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All-star Superman vs. Alan Moore's Supreme

comiXtreme (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008

TDK trailers

JoBlo (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

As if you needed any more reason to see , well, here's another one. It seems the first trailer for , the Zack Snyder directed feature adaptation of the iconic Alan Moore graphic novel of the same name, will be shown in front of Batman's face off with the Joker. In addition, trailers for the still stupidly titled sequel TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS and the Leonardo DiCaprio...

Backtracking on our digital footprints

Communities Dominate Brands (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

I was re-reading that excellent White Paper by Xtract, that Alan discussed two weeks ago, about Social Advertising Intelligence. It is really a must-read for anyone reading our blog and its free.. Anyway, I was looking at that diagramme on...

Must See: Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen Video Diary [Behind the Scenes]

Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | yesterday

Don’t know if you’ve heard but there’s a new Batman movie coming out. Hot on its tail, however, is Zack Snyder’s interpretation of the greatest graphic novel of all time, Watchmen . Fans of the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons classic have been clawing their way to get any footage of the film, slated to come out on March 6, 2009. And the boys and girls over at UGO.com are bringing us a new...

Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp.: Stem Cell Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Keystone Prolactin Patents

Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

... was issued January 10, 2008. These are the first patents to issue in this patent family.Dr. Alan Moore, President and CEO of SCT commented as follows:"What is particularly important about these patents is that they cover the use of prolactin alone, as well as in combination with other therapeutics that augment recovery and therefore provide a broad base of protection. We have the...

Watchmen Video Diary: Dave Gibbons

/Film (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

... that come off the page onto the screen. Watchmen hits theaters on March 6th 2008. Related Stories: Alan Moore is NOT Watching the Watchman Watchmen: Three Hour Theatrical Cut? 4 1/2+ Hour Directors Cut DVD Planned Cool Stuff: Watchmen Action Figures and Busts Watchmen Video Journal: Costume Design Zack Snyder Launches Watchmen Contest First Look: Silk Spectre and Ozymandias Watchmen...

Todd McFarlane’s Miracleman

LinkMachineGo (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

[comics] Todd McFarlane’s Miracleman … an oddity - McFarlane’s version of the old British Superhero updated by Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman and currently tied up in legal limbo … ‘The character’s future remains uncertain as of 2008, due to further complications which have come to light since the end of Gaiman’s case against McFarlane…’

Watchmen Video Diary #4

Cinema Blend Feeds (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

... of the 20th Century talking about how much he loves what they’re doing with the movie. No it’s not Alan Moore. He’s still holed up in a shack somewhere growing a beard and writing comics about beastiality. It’s Dave Gibbons, the other guy who helped make Watchmen possible. He’s the guy who drew it, and as such has a rather unique perspective on what they’re doing with the film visually....

When my favourite things collide

Memoirs of a Skepchick (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

... fact”. Making Morris’ point nicely, I think. What has this to do with anything? Well, alongside Alan Moore, Richard Feynman and Donny Hathaway, Chris Morris is one of very few people I consider “my hero”. So I was jolly amused and delighted to read this Guardian piece by him today on his visit to the Large Hadron Collidor at CERN. His writing style is fascinating (almost Hemingwayish)...

DC Comics Collects Watchmen In New Hardcover

ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

With a major motion picture in production for release spring 2009 from Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and director Zack Snyder (300), DC Comics advance-solicits its first-ever hardcover edition of the Hugo Award-winning epic from writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, published at DC’s standard trim size. Read more » Original post blogged on ComicList .

Graphic novels keep delivering box-office gold

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

... like a no-brainer. Yet the road from page to screen hasn't always been smooth. Frank Miller and Alan Moore, masters of the graphic-novel form, are cases in point and counterpoint. It seems that nobody messes with Miller, and not just because his graphic novels are armed with testosterone to spare. Robert Rodriguez (“Spy Kids”) broke with studios and went indie to collaborate with...

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Enters the Boost Regulator Market

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

... up to 3% higher efficiency compared to competing devices with similar current rating,” said Alan Moore, Marketing Manager of Power IC products at AOS. “This new EZBoost regulator complements our highly successful . AOS now has complete DC-DC converter solutions for a wide variety of consumer and industrial applications,” added Moore. “We are already shipping this product in...

Black Dossier Record Missing Again

Comics Worth Reading (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

... was supposed to contain the record, “a 45-rpm vinyl recording of the song ‘Immortal Love,’ sung by Alan Moore himself!” Now, DC has just announced that the Absolute Edition “will not include the 45-rpm record as originally solicited. Because of this change, this item will be made returnable at a later date.” I’m confused, now, as to how the Absolute Edition is going to be significantly...

Comics: A Beginner’s Guide: Children’s Comics

FreakyTrigger (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

... a series of collections of his work on this.) British cartoonists Much as I love the work of Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Mike McMahon and others, for me the greatest British comic talent ever was Leo Baxendale, creator of (among other things) The Bash Street Kids . He was as energetic and uninhibited a cartoonist as you’ll find almost anywhere, and the densely packed...

Some movies draw a crowd, others not so much

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

The promise and pitfalls of graphic-novel adaptations: Stay out of this “League”: For The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan Moore and illustrator Kevin O'Neill took “the entire body of Victorian-era sci-fi and fantasy and crafted an elaborate, continuous mythology,” as Entertainment Weekly's Jeff Jensen described it. The 2003 film version, starring Sean Connery, is “a fiasco devoid...