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Alan Moore, “An Embittered Monstrous Figure” – Behind The Scenes Of Jimmy’s End

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

“It might be possible to actually create a world of the imagination, a world of dreams if you will, and then to export things from imagination into the real world.”

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Jimmy’s End, The New Film By Alan Moore And Mitch Jenkins, In Full

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Today, Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins’ new film, Jimmy’s End, has been released online, for free. You can see it here.

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The Look Of N.I.C.E. From One Alan To Another, And A Little Bit Of Cosplay

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool’s Tom Huxley has been on the scene at the N.I.C.E.  comic book convention in Kettering and send in a batch of photos from Alan Davis to Alan Moore, as well as cosplay Captain Britain and Psylocke. All in …

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Alan Moore – “I’m Going To A Comic Convention By Accident”

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Rich Johnston

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…

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The Comic Book Convention With A Theme Park – And Alan Moore

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

David Hine is going to N.I.C.E., the Northamption comic book convention in a theme park, taking place in September. You know, the first comic con Alan Moore is going to in twenty-five years. Tickets still available. David decided to tell …

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Alan Moore’s Local Shop Boycotts Before Watchmen

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In this video, around the fourteen minute mark, blogger Ghost Critic reports that the comic shop Close Encounters in Northampton, the organisers of the NICE convention in September, has chosen not to order the Before Watchmen line of comic books. …

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Alan Moore To Guest At Northampton Comic Convention (UPDATE)

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The folks at Close Encounters, a comic shop in Northampton, England, are organising a comic convention for later in the year, possibly around September time, the Northants International Comics Expo. They will confirm fifteen guests on Monday. One of those …

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Northampton Council Reverses Decision To Cut Library Funding

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Earlier this month, Bleeding Cool reported on Alan Moore’s attendance as part of the Save Our Library Day, at his local library, St James in Northampton, threatened with closure. His appearance and his reading of a short story from Dodgem …

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Alan Moore Participates In “Read-In” To Save Local Library

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Rich Johnston

On February the 5th, there will be a protest “read in” at the St James Library in Northampton with Alan Moore, that follows a protest held there tomorrow from midday to 2pm. The library, along with many others, is suffering …

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Alan Moore Campaigns Against Local Library Closures

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Remember, remember, the fifth of February… That’s when Alan Moore will be speaking at a reading event, part of an event to campaign against the planned potential closure of the St James Library in his home town of Northampton. The …

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Alan Moore Plays Santa Claus To Northampton

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Rich Johnston

Well he does have the beard for it. According to the Northampton Chronicle, Alan Moore is using the profits from his Dodgem Logic magazine to donate three hundred Christmas hampers to Northampton residents living in sheltered housing located in Spring …

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