edition of the Neonomicon Handbook at the Phoenix Comic Con. Limited …

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BC Mag #4: Life In The Gutters

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Johnston There has been all sorts of fuss over the announcement, then retraction that Orson Scott Card was to write a Superman story for DC Comics. After the initial protests, and subsequent withdrawal by …

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A Few Reasons Why DC Should Really Really Publish The Second Half Of Top Ten Season Two

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Top Ten by Alan Moore, Gene Ha and Zander Cannon was in the initial line up of the America’s Comics from DC/Wildstorm. And it was great, A procedural comic book about a police precinct in a city filled with superheroes, …

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The Extraordinary Demographic Of Alan Moore And Kevin O’Neill

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Rich Johnston

A video taken of the recent Nemo: Heart Of Ice signing by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill at Gosh! Comics in London. Most comic book signings, especially of creators predominently known for their superhero work. feature a certain demographic. White, …

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Alan Moore On Swamp Thing 28 Years Ago

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Rich Johnston

As well as snippets from Len Wein and Karen Berger. “It’s sadism and I’m getting paid for it” – Alan Moore. “There’s a book I’ve just been talking to Dick Giordanao about, and it’s called Watchmen.”  Via Very Fine Near …

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The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Roses Of Berlin, Next

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Nemo: Heart Of Ice may have only just hit the shelves. But people are asking… what’s next? Millarworlder Richard Powell posted details about future plans for the next League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen books, as related by Alan Moore himself at …

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Three More Short Films From Alan Moore And Mitch Jenkins

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins talk about three more short films to join Act Of Faith and Jimmy’s End

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A New Kevin O’Neill Screen Print For League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Rich Johnston

This is the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo, Heart Of Ice seven colour screen print, signed by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, limited to 250 and released by Gosh! Comics in London. The art is exclusive for the print, and …

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Bahrain Bans The V For Vendetta Mask

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Here’s the translated decree from the Bahrain government. The Minister of Industry and Commerce: After looking at Law number 35 of the year 2012 concerning the protection of consumers, and more closely at article 16 of the law; And building …

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Watchmen #1-3 Original Art Covers Sell For A Total Of $216,892.50

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Mark Seifert

The original cover art for Watchmen issues #1-3 by Dave Gibbons have just sold for a total of $216,892.50 at Heritage Auctions. The cover of issue #1 sold for $155,350, the #2 cover sold for $38.837.50, and the #3 cover …

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Occupy Comics Has “Way More Awesome” From Alan Moore

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Rich Johnston

You’d be surprised just how many Kickstarter comics projects suddenly updated their current status with donors after yesterday’s post. They include Occupy Comics, who wrote about the planned Anthology, saying; Hey everybody- Sorry for the lack of updates. I keep …

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EXCLUSIVE: The First Three Pages Of League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo: Heart Of Ice

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Here are the first three pages of League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo – Heart Of Ice, by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill. Three colour unlettered pages and the first, lettered, in black and white. You can read the only published …

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FIRST REVIEW: League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Heart Of Ice

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Dave Wallace reviews Nemo: Heart of Ice Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has undergone something of an evolution over recent years. After the Victoriana-laced adventure-driven romps of volumes 1 and 2, the sequels Black Dossier and …

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Rewatching The Watchmen – Tuesday Trending Topics

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Watchmen — before, during and after, all in one blog post: Tomorrow, DC Comics published Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #5 by Len Wein and Jae Lee. Wein was one of the three editors of the original Watchmen, with Dick Giordano and Barbara …

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Len Wein, The Outer Limits And Rewriting Watchmen

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Tomorrow, DC Comics publish Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #5 by Len Wein and Jae Lee. Wein was one of the three editors of the original Watchmen, with Dick Giordano and Barbara Kesel also editing the book for periods of time. Because …

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An Appreciation Of Alan Moore, One To Three

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Stephen Sonneveld writes; I. Creation Myths When reviewing Ingmar Bergman’s final film “Saraband” for American television, film critic Richard Roeper remarked that the Swedish director’s work existed on another plane, above and apart from anything Hollywood was doing. The same …

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No, Spain, Alan Moore Is Not In Madrid

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Music magazine Mondo Sonoro, in Spain, is reporting on the news that Alan Moore is visiting the country, after he was seen buying books about the current anti-capitalist 15-M protest movement in a comic store in Madrid. The rest of …

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