You have to read this

Alan Moore talks about Dodgem Logic

LOL!

Moore and O'Neill at Gosh tomorrow

I'm gutted that I won't be able to get down to Gosh tomorrow, because not only will those who go be able to get their hands on the new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic BEFORE anyone else in the flipping World, they'll also be able to get their copies signed by none other than Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. Like I say, I can't make it, but if you're free and able to get down to the West End, you really should be there. Full details on the Gosh website

More Moore

Northampton's grumpiest old wizard talks all things magic HERE

Apparently he's met John Constantine twice. Spooky.

Moore speaks!

Look, it's an interview with Alan Moore

"The average age of the audience now for comics, and this has been the case since the late 1980s, probably is late thirties to early fifties—which tends to support the idea that these things are not being bought by children. They're being bought in many cases by hopeless nostalgics or, putting the worst construction on it, perhaps cases of arrested development who are not prepared to let their childhoods go, no matter how trite the adventures of their various heroes and idols".

I feel so small.

Bring me the head of Andy Capp

News of The Kid and his excellent reviews is spreading. He has a letter published in Amazing Spider-Man #571 and also draws high praise from Jeph Loeb during the Hulk writer's latest chat with John Siuntres over at Word Balloon.

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Nice bunch of vids courtesy of LLC chum Mr Wheatley. Check them out HERE

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Get yourself an original Alan Moore script on ebay

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Found in a box at the office library...

Made me think of Se7en. Although for that comparison to hold up I suppose it would have to be Flo's head and not Andy's in the box. I doubt Andy would care if Flo's head turned up in a box. Although maybe...Oh dear, The Capps in a remake of Se7en? Time to stop.

London Signings

If you're in London this Saturday you can meet two of the most important hippies ever to work in comics.

Alan Moore is signing Lost Girls at Orbital. Details HERE

Gilbert Shelton is signing the Freak Brothers Omnibus at Gosh! Details HERE

Both men are doing their thing between 2pm and 4pm.

I'm meant to be clearing out an attic, but I might make it down if only for The Freak Brothers Omnibus which looks a steal at £20.

LOL MOORE

Alan Moore eating an ice cream

Exactly what it says on the tin...


if you want you can purchase this photo as a mug or a mousepad

via The Forbidden Planet blog

SHORTS

In my rather slapdash guide to the comic shops of London's West End, I named Orbital as my favourite place to buy comics. Well, I have to say that since I wrote that guide, GOSH! has overtaken Orbital as my comic shop of choice. It's cleaner, more welcoming and stocks a wider range of non-spandex comics. Orbital is still worth a visit for the 50p boxes, but GOSH! are better in just about every department EXCEPT for back issues. They even have their own BLOG now.

With all that in mind, I'm planning to go back and do a Stalinist style revision of my original guide to the West End. I'm sorry, I know it's wrong. It'll be up tonight.

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From Captain America #35...

Bucky Barnes morphs into a young Mel Gibson.

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I've been rereading my copy of The DC Universe stories of Alan Moore over the last day or so and it's clear that Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons were hugely influenced by it when putting together the current run of Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps.

I've banged on at great and unnecessary length about Tygers. But the compendium also features the story "For the man who has everything" which stars Mongul and a plant called Black Mercy. It's a classic which Johns reprises in Green Lantern #7 and #8.

We also get stories featuring The Spider Guild and Bolphunga, both of whom pop up in the Green Lanterns Corps. Then of course there's the first appearance of Mogo and errm, did I mention Tygers?

If you are enjoying Green Lantern then the Moore compendium is a must. Even if you're not, how can you say no to a book which features both Killing Joke AND Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Highly recommended.

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Talking of Tygers (again), I'm guessing that Moore was partly inspired to write the story after reading the Ray Bradbury classic "Here there be Tygers".

Even if the similarities aren't immediately obvious, the story was definitely on his mind when he created Mogo. If you don't know the Bradbury classic, then I recommend tracking it down. Failing that, this funky old Russian cartoon adaptation should suffice...