Tag: alan moore
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I’ve been meaning to write a post about the upcoming Watchmen film and comic book films for ages. Having just read the first chapter of Dave Gibbons’ memoir of his experiences drawing the comic, Watching the Watchmen, I’ve finally decided to put finger to keyboard. For a lot of us avid comic book fans, especially…
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My Alan Moore on a Train Meme is finally getting some results, which are proving interesting. Meanwhile, I finally got around to looking up the Alan Moore (with Art Spiegelman and Dan Clowes) guest appearance on the Simpsons. It’s brilliant – I particularly love the DVD Milhouse asks Moore to sign:
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I’ve been watching Jonathan Ross’ In Search of Steve Ditko this evening and as I do sometimes it got me thinking. If Alan Moore sat down on a train opposite me, what would I say? Simply not talking to him wouldn’t be an option – this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to receive wisdom directly from…
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I watched the film Constantine last night despite having avoided it for three years. It was three quid at Madame Zaza’s or whatever the Virgin Megastore is called these days, and I was at a loose end. For those who don’t know, Constantine is based on the DC/Vertigo comic Hellblazer although the main character first…
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I was somewhat underwhelmed to read in Empire this month about alleged tensions on the set of the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (as I insist on calling it) between Sean Connery and director Stephen Norrington. After 7 pages, it emerges that this consisted of little more than not getting on very well and…