Tag Archive | "Alan Moore"

Alan Moore – the opera?

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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BBC Radio music news just mentioned that a certain Mister Alan Moore was collaborating with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett on their next opera, following the Gorillaz boys’ successful Monkey: Journey to the West opera. I thought I had mis-heard, but on the BBC’s Newsbeat site there it is: “We’re planning for me to do [...]

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Remember, Remember…

Thursday, November 5, 2009

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Remember, remember the fifth of November The gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, twas his intent To blow up King and Parli’ment. Three score barrels were laid below To prove old England’s overthrow. By God’s mercy he was catched With a dark lantern and lighted match. Holler boys, holler boys, let the [...]

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Alan Moore video channel

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Regular contributor Pádraig has been gathering together various Alan Moore videos and posting them all together in one handy YouTube channel called -- what else? -- Glycon. From Pádraig: “For those of you who are fans of Alan Moore but are not necessarily on the Alan Moore Yahoo! Group mailing list, there has recently been a [...]

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Alan Moore talks Dodgem Logic

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Mustard mag has an interview up with Albion’s great bearded wizard Alan Moore, discussing his upcoming new underground publication Dodgem Logic which we mentioned the other week (and which I am delighted to say we’re selling via our webstore): “I first used the name Dodgem Logic on a fanzine that I attempted to do back in [...]

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Transdisciplinary approaches to the work of Alan Moore

Monday, October 12, 2009

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Doctor Nathan Wiseman-Trowse at the University of Northampton is calling for papers for a conference entitled “Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Work of Alan Moore” which is scheduled for next May and at which Paul Gravett will give the keynote address. From the official description: “The review panel are seeking papers for the conference, or proposals for potential [...]

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Alan Moore’s playing logic games with Dodgems

Monday, October 5, 2009

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Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie, Kev O’Neill, Steve Aylett, Graham Linehan, Josie Long and others have teamed up to create a new underground journal, Dodgem Logic, which sounds part grassroots, non partisan campaigning and advice, part entertainment and with a touch of the old 70s Punk era DIY ethos about it which I find rather appealing, [...]

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Alan Moore says yes to Miracleman…

Friday, September 4, 2009

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(On the left; old style Marvelman – which Marvel owns. On the right; modern Marvelman/Miracleman, which Marvel are getting closer and closer to owning or at least reprinting.) The story so far: Marvel announced last month that it had secured the rights to reprint Mick Anglo’s Marvelman. Much speculation and gossiping ensued over what exactly [...]

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Alan Moore on Robert Anton Wilson

Monday, August 31, 2009

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Via Boing Boing comes a link to this video of Albion’s Wizard-in-extraordinary Alan Moore paying tribute to cult figure and author Robert Anton Wilson at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2007:

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Top 10 Women comic characters?

Sunday, August 30, 2009

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Geek Girls Network presents it’s Top 10 Women Comic Characters. Always interesting to see these sorts of things, agree with them or not. Nice to see slightly more unusual choices with the inclusion of Judge Anderson and Jenny Sparks alongside perennials such as Tank Girl and Death. But I think there are a couple of very [...]

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Knockabout news

Friday, August 21, 2009

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Two bits of news in one here; British publisher Knockabout have set up a website (finally!). Knockabout have been stalwarts of the UK publishing scene for the longest time, formed in the 80s, publishing some brilliant works from the likes of Alan Moore, Hunt Emerson and Gilbert Shelton and always, always remaining strong when customs and [...]

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It was 20 years ago today….

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Well 21. I was recently home clearing out a load of stuff my dad left when he died early in the year and amongst the things he had kept was a little insert magazine I had written with my business partner Jim Hamilton. It was called ‘Cut Comics 88′ and we produced it for the Scottish [...]

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Marvelman’s back …… (updated)

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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Originally posted 25th July, Updated 26th July… Rich Johnston, over at the Bleeding Cool site has news from San Diego that Marvel has sorted out a deal with Emotiv, the company representing Mick Anglo’s interests in the Marvelman character and will begin republication of Marvelman stories from the 1950s and 1960s. No news yet over the more [...]

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Mustard – a funny comedy mag – now there’s original for you….

Saturday, July 18, 2009

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Mustard # 4 Editor / Designer Alex Musson Self Published. (Kevin O’Neill’s great Alan Moore illstration against a backdrop of Moore comics) I Came to this one rather late after reading about the big Alan Moore interview in this issue somewhere online. I’m even later reviewing it. So late in fact that by now it’s well into it’s recession [...]

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Captain Britain

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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Oh yes, it is here. It may be a lot later than originally intended, but dammit, its worth the wait. Not to mention the weight – its a humungous tome, just remember when picking it up to lift from the legs and not your back. Alan Moore, Alan Davis, Captain Britain. Oh yes.

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