Alan Moore Archives

BC Mag #1: Modernizing Lovecraft: An In-Depth Interview With Alan Moore
The prospect of adapting Lovecraft's novel AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS into a movie is considered a cinematic Holy Grail by filmmakers and horror fans alike. Alan Moore is one of the latest in the line of writers to tackle Lovecraft's mythos, but what sets THE COURTYARD and NEONOMICON apart is the degree to what[...]
My Favourite Tribute To Ray Zone
From an interview with Alan Moore, talking about the Black Dossier and DC Comics. we planned this spectacular 3-D section for the finale We thought originally there was only one person who could accomplish this, let alone understand this, and that is, of course, Ray Zone We'd approached Ray He was very eager and interested in[...]
A Step Nearer To Twilight Of The Superheroes?
But the evidence keeps mounting up. That, step by step, DC Comics is laying the groundwork to run Twilight Of The Superheroes, the Alan Moore pitch that they bought, lock, stock and two smoking Benson And Hedges, before Moore fell out with the company and withdrew his labour. But DC Comics owns the pitch, fair and square. The[...]
Teaser For Alan Moore's New Film, Jimmy's End
Bleeding Cool has been reporting on the production of Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins' new film, Jimmy's End, for some time. This teaser is our first moving glimpse of the thirty minute film from Lex Projects, to be made available on 25th November, with a prologue film Act Of Faith on 19th November, around Alan's 59th[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: Alan Moore's Fashion Beast #3
Fashion Beast #3 arrives in shops today, bringing Alan Moore's unearthed masterpiece into the limelight after nearly thirty years! Battered and bruised, Doll discovers that to defy Celestine is to look death in the eyes.  The world is on the precipice of nuclear annihilation and society focuses a vehement anger upon the extravagances of a fashion[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: Fashion Beast Reviews and Preview
It's wonderful." "There's not really a book like this on the stands right now." 4 out of 5 stars iFanboy "Alan Moore's masterpiece that he's been hiding all these years has finally been released!" Fashion Beast #2 is in stores today: Alan Moore and Malcolm McLaren's historic re-imaging of Beauty and the Beast continues!  Doll doesn't fit in anywhere.  And[...]
N.I.C.E: The Alan Moore Q&A
We ran the first half of Alan Moore's talk yesterday at the N.I.C.E comics convention, as well as Tom Huxley's commentary Now the Q&A has also been put online, thanks to stereoket Enjoy the next hour, with part one and part two. We ran the first half of Alan Moore's talk yesterday at the N.I.C.E[...]
Sunday Trending Topics: Alan Moore
comic book convention yesterday, Alan Moore announced his new comic book for Avatar Press, Providence, a follow-up to Neonomicon where he explores the inspiration behind the Lovecraftian mythos. And much more from his N.I.C.E appearance. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Stan Lee Pulls Out Of Future Appearances Due To "A Very Serious Circumstance" Yesterday, Wizard World sent round the following[...]
Questions And Answers With Alan Moore At N.I.C.E.
for Bleeding Cool.  Last night, Alan Moore made his first comics convention appearance in over twenty years. Entry to his talk at N.I.C.E required a donation of a graphic novel to Northampton libraries, and by the end of the day they'd collected enough graphic novels to fill up several bookshelves (My own copy of Essential X-Men 2,[...]
An Hour Listening To Alan Moore At N.I.C.E.
Comic Convention saw Alan Moore host a room full of people who had donated graphic novels to the local library, matched by Northampton store Close Encounters. The first hour, before the question and answer session, in which Alan talks about the importance of reading, especially reading as a child, the great stories of anti-Norman terrorist Hereward[...]
Alan Moore Announces His New HP Lovecraft Comic Book, Providence
comic book convention yesterday, Alan Moore announced his new comic book for Avatar Press, Providence, a follow-up to Neonomicon where he explores the inspiration behind the Lovecraftian mythos. A ten part series, which Moore described three times as there to pay his tax bill, it will be set in 1919 and star the author HP Lovecraft[...]
A Very N.I.C.E. Convention
Though its special guest Alan Moore was undoubtedly the main draw for most of those attending, there's plenty else besides – just like any con really – perhaps a bit small in scale compared to other cons I've been to, but by the same token emphasising quality above quantity, and bringing with it a feeling[...]
Pop Culture Hounding Alan Moore And A Cup Of Tea
Chris Thompson has been talking to Alan Moore ahead of his appearance this weekend at the N.I.C.E comics convention Tickets still available… In a very special episode of the PCH podcast, I chat with legendary creator Alan Moore ahead of this weekend's N.I.C.E Convention in Kettering. Convention organiser Jeff Chahal from Close Encounters in Northampton also stops[...]
Alan Moore – "I'm Going To A Comic Convention By Accident"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQHRjocfWb4[/youtube] Alan Moore talks about attending N.I.C.E., a comic convention near Northampton this weekend Tickets still available, and Bleeding Cool's Tom Huxley will be in attendance. And here's that Withnail And I clip to refresh your memory… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD2P9Px3enI[/youtube] [...]
Did Doctor Who Swipe Alan Moore's Captain Britain?
It was absolutely blatant. But it's another Alan Moore comic being referenced here, one with a character designed by Alan Davis What about The Gunslinger and… The Fury? Both cyborgs, both with a gun for an arm, both with a wide mechanical eye, all withlight shining from them… And they see the world in a similar fashion[...]
Advance Look: Covers December 2012
In this post of Advance Look, we take a sneak peek at Avatar Press covers for December 2012 – shown here before anywhere else! Covered here: CALIGULA: HEART OF ROME #1 (Regular, Wrap and Gore covers) – The sequel to David Lapham's smash reimagining of the classic story of lust and power starts here FERALS VOLUME 1 (Tarde[...]
TRIPWIRE: Alan Moore In 2002
And this week's regular delve into its archive is our chat with comics legend Alan Moore (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Watchmen) the week before he appears at the Northampton International Comic Expo, published in TRIPWIRE Volume 4 #11, way back in June/ July 2002… [issuu width=420 height=300 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120916080340-8a2f29e70ecf4246ad4152216cd37802 name=alan_moore_tripwire_2001_feature username=richjohnston tag=2001 unit=px v=2] [...]
Is Marvelman Closer Than We Think?
CORPORATION DELAWARE 1600 Rosecrans Avenue Manhattan Beach CALIFORNIA 90266 Attorney of Record Eli Bard Type of Mark TRADEMARK Register PRINCIPAL Live/Dead Indicator LIVE Marvel Comics paid the late Mick Anglo a million dollars for his rights to Marvelman, but Todd McFarlane's trademark ownership of Miracleman had been a bit of a sticking point. No longer it seems. Could this be leading to a final, long awaited,[...]
The Very Definition Of A Nerd World Problem
And here it is. Saturday Panel Time Length Storytelling- A meeting of mind with Alan Davis 11.20pm 40 mins Stormdogs With David Hine & Doug Braithwaite 12.30pm 40 mins Panel to Screen with Greg Staples, Adi Granov & Charlie Adlard 1.30pm 40 mins Jack Kirby Influences in modern comics with John Watson, Doug Braithwaite, Shaky Kane and Russell Payne from the Jack Kirby Museum 2.30pm 40 mins Erotic Art and Censorship in[...]
Did You Know There's A New Alan Moore Comic Coming Out Today?
Music, fashion and something very very nasty. This is how Alan Moore describes it; Since Malcolm McLaren first suggested that I write a screenplay based on his notion of marrying the strange and isolated life of Christian Dior with the fable Beauty and the Beast, I've often wondered what such an unlikely concept would have looked like[...]
Fashion Beast – The Comic And The Screenplay
In 1985, while writing Watchmen, Alan Moore also wrote a screenplay with Malcolm McLaren and Robert Boykin, entitled Fashion Beast. Twenty-seven years later, after a few false starts, Avatar are publishing a comic book adaptation from Antony Johnston and Facundo Percio, with Alan's involvement throughout But how close an adaptation is it? Well, here's the first[...]
twilight of the super heroes
It was to have been Alan Moore's great DC Comics Event, that would crossover with all manner of DC's books The Twilight Of The Superheroes A story about the end times of the DCU, a dark and apocalyptic future for the DC Earth, the superheroes and villains split into different Houses, with John Constantine given[...]
First Look at Avatar Covers for November
Avatar Press reveals the issue covers to all its new releases slated to be on store shelves in November, and live for pre-orders from comic shop retailers as of Diamond's September Previews catalog.     Stitched Volume 1 Graphic Novel Written by Garth Ennis and Adapted by Mike Wolfer Artwork by Mike Wolfer Softcover Edition, Hardcover Edition, and Signed Hardcover Edition Illustrated[...]