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Miracle/Marvel Man to be reprinted at last - by Marvel

Klintron's Brain | September 28th 2009

Miracleman/MarvelMan is going to be release by, ironically Marvel Comics. I wrote about the complicated IP mess of MM here (so I need not rewrite it here). The “irony” is “Marvel” legally sued to prevent Alan Moore’s “Marvelman” from be read more

rogermbas

Watchmen el videojuego... la pesadilla de Moore

Comic noveno arte | September 25th 2009 by Roger Basaldua

"Alan, ¿Me firmas el videojuego?" Y pude ver la estocada final... el super mega videojuego de Watchmen, justo estaba jugando play 3 y me descargue dos partes del juego. ¿Que más se puede decir?... al menos al parecer el juego fue un fracaso porque read more

dhaybach

Ashes to Ashes, Swamp to Swamp

Top New Movies at MoviesB.com | September 25th 2009 by David Haybach

Dick Durock, who played the Swamp Thing in Swamp Thing (1982), The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) and Swamp Thing the TV series from the early ’90s, died in Oak Park, CA last week at age 72. The six-foot-fiver from South Bend Indiana was a former read more

No Title

writing neuroses | September 24th 2009

Thinking in nine panelsThere were a lot of things I wanted to drivel on about this week, but they have all been driven out of my head by graphic novels. Not only have I been reading them, I’ve been thinking about writing them – which is no simple read more

papapulpo

No Straight Lines session, continued....

Slided Bread - the sequel | September 22nd 2009

Alan Moore is continuing, after a wee break, to discuss the old paradigm and the new paradigm, or are they, in fact, the same paradigm?AM: Businesses have to be:Life enablingLife simplifyingNavigationalA high social networker has a higher 'social val read more

papapulpo

Social Media Session with Euan Semple and Alan Moore

Slided Bread - the sequel | September 22nd 2009

Two 'recognised' experts on Social Media (not victims to the big question of who is an expert and can you call yourself an expert), Euan Semple and Alan Moore, are running a session today on Social Media.There is a part of me that hopes I learn nothi read more

klintron

Alan Moore on his grimoire

Klintron's Brain | September 16th 2009

The Faust story is a retelling of the Simon Magus story, but instead of being set at the birth of Christianity, this is at the birth of Lutheran Protestantism, nearly fifteen hundred years later. Here we’ve worked out the tangled web of Georgiu read more

infinitejester

The Joker Kills It

AN EXISTENTIAL NIGHTMARE | September 15th 2009 by Aaron Brewington

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damooney

The Killing Joke

the m0vie blog | September 14th 2009

It's no laughing matter... read more

ideia

DC Comics versus Marvel Comics - A guerra recomeça!

Moscas No Cadaver | September 11th 2009 by ricardo ideia

  Pois é!!! Mal a Disney anunciou a compra da Marvel Comics, a Warner Bros, dona da DC Comics, anunciou uma total reestruturação na DC. A companhia agora passará a ser chamada DC Entertainment Inc. e estará sobre a administração d read more

darioalvarez

Watchmen - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Ciencia Ficción | September 8th 2009 by Dario Alvarez

Watchmen - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre:Watchmen («Vigilantes» en español) es un cómic de superhéroes escrito por Alan Moore y dibujado por Dave Gibbons, ambos de nacionalidad británica, y publicado por primera vez por la compañía estadou read more

leesargent

Second Take: Watchmen

Quit Your Day Job | September 6th 2009 by Lee

The basics of the Second Take are simple, sometimes I’ll watch a film and have a certain reaction to it which seems to be the polar opposite to a bunch of other people.  I mean sure, people have different tastes etc, however more often than not th read more

simoncolumb

Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009)

Entertain Me! | September 5th 2009 by Simon

" I heard a joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life is harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go see him. That should pi read more

johnfreeman

Moore on Marvelman at Marvel

Down the Tubes Blog | September 4th 2009 by John Freeman

Alan Moore has commented on Marvel's acquisition of Marvelman, saying he's pleased the deal, which will mean his Marvelman stories will be re-published, will see the character's creator Mick Anglo benefit once again."After being initially informed by read more

bookmonkey

Things I've Noticed #3: Following your favourite comic-book autho…

Wisdom of Bookmonkey | September 3rd 2009 by kirk

A quick look at my history with comics in a convenient timeline:Ages 4 – 10, (1980-1986): I’m pretty much limited to Archie comics Ages 11 – 13 (1987 - 1989): My own personal Dark Ages - I only read a few scattered X-Men I found in friends b read more

PeppeP

Torna Swamp Thing… in 3D?

no blood no foul | August 30th 2009 by Giuseppe Palmentieri

Swamp Thing, il personaggio creato da Len Wein e Berni Wrightson per la DC Comics negli anni ‘70, e rivitalizzato negli ‘80 da Alan Moore, ha già una discreta storia in pellicola alle spalle: è stato infatti protagonista di due film, Il mostro read more

minatomirai

Fables of Deconstruction Part 2 - League of Extraordinary Gentlem…

The Spacetime Dossier | August 26th 2009

Today was a tough call, do I cover one of the finest series ever penned by the uber-author Alan Moore, or utter crap like Ikki Tousen or Tantric Stripfighter Trina? Admittedly, I do like reading fan service bullshit once in a while (and I *may* write read more

nialloleary

Rewatching the Watchmen

Bopping with Niall JP O'Leary | August 25th 2009

Worth Watching!I just realised that I never wrote a review of the film version of 'Watchmen'. Can't understand that as I had it all composed at the time. Having watched it again tonight, I repeat what I would have said (!), that is this is one of t read more

andrewwickliffe

V for Vendetta (2005, James McTeigue)

The Stop Button | August 24th 2009 by Andrew Wickliffe

V for Vendetta is a film made by Americans about London. I mean, I can see how it’s all right, given it’s a big budget nonsense blockbuster, but there’s something so incredibly lame in the last scene of the film–I’m going to ruin it for you read more

andrewwickliffe

Constantine (2005, Francis Lawrence)

The Stop Button | August 23rd 2009 by Andrew Wickliffe

Until the last minute, which introduces the idea Keanu Reeves is going to be narrating the film (which doesn’t start with him and has a number of scenes without him), I was going to say nice things about Constantine. I wasn’t even going to point read more

andrewwickliffe

From Hell (2001, Albert and Allen Hughes)

The Stop Button | August 23rd 2009 by Andrew Wickliffe

I had no idea Heather Graham was ever a lead in such a high profile project. I knew she was in From Hell, but she’s got a lot to do–and with an Irish accent. I suppose it’s the best performance I’ve ever seen her give, maybe because her chara read more

andrewwickliffe

Watchmen (2009, Zach Snyder), the director’s cut

The Stop Button | August 23rd 2009 by Andrew Wickliffe

This response will be double length. Well, double length minus ten words. Wait, twelve. No, fifteen. Well, you get the idea. Watchmen doesn’t get a double post because it’s good. It gets a double post because it is, as far as I can tell, the firs read more

andrewwickliffe

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003, Stephen Norrington)

The Stop Button | August 23rd 2009 by Andrew Wickliffe

There’s no doubt Stephen Norrington’s a lousy director but he’s not atrocious enough someone should retire from acting because he or she had to work with him–and Sean Connery didn’t even get the worst scenes in The League of Extraordinary G read more

minatomirai

The Golden Age of Space

The Spacetime Dossier | August 18th 2009

This is one of those topics that make me smile - the Golden Age of Space. This concept was conceived back when people had little to no understanding of the real rigors of space travel and scientific understanding was poor. Other worlds had incredible read more

ropencho

¿Vendo Miracleman a 15 dolares?

tinta de historieta | August 17th 2009

Bueno, a estas alturas supongo que muchos de ustedes sabrán ya que despues de una batalla legal de 10 años o mas, los derechos para publicar Marvelman (o Miracleman) han caído en manos de Marvel... Mas Info clicqueando la noticia read more

theboneman

Hollywood spies on my comic book shelf & 10 adaptations yet to co…

The Sidekick Comics Blog | August 17th 2009 by Gavin Jones

Hollywood mining comic books for inspiration is not something new, it's been going on for a hell of a long time all the way back to Flash Gordon and the Saturday morning serials of the 1940's. Lately we've seen a boom in comic book adaptations, su read more

UncleCritic

Watchmen

Uncle Critic | August 17th 2009

The Watchman, piece that most people will agree that is Alan Moore's masterpiece. read more

scarlettbrooke

Watchmen by Alan Moore, Illustrated by Dave Gibbons

The Reviewer | August 15th 2009 by erica

Watchmen by Alan Moore, Illustrated by Dave Gibbons 1986 DC Comics This is the first time in a long time where I honestly can say that I do not know how I feel about a book. There was so much to like about the Watchmen that I almost forget about the read more

crystalrainlove

Witchy Women - Evey Hammond

Sapphire Blue Bombshells | August 15th 2009 by Crystal-Rain Love

Evey Hammond is the female protagonist of Alan Moore's seminal work V is for Vendetta a maxi-series produced in the early 80s about neo-fascist Great Britain after a nuclear war. In the comic series, Hammond is orphaned young, sent to a youth hostel read more

urbanfaerie

5 Books I Covet Right Now

urbanfaerie news | August 14th 2009

Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity by Michelle Bates My HOLGA and Lomo cameras have a been a great source of joy since i bought them and i am overjoyed to find this book online, seeing that they can provide some insight and inspiration on how to read more