MetaFilter posts tagged with AlanMoore

"Three pounds forty and some tobacco"

Artw — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:09:25 -0800

The complete archive of International Times, which launched a revolution in underground publishing in the UK and paved the way for Oz (of the School Kids special fame) (previously) and a whole string of british underground zines, a heritage that Alan Moores new zine Dodgem Logic very much calls upon.

Pornsec Doubleplusungood!

Halloween Jack — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:32:22 -0800

When the Jessamine* County Public Library acquired a copy of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, two library workers conspired to keep it out of the patrons' hands, checking it out for an entire year. After an eleven-year-old girl put a hold on the book, they removed the hold; upon discovering this, the library director fired them. Sharon Cook, one of the fired workers, said, "People prayed over me while I was reading it because I did not want those images in my head." Here's a Flickr set of some of the images in question, NSFW unsurprisingly, that show scenes from an imagined meeting of Fanny Hill and Lemuel Gulliver, a Tijuana Bible created by the Pornsec division of the Ministry of Truth from Nineteen Eighty-Four, and other naughty bits. *Yes, MeFi mod/librarian eponysteria. (Via)

Kimota!

any portmanteau in a storm — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:35:03 -0800

Thanks to a combination of publishers going out of business and rights disputes Miracleman is probably the best superhero comic you never got the chance to read (previously on the blue). That looks set to change as today at SDCC, Marvel comics has announced that they now own the rights to the title.

Or you can turn them into a rather smart casual jacket

Alvy Ampersand — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:45:26 -0800

Print, cut out, fold, and enjoy papercraft versions of Graham Linehan, Michael Palin, two versions of the Magus of Northampton himself, Alan Moore, and ~~many~~ several more, courtesy of Mustard Comedy Magazine!

Mooregasm

Artw — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:45:47 -0800

Newsarama posts a massive six part interview with Alan Moore looking at The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1910 - part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6.

"There are the various were-cockroaches and wrigglies"

kittens for breakfast — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:16:42 -0800

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.

But are there any nude photos of Socko the Snake?

Artw — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:47:25 -0800

Some images of rare and obscure Alan Moore material from Slovobooks.

Heroes of UK comics

Artw — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:40:37 -0800

Leo Baxendale, Hunt Emerson Neil Gaiman, Melinda Gebbie, Brendan McCarthy, Pat Mills, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Posy Simmonds, Bryan Talbot - Paul Gravett's Heroes of UK Comics

Better Blue Than Red

P.o.B. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:04:54 -0800

Who watches the Watchmen? The New Frontiersman for one. A neat viral site for the upcoming movie. There is some great stuff, like an NBS Nightly News broadcast with Ted Philips from March 11th 1970. You can find out who really took the picture of Neil Armstrong on the moon. Don't forget to click The Comedian's button, or the lighter! (Or, you know, you can just click my links directly.) Don't know what this is all about? You can brush up here.(Previously)

"Remember when Rorschach killed that one guy horribly?" "Ha ha, good times."

kittens for breakfast — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:40:23 -0800

You guys! Psyched about that whole Watchmen movie thing (previously, we've touched on Watchmen briefly, like, once or twice?), kinda wanna read the book, but you just can't see fitting a 400-page comic into your busy, busy schedule? Fortunately for you, there's The Condensed Version. (Via the often NSFW Journalista.)

Flashed by Rorschach

Artw — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:13:45 -0800

Original character designs for Watchmen, including a (dropped) full body suit for Rorschach, by Dave Gibbons. (Also it looks like the movie version will have a different ending, so fears of a non-sucky Alan Moore film can be put to rest.)

No, it won't have the pirate comic...

Artw — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:00:58 -0800

Who watches The Watchmen? Kevin Smith has, Dave Gibbons has, Alan Moore won't (Gibbons hopes he'll watch the DVD), and if Fox has its way maybe YOU won't either.

Historiography of Alan Moore

flibbertigibbet — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:15:06 -0800

"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. See also: and insue that contains terrorists in GI Joe, illustrations in the works of Jules Verne, a study of Y, The Last Man, or an entire issue on William Blake, and creating a Comic Book Markup Language in reference to For Better or For Worse. [Previously.]

R Comics Gud?

Artw — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:38:26 -0800

The 100 best comic book runs as voted for by the readers of Comics Should be Good. Notes

The Mindscape of Alan Moore

MythMaker — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:49:41 -0800

The Mindscape of Alan Moore. Documentary featuring interview with comic book writer Alan Moore. More interviews. (previously)

Alan Moore tribute to Robert Anton Wilson

homunculus — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:11:06 -0800

And How Are You Tonight, Mr Wilson? Alan Moore pays tribute to Robert Anton Wilson. [Via Technoccult.]

Who Is Steve Ditko?

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:03:21 -0800

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 Sea rch of Steve Dit ko. Did they find him? Well, that's The Question, isn't it?

Al Columbia is in your house right now

ibeji — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:13:51 -0800

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]

Who Watches The Watchmen Wank?

thedaniel — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:06:11 -0800

BOG VENUS VERSUS NAZI COCK-RING: Some Thoughts Concerning Pornography Alan Moore, renowned comic author and creator of a recent work of unapologetic smut waxes at length on the history and role of pornographic art and literature, asserting "our impulse towards pornography has been with us since thumbs were first opposable".

Under the Hood

oh pollo! — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:48:44 -0800

Resonance FM gives you an interview with writer Alan Moore in three parts. I,II & III [.mp3]

The 2000AD Generation.

beaucoupkevin — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:27:36 -0800

Comics creator and Alan Moore collaborator Eddie Campbell is blogging. He joins fellow UK artists Sean Phillips, Chris Weston, Colin Wilson, Frazer Irving, and Dave Taylor in offering glimpses behind the creative process.

Lost Girls

brundlefly — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:58:25 -0800

The hospital that owns the copyright to Peter Pan is not very happy about a graphic novel by Alan Moore depicting the sexual awakening of Wendy [NSFW images].

A for Anarchy

homunculus — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:45:38 -0800

A for Anarchy: Exploring and enjoying the anarchism that many think was lost in the movie version of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta.

Governments should be afraid of their people.

John Kenneth Fisher — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:44:52 -0800

"...I don't know who you are. Or whether you're a man or a woman. I may never see you or cry with you or get drunk with you. But I love you. I hope that you escape this place. I hope that the world turns and that things get better, and that one day people have roses again. I wish I could kiss you."

--Valerie

Holy macaroni!

sninky-chan — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:57:54 -0800

Miracleman is arguably one of the finest superhero comics ever made, but it has been dogged by legal disputes even in its pre-post-modern, pre-Alan Moore days, when it was called Marvelman. But the many fans and would-be fans of the modern comic have suffered greatly as a result of a big rights dispute which kept the existing work from being reprinted, so enthusiasts and interested parties have had to pay big bucks for the existing copies out there or console themselves with companion books (which also go out of print!).

But there is an end in sight! Neil Gaiman, one of the parties in the dispute, has good news to report.