Professor James Moriarty is a mathematician and criminal mastermind, who appears in
The Final Problem, the story in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes.
Colonel Sebastian Moran is a colonial cad, who appears in
the Adventure of the Empty House, the story in which Holmes returned. Together the commit crime. Kim Newman talks about
Professor Moriarty: Hound of the D’Ubervilles, his novel in which they star as a reverse Holmes and Watson (
review here), and lists his
10 best villains in literature. Previous team ups of the diabolical duo include the movie
Silver Blaze / Murder at the Baskervilles (youtube), which features
Ian Fleming as Dr. Watson, (not THE
Ian Fleming), and Neil Gaiman's
A study in Emerald (pdf) (
Previously), as well as a brief appearance together in
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
posted by Artw
on Nov 4, 2011 -
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Alan Moore and
Ian Gibson's epic story
The Ballad of Halo Jones concluded 25 years ago today (bar the odd strange
one page appearance hinting at why it did not return). Despite being unpopular with readers at first due to it's female protagonist and relative lack of action it is now rightly regarded as one of 2000ads classic stories. However despite Quality Comics reprinting a color monthly version (which was anything but quality) it has remained a rarity in the US,
until now. But how would the other 6 chapters of the planned 9 part chapter have gone? Moore
revealed how it would have ended in a
recent interview.
posted by Artw
on Apr 19, 2011 -
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Fossil Angels - written by Alan Moore in December 2002 to appear in KAOS #15, which never appeared. Published here for the first time.
posted by MetaMonkey
on Oct 24, 2010 -
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Breaking the Fourth Panel: Neonomicon and the Comic Book Frame (
1,
2) Alan Moore’s recent Lovecraftian comic dissected. (MLYT, Possibly NSFW language and SAN loss)
posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Aug 3, 2010 -
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Kevin O'Neil, classic 2000ad artist, co-creator of Marshall Law, frequent colaborator with Alan Moore and the only artist ever to be outright banned by the Comics code Authority ("there’s nothing you can change — the style is unsuitable!”) talks at length in an epic interview at the comics journal:
Part one,
part two,
part three,
part four,
part five.
posted by Artw
on Feb 22, 2010 -
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Artist
Stephen R. Bissette dissects the making of Saga of the Swamp Thing #20, the first American comics appearance of writer Alan Moore (um...
previously), in a series of blog posts that feature much original artwork (by Bissette and others), as well as a sampling of Moore's apparently absolutely ginormous script for the issue. (Warning: Parts of Bissette's site are NSFW.)
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4,
Part 5,
Part 6.
posted by kittens for breakfast
on Apr 13, 2009 -
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"In Wells, God writes the human narrative, in Moore's version, it is humanity that ghostwrites its own story and credits it to God. The decision left to humanity is whether it will script its own history consciously, or allow the narrative to be shaped secretly by leaders and figures of authority..." The
historiography (alternate, longer
explanation) of
Alan Moore. Warning: long.
[more inside]
posted by flibbertigibbet
on Aug 14, 2008 -
14 comments
Co-creator of Spider-Man,
Steve Ditko is famous for
weird,
distinctive art,
his 1966 departure from Marvel Comics, and granting
very few interviews in the course of his
decades-
spanning career, preferring to let
creations such as
The Creeper, the
Objectivism-
inspired Mr. A, and
Squirrel Girl speak for him.
Okay, Squirrel Girl not so much.
Jonathan Ross turns the spotlight on the artist in the
BBC4 documentary,
In Search of Steve Ditko. Did they find him?
Well, that's
The Question, isn't it?
posted by Alvy Ampersand
on Sep 23, 2007 -
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Al Columbia has finally updated his site . Previously, there had been
ominous hinting at a more fleshed-out web experience, but no follow-up. Rumors of a documentary by
Kevin Belli have been in the air for years, but nothing has been announced beyond
this (scroll down). In March, the Fantagraphics blog brought
more news of the documentary's progress
and hints of publishing Columbia's sketchbooks. Columbia himself confirmed the Fantagraphics book at the beginning of April in an
Inkstuds interview (audio), describing it as a large-format collection of most of his
unpublished work from the last ten years. Promises, promises. His contribution to
Mome 7 and
8 seem to be a bit more concrete. If you've been waiting on A.C. all these years, you'll want to hear that interview: he brings you song (his own
Percival Cook), much nervous laughter, meandering descriptions, and dream revelations (at age 12, a dream of having sex with
Felix the Cat). [more inside]
posted by ibeji
on May 29, 2007 -
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