Technoccult (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Mustard interviews Alan Moore about his new magazine Dodgem Logic and he reveals that he is doing the libretto for their next opera and they will hopefully be contributing a few pages to the magazine: Then the issue after that we’ve hopefully got Gorillaz onboard. They came down to Northampton last week because we’re planning for [...] Related posts: New magazine edited by...
io9 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alan Moore is on board to pen the libretto for Gorillaz creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's next opera. No word on the show's plot, but Albarn and Hewlett's last opera focused on a mythological... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
prefixmag (Free subscription) | yesterday
With how much the dude talks about his distaste for his comics being made into movies, this move by Watchmen and V For Vendetta creator Alan Moore seems surprising. In an interview with Mustard , Moore said that Damon Albarn's cartoon band Gorillaz is "planning for me to do the libretto on their next opera project." In return the sprites will be contributing some pages...
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | yesterday
TwentyFourBit reports that comic book god Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell) will collaborate with Gorillaz on a followup to Damon Albarn's 2007 opera, Monkey: Journey to the West. In exchange, the band will curate a few pages of Dodgem Logic, Moore’s new bi-monthly magazine. Related posts: Gorillaz Contest Winner Announced, Bananaz Still Online The Fat Lady...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Guardian : For the follow-up to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s opera Monkey: Journey to the West, the duo have turned to a man best known for flawed superheroes, melancholy swamp things and a nymphomaniac Alice in Wonderland. Comics legend Alan Moore is to write the lyrics for the pair’s next production, he has revealed. “They came down to Northampton last week...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fans of graphic novels and Gorillaz rejoice! The comics legend is writing the lyrics for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's next opera For the follow-up to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's opera Monkey: Journey to the West, the duo have turned to a man best known for flawed superheroes, melancholy swamp things and a nymphomaniac Alice in Wonderland. Comics legend Alan Moore is to write...
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Amy Wilson in the Lexington Herald-Leader has an in-depth story on just what went on when two Lexington, KY librarians were fired for withholding a copy of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” Black Dossier from an 11-year-old girl. What followed has become a battle of principles that is larger than the women ever imagined. It has become [...]
Jonathan MacDonald.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
My good friend Alan Moore (co-author of the legendary book, Communities Dominates Brands, and founder of engagement marketing agency SMLXL) is speaking at the MIT Enterprise Forum in London on the 17th November 2009. Full event details and a map link can be found by clicking here. His topic is ‘Straight Line Thinking Stops Here‘ You can [...]
Grantbridge Street & other misadventures (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Comics Alliance (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Link Ink Causes: Ben Templesmith attempts to save a friend from the American health care system by auctioning off a sweet illo of Wolverine to help defray medical bills. (Bleeding Cool) WTF: "Gotham City " continues to push the limits of cheesecake/good taste ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
The Onion (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
WASHINGTON—At a press conference Monday, President Obama announced that he had appointed legendary comic book writer Alan Moore as the...
Indecision Forever (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Onion reports… "As evidenced by his epic run on Swamp Thing #21–64, [Alan] Moore's deft hand with both sociopolitical commentary and metaphysical violence makes him an ideal choice to chronicle my time in office," Obama said of the author of Watchmen and From Hell, whom he reportedly chose over others on a short list of [...]
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gorillaz pair working with Moore on new opera
Cinematical (Free subscription) | yesterday
Due to it being a quiet news week thus far, I decided it might be fun to discuss a little ruckus that's been brewing in Lexington, Kentucky. Two library workers became obsessed with Alan Moore, and not in the way familiar to those who found him via Swamp Thing or Watchmen . It seems the Jessamine County library got a copy of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume IV: Black Dossier...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett recruit comic book writer Alan Moore for their next joint project.
