After over a year of delays, AlanMoore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier will hit comic shops next Wednesday, November 14th. The Black Dossier has been the source of controversy and speculation ...
...view with AlanMoore, in which he discussed the circumstances surrounding his departure from DC and the attendant controversy, as well as what we can expect from the book when it hits shops today, at least here in the United States. To read the fi...
Rich Johnston is back, guns-a-blazin':
AlanMoore, co-creator of the "V For Vendetta" comic, has publicly disassociated himself from the upcoming Warner Brothers movie project based on the comic book and written and produced by the Wachowski Brothers. ...
AlanMoore is set to have his likeness show in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. Moore is viewed as one of the comic book industry's finest writers and is known for an enormous beard and long hair.He will appear on the show in an episode that wil...
In the latest WIZARD magazine, legendary comic book powerhouse AlanMoore (FROM HELL, LEAGUE OF EXTRODINARY GENTLEMEN, and of course THE WATCHMEN) was asked yet again about a sequel to his groundbreaking 1986 classic, THE WATCHMEN. In response, Moore said...
We all know the 'Watchmen' movie is happening. An interview with AlanMoore from "Tripwire Annual" magazine reveals, not surprisingly, that the writer of the graphic novel is not terribly interested in the movie.
"If they go for some other novelty opti...
Bruce Timm, producer of Cartoon Network's 'Justice League Unlimited' animated series, told The Comics Continuum that the show's second episode will be an adaptation of the AlanMoore story, "For The Man Who Has Everything."
Here's AlanMoore revealing what he thinks about the V for Vendetta movie. Top stuff. It seems that this is was footage shot for the BBC, but their website does not allow people to stream it outside of the UK.
ALANMOORE'S THE COURTYARD is a two issue mini-series beginning in January from Avatar Press. The mini-series is written by Moore, with artwork by Jacen Burrows and sequential adaptation by Antony Johnston and Moore. " THE COURTYARD was my attempt to wri...
You've probably heard by now that AlanMoore has permanently dissociated himself from DC Comics, its affiliate Wildstorm, and America's Best Comics the imprint Moore started in 1998. This is significant news, and yet it's not entirely unexpected. This is...
"David Hayter's screenplay was as close as I could imagine anyone getting to Watchmen. That said, I shan't be going to see it. My book is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a cert...
...ote about AlanMoore's departure from DC, allow me to get this off my chest. You may have heard by now that Brett Ratner will direct next year's X3. He was hired after the departure of Matthew Vaughn (director of the very fine LAYER CAKE). Ratner direc...
...MC.Writer AlanMoore and his year-old ABC line stole the show, winning no less then seven awards, with Moore himself winning Best Writer. Moore’s non-ABC title, From Hell also won for Best Graphic Album-Reprint. The following is a complete list of awar...
If you buy SNAKES AND LADDERS in the hopes that it'll be another stylish and creepy horror story like the one AlanMoore and Eddie Campbell presented in FROM HELL, you're going to be disappointed. If you buy it expecting anything vaguely like WATCHMEN or ...
What on Earth can I say about AlanMoore`s historic run on Saga of the Swamp Thing that hasn`t been said a thousand times already? What critical observation can I make that has not been made by far more capable pens than mine? Picking up the trade paperba...
...derstands AlanMoore's graphic novel and, in removing both V's moral ambiguity and the text's broader examination of fascism versus anarchism, it plays as a simplistic, American knee-jerk liberal cry of "Freedom!" That Bush is such a Nazi, man. Of cour...
Last time I reviewed an anthology from America's Best Comics, I wondered whether the company's moniker really applied and where the AlanMoore magic had gone. Looks like I was looking at the wrong anthology. In a tribute to the old SUPERMAN FAMILY titleor...
...TCHMEN by AlanMoore and Dave GibbonsI'll just dispense with the obvious first. AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons's tale of a superhero murder mystery set in a vision of America on the brink of World War III still enthralls, well, everybody. It's difficult t...
...ty Pasko, AlanMoore, Rick Veitch, Doug Wheeler, Nancy Collins, Grant Morrison and Mark Millar. The fit may not be perfect, the shoes may have grown scuffed, but the road is one with which Vaughan is very familiar.`I’ve read and enjoyed every issue of ...
I'll admit that I had reservations when I heard that Albert and Allen Hughes, the sibling directors of such so-called "badass" films as MENACE II SOCIETY, would be doing the film adaptation AlanMoore and Eddie Campbell's brilliant graphic novel FROM HELL...
...ng before AlanMoore came along and explored that bit of his character, but try asking Connery to play someone who would describe himself as a coward. The casting of a single actor can take a comics character down a path that no one would have expected...
...ry groovy AlanMoore and David Lloyd. It's about an anarchist named V trying to bring down a fascist dictatorship in the United Kingdom in a dark, dystopian vision of the future. What a cad! All right, I can't maintain that persona for longer than a pa...
...otta love AlanMoore. Anyone who takes his own creation and spoofs it by recreating a piece of comic book history as cheesy as the Marvel Family deserves kudos, especially when he can pull it off with such brilliance and style. Not to mention the fact ...
After years of starts and stops, AlanMoore and Melinda Gebbie's LOST GIRLS will see print in August of this year in a three-volume hardcover set from Top Shelf Productions. The idea is classic Moore -- three of literature's most famous female protagonist...
Dave Gibbons cut his teeth by inking issues of Britain's legendary 2000 A.D. comics. He moved to DC Comics in 1982, where he became best known for his association with Green Lantern. In 1985, he teamed with writer AlanMoore to create Watchmen--subsequent...
...nced that AlanMoore is a god among comic writers, this title should finally convince you. Moore's done some interesting reworkings of older comic characters before-his TOM STRONG series, for example, manages to combine elements of the Superman and Cap...
Constantine by Coming Attractions (Mon 03-15-2004)
...reated by AlanMoore and appearing in DC/Vertigo Comics.Premise: Renegade occultist John Constantine helps a police officer investigate the murder of her twin sister while at the same time trying to stay out of the reach of the lords of Hell.Release Da...
...less than AlanMoore and Charles Brownstein Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund were kind enough to comment in defense of BLANKETS and FUN HOME in this week's COMICSCAPE. For next week: e-mail me your comments on the Marshall ver...
...orably to AlanMoore, I have to say how much I enjoy his scripts on the Jonni Future feature - of the three features, I've long maintained that this one could easily be made into a book in its own right. (Tom Strong, of course, already has his own, so ...
...ehind the AlanMoore adaptation have been uploading "production journals" to a dedicated web location at Yahoo! Movies, where fans can view three-minute making-of videos depicting a man afire, the construction of the ship Archimedes, among ot...
AlanMoore has a penchant for taking old superheroes (or at least the idea of old superheroes) and both literalizing and deconstructing them. First MIRACLEMAN, then WATCHMEN, then TOM STRONG, and now, ALBION. Moore starts with old characters or creates...
Ronald D. Moore, speaking from his new office where he works as co-executive producer on ROSWELL, is happy to talk about his job. After leaving STAR TREK and working for a stint on the short-lived series GOOD VS. EVIL, Moore was approached to see whether...
...ritten by AlanMoore (with Peter Hogan)? The Hell you say! But it's true ABC's TERRA OBSCURA VOL 2 #4 (OF 6, $2.95) offers precisely that. Hard to credit, isn't it?Clark deals with two, count 'em, two power-sapping parasites in ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN ...
Yesterday both IGN FilmForce and Ain't It Cool News published reports from a scooper who claimed that comic book scribe AlanMoore had requested that his name be removed from the forthcoming CONSTANTINE movie. Moore created the character of John Constanti...
Nearly four years ago, AlanMoore and Kevin O'Neill brought together the most unlikely "superhero" team ever to grace a comic book. Taking some of the most famous figures in Victorian speculative fiction - calling anything from that era "science fiction" ...
The comic industry and its fans have often called WATCHMEN the greatest comic ever written the medium's CITIZEN KANE, if you will. This month, TIME agreed and named AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons's seminal work one of the top 100 novels of the 20th century....
...ritten by AlanMoore and Peter Hogan and featuring art by just about everybody. And if that wasn't enough AlanMoore for you, PROMETHEA #26 also ships this week. Makes you wonder if Moore simply sits on all his scripts as he gets them done and then rel...
... original AlanMoore/Kevin O'Neill graphic novel series in order to prepare for their roles.
West, a longtime
X-Men fan, auditioned for the role of "Nightcrawler" in X-Men
2. He admits that he can't do a German accent well and acknowledges that...
It's almost expected that if you're a comics fan at all, you're also fond of the work of AlanMoore. It's also almost considered blasphemy to suggest that such a master can write anything that's less than brilliant. While the lead tale in this month's iss...
...ovel from AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons which had languished in development hell for the past two decades. Snyder appeared at the San Diego Comic Con to show footage from the upcoming film and answered questions from the press about the responsibility of...
...ters like AlanMoore and Neil Gaiman.RELOAD is no exception - and what's more, just like Ellis' postponed graphic novel ORBITER, it delves into territory which is comfortable to contemplate right now, to say the least. Set ten years in the future, RELO...
...it scribe AlanMoore got his mitts on the character. From that point the green giant went on to be launched into remote space, travel through time, take a wife, conceive a daughter and become one of the most powerful DC characters in the company's cont...
SCOOP! reports that Avatar Press will be reissuing the AlanMoore-Oscar Zarate graphic novel, A SMALL KILLING in May 2003. The graphic novel tells the story of an ad exec who experiences a demonic, childlike stalker.Moore says, "A SMALL KILLING, of all of...
... story by AlanMoore and Melinda Gebbie; and Bryan Talbot's reflection on the meaning of entertainment in the days after the attacks.Volume 2 features the first story added to the SANDMAN opus in two years with a Death and Destruction story by Neil Gai...
... novel by AlanMoore and Eddie Campbell, the picture details the plight of five indigent prostitutes terrorized by the Ripper, chief among them being Mary Kelly (Heather Graham). Depp plays Inspector Fred Abberline, the troubled policeman called in on ...
...ritten by AlanMoore; STORMWATCH: TEAM ACHILLES #20; and for those who missed Warren Ellis' two brief miniseries last year, there's the combination RELOAD/MEK trade paperback for $14.95. Just bear in mind: Ellis is better with long-form stories. You've...
...ics, from AlanMoore and Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Jose Luis García-Lopez and Steve Rude. It's hard to turn away from projects with the likes of them to concentrate on collaborating with, well, myself!" Gibbons says. Once Gibbons hit upon the subjec...
...oping the AlanMoore comic book as a potential movie. "Darren Aronofsky? I'm on the phone NOW!" Law exclaimed to Empire, his fanboy roots showing. Then, to prove he knows his source material the actor tossed out the name of Ozymandias, the former super...
More often than not, Garth Ennis's efforts on THE PUNISHER break my heart. Besides AlanMoore, Frank Miller, and all of the obvious choices, Ennis is probably my favorite contemporary comic book writer. And, to boot, Frank Castle is probably my favorite c...
... with the AlanMoore material first (this is why God invented trade paperbacks). However, I've heard the new series is pretty good. Wildstorm also delivers the laughs with THE INTIMATES #2 ($2.95). If that's not enough DC for you, there's HARD TIME #...
...aid about AlanMoore from WATCHMEN to his work in SUPREME. The British writers in particular are more inclined to comment more abrasively. Grant Morrison fired some really fine shots on our environmental policy way back in ANIMAL MAN. And there's Gart...
...t of fine AlanMoore madness comes to us via the PROMETHEA BOOK THREE trade paperback for $14.95.Adam's still trying to figure out what made his adopted planet Rann go boom and if it indeed did go boom in ADAM STRANGE #2 (Of 8, $2.95).Anya finally di...
...elf up to AlanMoore. Frank Miller does what he does better than anybody else can. I can't write like him and I'm not going to try. I can't write like Brian, you know?" Wonder Woman/Batman and Elektra/Wolverine graphic novels the latter featuring artw...
...s reading AlanMoore and Eddie Campbell's FROM HELL - the complexities of Nury's plot are just as labyrinthine as anything Jodrowky or Bilal could come up with, and yet they're even more satisfying when everything clicks into place. Also, the sheer cla...
...r, I like AlanMoore too but this is the Waking Life of comic books. If I wanted to understand the universe, I'd stop huffing glue. RAZORS EDGE WARBLADE #5 (MR) $2.95 SUPERMAN STRENGTH #3 (OF 3) $5.99SWAMP THING #13 (MR) $2.99On the list of "...
...ritten by AlanMoore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. In his decision released last week, Judge Gary Feess of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California wrote that Fox could hold some of the rights to the material, even if it did no...
... original AlanMoore comic, he is reportedly in the follow-up series.
Also mentioned in the FilmForce article is that the role of Mina Harker in League will go to either Saffron Burrows (as previously rumored) or Monica Bellucci, who was reportedly u...
...his great AlanMoore comic book - years ago - and they've talked about producing it with me and bringing somebody in to direct it that they like," Silver revealed for his post-Matrix slate.
"I'm doing 'Wonder Woman' now and I have been tortured on h...
...less than AlanMoore, who stated, "Even with Eastern European heavy-hitters Vlad Tepes, and Erzsebet Bathory as the deathless vigilantes of the title, the main character that emerges through this narrative is that of New Orleans herself – a ...
This exclusive look from Comic-Con shows the owl-shaped flying vehicle from the upcoming film Watchmen, based on the AlanMoore-Dave Gibbons graphic novel. The Owlship, nicknamed Archie, will debut in the feature film, which is due to hit theaters in spri...
Warner Brothers has announced that the release date for V FOR VENDETTA has been moved to March 17, 2006. The studio moved the date "to accommodate the movie's post-production schedule." As previously reported the film is based on the graphic novel by Ala...
Director Zack Snyder has posted his thoughts on wrapping up filming for Watchmen courtesy of the official website. In the blog, he also released a new screenshot, which you can see on the left. The upcoming adaptation of the AlanMoore graphic novel ...
...on of the AlanMoore comic stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino, Stephen McHattie and Matt Frewer. Snyder is leading the project, based on a screenplay by David Hayter a...
AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons will receive credits in the upcoming Justice League Unlimited episode, "For the Man Who Has Everything."
Kids' WB! has released its schedule for the week of Aug. 16, which includes a repeat of the Static Shock season-finale...
James Purefoy has signed on to star opposite Natalie Portman in "V for Vendetta," an adaptation of a 1980s AlanMoore comic book that Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers are producing for Warner Bros. Pictures.
More...
...eyed into AlanMoore likening him to a soldier coming back from a war and feeling lost, not knowing his place in society. I was like, that I can dig into.”
... of
what AlanMoore had created. And I had as much fun doing the text as doing the
art.
C2F:
Who are your favourite DCG artists?
PK:
Welshcat
was always the man (cat?) I looked up to in terms of scenes, in terms
of drama. Ditto for
Marcelo Gom...
Recent rumors confirmed by Hollywood trades: "Watchmen," the seminal DC Comics limited series created by AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons, has found a home at Warner Bros. Pictures. The project has landed at the studio with original producers Larry Gordon and ...
'V for Vendetta' was screened at Ain't It Coo's Butt-Numb-A-Thon 7. "This is the most intense cinematic cry for Anarchy since 'A Clockwork Orange'," raves Harry Knowles. "AlanMoore is a bitch for even thinking of bitching about this. It is f***ing PERFEC...
Production is underway on "V For Vendetta," an action-thriller produced by the Matrix team of The Wachowski Brothers and Joel Silver, and based on the groundbreaking 1988 graphic novel of the same name from AlanMoore and David Lloyd.
IGN FilmForce recently interviewed British actor-writer Stephen Fry (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) who happened to be in Berlin. And why was he in Germany? It turns out he was there filming a role in the big-screen adaptation of the AlanMoore/Dave Gi...
...nk Miller/AlanMoore-styled comic book to date. Little by little, Dunn comes to the realization that he is indeed a superhero. However, the secret surrounding his mysterious "mentor" Price is even more revealing.What can be defined as a classic Shyamal...
...l adapted AlanMoore and Eddie
Campbell's graphic novel. The Hughes Brothers were charged with the daunting
task of distilling Moore's expansive and intricate work down to two-hours of
Hollywood-style entertainment. They were moderately successful, ...
...tation of AlanMoore and Eddie Campbell's epic
examination of the conspiracy theories behind the infamous Jack The Ripper case.
Thanks to DeepDiscountDVD.com
for providing this exciting giveaway prize!
The Anniversary
event is going to run for a l...
Filming
continues on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in Prague.
Sources tell Comics2Film that this week the production is filming the capture of
Mr. Hyde.
The movie,
based on the graphic novel by AlanMoore and Kevin O'Neill's comic series, i...
... AlanMoore and Eddie Campbell's intricate graphic novel.
Supergirl (2
Disc Special Edition) - Hot on the heels of the successful
Superman movies came this presentation of the girl of steel. Helen
...
... based on AlanMoore and Kevin O'Neill's comic, recently published by DC/Wildstorm/A.B.C.
Stephen Norrington (Blade) is directing the film. Don Murphy (From
Hell) is producing. Cameras roll on the film this summer in the Czech Republic and Morocco.
...
...uction by AlanMoore, a foreword by Moorcock, and several background essays and other additional material.
Be With You, Takuji Ichikawa (Viz Media)
When Takumi's wife suddenly returns from the grave, he can't believe his eyes. How could such a thing ...
The latest
e-mail from Top Shelf Comics reports
that sales on AlanMoore and Eddie Campbell's From Hell graphic
novel have received a shot in the arm from the release of the movie.
Following the
release of the film, the book became the #1 selling...
Twentieth
Century Fox has given Comics2Film readers a first look at a new publicity
shot from the upcoming film adaptation of AlanMoore and Kevin O'Neill's The
Lea...
... novel by AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons, and the budget for that film is yet to be determined. The success of "300" could have an impact on how big "Watchmen" could get. Snyder is extremely passionate about "300" and thinks it is unlike many films that ...
"Who watches the Watchmen?" was the tagline of the seminal 1986 AlanMoore miniseries about a group of heroes investigating the murder of one of their own. In 2007, in the warm glow of "300's" blockbuster opening, the answer could be "everybody."
Zack ...
Now that the cat is out of the casting bag in regards to director Zack Snyder's Watchmen adaptation, it seems like a good time to take a comparative look at how the actors shape up -- vis a vis how they match up to the characters from the classic Alan Moo...
... novel by AlanMoore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. Set in 1985 at the height of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, costumed avengers have been banned with the exception of two – The Comedian and Rorschach. ...
"The thing is that when AlanMoore wrote it, it was prescient and timely to the climate that he was writing it in, and V still holds up so well but also for other reasons," says director James McTeigue. "The themes and the ideas are still so relevant, we ...
...have used AlanMoore and David Lloyd's lie to construct a grand and entertaining lie themselves. In all of its political messages, V for Vendetta has its own fun little plot that certainly does not forget history, even if the rest of us are doomed to r...
In this edition of Page One, Panel One, Scott Taylor tells us what he thinks of comic writer AlanMoore and the upcoming Watchmen project and then dives head first into the sea of hype surrounding Man Thing. For the latest comic happenings at Screenwriter...
Report from the Berlin press conference for the start of the shooting of "V for Vendetta", the adaptation of the GN from AlanMoore and David Lloyd. Director John McTigue, actors James Purefoy and Natalie Portman and producer Joel Silver state that they a...
A third video update for Zack Snyder's upcoming adaptation of Watchmen has popped up online courtesy of CHUD. Click on the link to check it out, where it describes a prison riot scene. The theatrical treatment of the classic AlanMoore graphic novel stars...
Director Zack Snyder has revealed the first look of his Watchmen characters over at his film's official website. The upcoming adaptation of the AlanMoore comic has finished its shooting scheduled and entered post production. It stars Patrick Wilson, Jack...
...gree with AlanMoore that 'pornography' is a term too readily thrown around. Nearly fifteen years ago, letters to my local newspaper leveled that term as an accusation against NYPD BLUE (as though Dennis Franz's naked backside could arouse anyone). Mo...
Based originally on the penned AlanMoore classic V For Vendetta comic book, from Vertigo comics and released in the in the early 1980s, the book spawned a film in 2006 with the same title. The main character of the story, V makes his action figure de...
...s without AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons participating. Whatever the hell the reason is to why there are no Watchmen figures it puzzles me more than anything else on this list to why nothing has been done to make these figures for sale. We’ve see...
...guys like AlanMoore and Frank Miller were working very hard to bring comics to the same level as those other media, so that we could all write about whatever we wanted in whatever manner we deemed appropriate. I'm one of the people (one of a minorit...
Zach Snyder has signed on to develop and direct the film WATCHMEN for Warner Bros.WATCHMEN is an adaptation of the 1986 twelve-issue comic book series by AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons. The movie will tell the story of the last remaining superheroes and the...
...tories Of AlanMoore (MR) $19.99Al: There's actually a ton of killer stuff in this, including the classic Superman story, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? and Batman: The Killing Joke. Well worth checking out if you've got $20.Kurt: And as of ...
You really have to hand it to the makers of V FOR VENDETTA for having surprising guts. The list of producers includes Joel Silver and THE MATRIX's Andy and Larry Wachowski, who also adapted the screenplay with fidelity from AlanMoore and David Lloyd's gr...
...interview AlanMoore. Yes, I'm completely serious. New This WeekBy Al Brown and Kurt AmackerAnyone wanna hear how my Red Sox are doing this season? They're doing awesome, thanks. On with the comics!DARK HORSEArchenemies #1 (of 4) $2.99Al: Jon Stewart a...
...bsp; Like AlanMoore said in your interview, it's a different medium, why do you want it to be the same? (Okay, I paraphrased.)”
Most comic books aren’t known for their understated dialogue, I’m afraid. I think that an...
As promised, the official cast for Zach Snyder's WATCHMEN (based off the AlanMoore graphic novel) was released at Comic Con 2007. There is only one new revelation while the other five remaining characters/actors have been leaked beforehand. Patrick Wilso...
The second part of original WATCHMEN graphic artist Dave Gibbons' set visit has been posted online at the official site. The upcoming adaptation of the AlanMoore/Gibbons graphic novel is directed by Zack Snyder (300) and stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earl...
...ritten by AlanMoore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. The film is directed by Zack Snyder (300) and stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino, Stephen McHattie and Matt Frewe...
... novel by AlanMoore. There were rumors of the mini-tale last October but Snyder said it wouldn't appear in the theatrical version because of time restraints. The comic-within-a-comic tells the tale of a castaway's mental and physical deterioration an...
... novel by AlanMoore. Zack Snyder is handling the direction of the project for Warner Bros. It stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino, Stephen McHattie and Matt Frewe...
... two-part AlanMoore interview and the conclusion of World War Hulk (thanks, Ben), my initial review of DCU had to wait. In a way, it serves the column better, as you can actually log into DCU and use the system. In the first couple of days, ...
Director Zack Snyder has posted a video over at Warner Bros' official website letting us know that his first week of filming has officially ended for WATCHMEN, the future adaptation of the AlanMoore DC comic. While nothing is really going on in the inter...
...ed on the AlanMoore comic), developing the zombie action film ARMY OF THE DEAD as well as an adaptation of the Ray Bradbury's story THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.
...ritten by AlanMoore and illustrated by Brian Bolland. The set will come packaged in a 4-color window box. BATMAN and THE JOKER both stand 6.75" tall. Also included will be a 48-page prestige format comic book. It w...
... Girls by AlanMoore, which will have plenty of nudity.JLA Vol 4 Strength In Numbers TP $14.95Mr Punch Sc $19.99Al: Heh. Mr. Punch. That's almost as good as Marvel's "Strong Guy". I hope every issue has at least one scene where a bad guy asks, "Why do ...
...ed in the AlanMoore graphic novel. In the comic, Bond is a very imposing, obese figure... while
Roxburgh has more of an average build.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is set to be released in 2003 and
is directed by Stephen Norrington for T...
...mpared to AlanMoore and Frank Miller?
Gaiman: Alan and Frank have very, very different relationships with Hollywood, and I have yet another different relationship with Hollywood.
Alan's relationship was very, very simple. He started off going, "...
...N team of AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons have reunited on their own contribution! I apologize if I've repeated names or left anyone off, but this place is like Grand Central Station at rush hour!" Rosemann also provided two new pin-ups that will be f...
...nced that AlanMoore or Grant Morrison would write a fourth one, I’d certainly buy it. But, we’ve seen that ancillary series will often simply die in favor of the core title or titles. No matter how many Batman spin-offs DC publis...
Well, there’s not a lot of exciting news this time around. With the holiday buying season in full gear, most of the exciting announcements have already been made by the studios. Here’s what I’ve been able to dig up: ...
...nly thing AlanMoore and Peter Hogan make up is comic book stories.The fun continues in Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray in MONOLITH #4 as the frightening new hero adjusts to the modern age. That, and there are undead roaming about in the alleys of Broo...
...sprawling AlanMoore epic PROMETHEA, when #31 hits the stands for $2.95. But there's still going to be an issue #32... Remember, his name's not "Moore" for nuthin'.Part Eight of that whole "War Games" thing is featured in BATMAN #631 ($2.25), but as B...
...s colored AlanMoore's PROMETHEA, is so good it's sick. These two are the unsung heroes of this project. Their work makes mine look a thousand times better, and the success of this project hinges hugely on their very, very talented contributions."With ...
... 57-64 of AlanMoore's legendary run on that series. $19.95 never seemed so cheap a price to pay...It's a week for Bats in the belfry, as the Batman's relationship with Catwoman hots up on BATMAN #617, much to Robin's disgust (and no, not because he wa...
...BLANKETS, AlanMoore and Eddie Campbell's FROM HELL, Scott Morse's THE BAREFOOT SERPENT, and David Yurkovich's LESS THAN HEROES. What is surprising, then, is that these good folks chose not to print samples from works such as those and instead went wit...
...ritten by AlanMoore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, Watchmen was originally published by DC comics as a 12-issue comic book series between 1986 and 1987, before subsequently being collected into a trade paperback. It is the only graphic novel to win ...
...tation of AlanMoore & Dave Gibbon's comic creation. The film will be based on the acclaimed 1986-1987 12 issue comic book mini-series (and subsequent graphic novel) written by AlanMoore with art by Dave Gibbons.
Ackerman's "...
...f delays, AlanMoore and Kevin O’Neill’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier finally hit comic shops in November. The book sought to explain the origins of the League through a framing story involving Mina Murray and A...
...nt front, AlanMoore and Melinda Gebbie’s epic work of literary pornography, Lost Girls, finally saw publication at Top Shelf with surprisingly little controversy. After years of delays and expectations of heated legal battles, the book...
...lotted by AlanMoore" sounds very suspicious to me, but I'll give this a shot anyway. It sounds like his kind of alley, anyway: "a collection of paragons, monsters, and clowns that vanished a quarter century ago".Kurt: He outlined the story and his dau...
...NG writer AlanMoore more than two decades ago, the comic character of John Constantine is a true rogue, the occult world's equivalent of Han Solo. Draped in a trenchcoat and a chain smoker, the British Constantine from comics was first designed to mi...
...their non-AlanMoore side in TOM STRONG #29 ($2.95), as Ed Brubaker's writing this one. Can that boy do anything, or what?And finally, the X-titles are thin on the ground this week, both in quantity and quality: DISTRICT X #6 ($2.99) looks the most pr...
...E include AlanMoore's legendary first issue writing SWAMP THING where he re-interpreted the character. In many ways this comic was the birthplace of the future Vertigo line of mature titles, paving the way for Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN and Grant Morrison'...
Screenwriter James Robinson is talking about his work adapting AlanMoore's comic book mini-series, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN to the big screen, and his attempt to change the story but retain the flavor of one of comics' greatest creators. "It's ...
...view with AlanMoore. Unfortunately, I shortchanged the length last week, so this one's a bit of a marathon. But, I think you'll find it's worth it. Herein, the author discusses sex, politics, and, of course, film adaptations. I hope you enjoy it. AM: ...
Update #2: The first trailer for Watchmen is now online over at Apple. Click here to watch the first look at the upcoming Zack Snyder-led comic adaptation of the AlanMoore graphic novel. You can also watch the production blogs via our "Watchmen"...
...n writer] AlanMoore is God, and at his side stand [Sandman writer] Neil Gaiman and [Dark Knight Returns and Sin City writer/artist] Frank Miller. Way down the line, you’ll find me,` he says. `I’m grateful for the comparison, but we’ll see where I stan...
...this one: AlanMoore is back to wrap this book up with the end of the world (whee!), referencing Promethea's finale while he's at it. This should be utterly mad, especially keeping in mind that AlanMoore totally hates DC right now. This, boys and girl...
...arts when AlanMoore walked away from the company after years of tension came to a head. After V FOR VENDETTA producer Joel Silver announced that Moore endorsed the film adaptation of his seminal dystopian graphic novel, the writer didn't hear the retr...
...ter named AlanMoore. Moore was riding high, having published such epic works as The Watchmen and the SWAMP THING series. Moore recommended his friend to DC, where Gaiman initially made a good impression reworking an old character, Black Orchid, into a...
After weeks of rumors, X-MEN scriptwriter David Hayter has signed a deal to adapt AlanMoore's WATCHMEN graphic novel. In addition, though he had previously denied this was the case, Variety reports that Hayter has his eye on helming the project.Univ...
For the comic fans in the audience, let me toss at you five words: Saturday morning cartoon by AlanMoore. Interested?Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that specializes in bringing comic book properties to film and television (they brought the Fr...
...L, writer AlanMoore and artist Eddie Campbell's famed speculation on the identity of 19th Century proto-serial killer Jack the Ripper, arrives in the form of a lavish, bowel-slicing screen treatment from the filmmaking Hughes brothers, who in a former...
...return of AlanMoore's LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN and Stan Lee's redux of DC's CRISIS, I guess); and after the glut of retro comics in the last few months, no new retro titles to speak of (not counting the new BATTLE OF THE PLANETS comics from I...
Whew. To say I was unprepared for TOMORROW STORIES #11 is an understatement. I like humor in comics. I like a degree of perversity in comics. I even like AlanMoore. I'm not sure I like it when all three are combined.There's some fun to be had in the Spla...
...arch from AlanMoore's America's Best Comics."I'm a huge fan of the TOM STRONG stuff, and it's great fun to work with AlanMoore again," Ordway says.Ordway is also doing covers for DC's AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT - over Mike Zeck's layouts - starting wit...
Stephen Norrington has signed on to direct the big screen version of AlanMoore and Kevin O'Neill's THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN for 20th Century Fox. The studio is getting behind the project, which is looking to have a budget in the range of $80...
In Watchmen, AlanMoore has the character Nite Owl II remark that there seem to be faces and body shapes that were current in the 1930s and 1940s, which people don’t have now. Regarding men, he’s talking about the kinds of squarish jaws, barrel chests, sq...
...creators, AlanMoore and Kevin O'Neill, are not named in the lawsuit.
Fox spokeswoman Flo Grace told Variety, "We have not yet seen the complaint. However, this is absurd nonsense. Our movie is based directly on the graphic novel by AlanMoore."
Rob Liefeld has sold the book rights to AlanMoore-scripted runs of the titles SUPREME and YOUNGBLOOD in a three-book deal with independent graphic novel house Checker Book Publishing Group. Checker has scheduled the first collection under the new agreem...
Some new set photos have appeared online for the WATCHMEN, the Zack Snyder-directed adaptation of the classic AlanMoore graphic novel. The official website posted these new pictures and they seem to show direct panels straight out of the 80's comic....
...Superman: AlanMoore in the classic "For the Man who has Everything", Mark Waid in KINGDOM COME, or even Grant Morrison in his JLA run. Morrison even found a way to make electric blue Superman interesting in JLA #6-7. I think the problem people are hav...
...ustice to AlanMoore and Dave Gibbon’s quintessential graphic novel.
Cautious optimism remains advisable, as always. No one has seen the film, and many of the complaints could easily fall by the wayside in the face of a movie that stands on...
...TORIES OF ALANMOORE, collecting some of Moore's rarer work for the company, doesn't include the two-part Superman story that drew the pre-CRISIS universe to a close. Sure, it's been collected elsewhere (apparently), but wouldn't you rather read that t...
Warner Bros. has announced that Natalie Portman (STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH) will star in V FOR VENDETTA, the movie adaptation of AlanMoore and David Lloyd's distrubing, futuristic comic book mini-series. The Wachowski brothers, writers...
... call him AlanMoore, the Image Seven, Frank Miller, etc.). But those guys were the best of the best. They had story concepts of new and established characters that just had to be told." I must admit, if DC decided that Batman had run his course in the...
The dust is being blown off Warners' V FOR VENDETTA, the film adaptation of the 1980s comic book mini-series written by acclaimed WATCHMEN writer AlanMoore. Surprisingly, the same gents that once were hired as screenwriters to adapt Moore's work, and who...
...an army? (ALANMOORE REFERENCE ALERT!)GARGOYLES (8 PM CST, Sci Fi) CIA operatives versus carnivorous gargoyles. I kid you not.SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31CHARMED (7 PM CST, WB) "Someone to Witch Over Me." Agent Brody convinces Paige that guardian angels are...
... based on AlanMoore and Dave Gibbons' comic book series, but has since departed that project.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
...eaking of AlanMoore, those few of you who have never read WATCHMEN - yeah, you two in the back will be pleased to know that a new edition of the trade paperback is available this week for $19.95.I'd find something funny to say in Spanish about spider...
First reported by Ain't It Cool News way back in April, today Variety acknowledges that REQUIEM FOR A DREAM director Darren Aronofsky is now attached to helm the proposed live-action film adaptation of AlanMoore and Dave Gibbon's WATCHMEN. A couple of we...
Yahoo! Movies has posted six clips from V FOR VENDETTA. The action-thriller stars Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Tim Pigott-Smith and Sinead Cusack. It is based on the graphic novel by AlanMoore and illustrator David ...
...rly named AlanMoore comic book poorly adapted around the same time for the cinema, this LEAGUE was something altogether different. For those who've not had the pleasure, the series is essentially a series of continuing gothic comedy sketches set in a...
Some new updates for Zack Snyder's adaptation of the AlanMoore comic WATCHMEN appeared online courtesy of Warner Bros. The official site for the upcoming film has been updated with a new production blog from Snyder as well some photos of the product...