Cinema Purgatorio Archives

Kevin O'Neill, co-creator of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Marshall Law and Cinema Purgatorio, died last week, aged 69, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer some time ago He began working in comics at the age of 16 for UK publisher IPC, working as office help for the weekly British comic Buster, before publishing his[...]

The Cinema Purgatorio #1 Hardcover was sold by Avatar Press, Bleeding Cool's publisher as part of its initial crowdfunder and at comic book conventions As the collection of the Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill strips has hit comic stores (with signed copies at Gosh), the original hardcover of the first issue, alongside new work by[...]

On Saturday evening, I pointed out that today was the FOC date for the Cinema Purgatorio box set from Bleeding Cool's publisher Avatar Press All eighteen issues of the Alan Moore/Kevin O'Neill curated comic book anthology with a cover price of $40 As well as the title comic by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, completely[...]

Cinema Purgatorio was a comic book anthology curated by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, featuring five ongoing features, published by Bleeding Cool's own publisher, Avatar Press Cinema Purgatorio ran for eighteen issues, finishing each story, None of the series have been collected, and certain individual issues can go for a pretty penny But going to[...]

So Cinema Purgatorio by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill is about a woman in purgatory, condemned to visit a very dodgy cinema, which shows movies that are familiar, but are analytical of movie form, culture and history We get the history of the Warner Brothers as if they were the Marz Brothers We see tales[...]

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[...]

These come through, Uber Invasion, Cinema Purgatorio, and Dreadful Beauty Art of Providence, the last of which is an artbook celebrating the work of Jacen Burrows More details are available below Take a look. UBER INVASION #11 (MR) (W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Daniel Gete Things are not well in the motherland Germany[...]

And the theatre of the surreal continues with the eight issue of Cinema Purgatorio with stories by some of the top writers in the industry including Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, Max Brooks and more. Avatar Press is the parent company of Bleeding Cool. UBER: INVASION#1 REGULAR CVR Retail Price: $3.99 US Writer: Kieron Gillen Covers and Art: Daniel Gete MR, Color, 32[...]

Kicking it off with the second issue of Cinema Purgatorio as Moore teams with Kevin O'Neill as hosts for the new anthology that also includes writers Garth Ennis, Max Brooks, Kieron Gillen and Christos Gage and artists Paulo Caceres, Michael DiPascale, Ignacio Calero and Garbiel Andrade Then Moore teams with Jacen Burrows for the ninth[...]

It's been quite a week for him – the release of the Unearthing videos on-line, the wide release of his new comic book Cinema Purgatorio #1, the screening that day for Show Pieces and this coming Thursday's appearance at the Brighton Fringe for The Odditorium podcast talking about Jerusalem. Oh and more filming for The Show… I did take the[...]

These include the new Cinema Purgatorio from Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, Crossed: Badlands by Christos Gage and Emiliano Urdinola, and War Stories by Garth Ennis and Tomas Aira. Avatar Press is the Parent Company of Bleeding Cool. Cinema Purgatorio #1 Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill invite you, and some of the finest creators in comics, in to[...]

Cinema Purgatorio is the new curated Alan Moore anthology comic coming out from Bleeding Cool owners Avatar Press Launched at the London Super Comic Con and available digitally right now, this 52 page anthology be out in comic stores this Wednesday for $5.99. They are well ahead of it I'm told, with material coming in for issue[...]

Here are the solicitations for Avatar Press for June 2016, leading with the second issue of the Alan Moore curated anthology Cinema Purgatorio Moore also has his new issue of Providence with Jacen Burrows solicited, as well as Crossed Badlands by Christos Gage and Emiliano Urdinola, Crossed +100 from Si Spurrier and Martin Tunica and War Stories[...]

Avatar Press own Bleeding Cool, so I was able to watch it grow and pulsate through the hours he was there. The hot item was the Cinema Purgatorio deluxe hardcover anthology comic, pre-ordered on Kickstarter, with plenty of people able to pick up their copy at the show, days after funding it Which made a nice[...]

His Providence series with Jacen Burrows gets collected into a limited hardcover edition while a new monthly anthology called Cinema Purgatorio will feature Moore working with his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen partner Kevin O'Neill every month along with creators Max Brooks, Garth Ennis, Kieron Gillen, Christos Gage, Raulo Caceres, Michael DiPascale, Ignacio Calero and Gabriel Andrade. Note[...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWc7DYyJOwgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Cinema Purgatorio with Max Brooks and guest starring Stephen Kramer Glickman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWc7DYyJOwg) Stephen Kramer Glickman talks Max Brooks (possibly being Max Brooks) and his contributions to life, Cinema Purgatorio and his lack of weed.. The new anthology comic from Bleeding Cool's owners Avatar Press launches this weekend at London Super Comic Con[...]

The Alan Moore/Kevin O'Neill-led anthology from Bleeding Cool publisher Avatar Press, Cinema Purgatorio has just hit $100,000 on Kickstarter, with a day-and-a-half to go. Avatar Press will have 200 copies of the deluxe hardcover of Cinema Purgatorio flown out to the London Super Comic Con this coming weekend They can be pre-ordered for $35 on Kickstarter,[...]

Avatar Press are also publishing Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's new anthology series Cinema Purgatorio And Avatar Press are currently funding it on Kickstarter, using it as a way to obtain direct preorders without going through Diamond and the like. But what about retailers? Will it bypass them as well? Not a bit of it[...]

But, for Bleeding Cool owner Avatar Press, they are starting something new. Cinema Purgatorio, a horror anthology comic book including their work and the work of their friends, including Max Brooks, Kieron Gillen, Christos Gage and more. And, yes, it's being funded on Kickstarter. The lead strip of Cinema Purgatorio is by Moore and O'Neill This ongoing monthly series will feature[...]