Monday, September 08, 2008
For Linkmachinego, here's an Alan Moore documentary from the end of the 80s that covers Swamp Thing and Watchmen. He does sound like Richard O'Brien at times though.
Labels: Alan Moore, comics, DC comics
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Alan Moore en Los Simpsons
Labels: Alan Moore, comics, humour, The Simpsons, YouTube
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Alan Moore, Alan Moore...
Oops, done that one.
An interview from last month, mostly stuff that fans know already, has a few bits of Moore reading from his various works, a reminder that he's still working on that novel 'Jerusalem' and a few seconds of dancing.
An interview from last month, mostly stuff that fans know already, has a few bits of Moore reading from his various works, a reminder that he's still working on that novel 'Jerusalem' and a few seconds of dancing.
Labels: Alan Moore, comics, YouTube
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Toons.
Alan Moore Versus Death. Who wins?
The REAL Drake Equation. (Frank Drake on Wikipedia)
Weebl and Bob do Alien.
The REAL Drake Equation. (Frank Drake on Wikipedia)
Weebl and Bob do Alien.
Labels: Alan Moore, astronomy, humour
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Alan Moore! Alan Moore! Standing in The Corner of the Store!
MJ Hibbett on the time he met The God of Comics.
Almost.
[via Lying in the Gutters]
Almost.
[via Lying in the Gutters]
Labels: Alan Moore, comics, humour, music, YouTube
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Various Robert Anton Wilson-related videos, including Ken Campbell, Alan Moore and Bill Drummond at the memorial concert last year.
Labels: Alan Moore, authors, conspiracies, KLF/JAMMs
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
True Things, Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham report on the doings of Alan Moore for his 50th birthday. [via Neil Gaiman and Scans Daily]
Labels: Alan Moore, comics, humour, Neil Gaiman
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
7th of October. Thats 07/10/07
Yep, that's when the Simpsons episode with Alan Moore airs.
8th of October. That's when Bittorent and YouTube break forever.
8th of October. That's when Bittorent and YouTube break forever.
Labels: Alan Moore, cartoons, comics, Television
Friday, May 25, 2007
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Make it legal for Mark Thomas (the political activist / satire comedian) to demonstrate in parliament square without the need to apply for permission under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA) 2005.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reject the home secretary's proposition of allowing non-firearms officers to carry taser guns.
The BBC issued the following article - More frontline police officers could soon be carrying 50,000-volt Taser stun guns under government plans. The Home Secretary John Reid made the announcement at the Police Federation of England and Wales' conference. Currently officers can only use the guns if they are opposed with a weapon. The change will also allow them to be used when confronted with any form of violence or threat. Amnesty International are opposed to the move, stating the guns have caused more than 70 deaths in america where they are most commonly used.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Repeal the Identity Cards Act 2006.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to award Alan Moore with an honour.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Refuse any application submitted by the ‘Church’ of Scientology for recognition as a Religious Organisation.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reject the home secretary's proposition of allowing non-firearms officers to carry taser guns.
The BBC issued the following article - More frontline police officers could soon be carrying 50,000-volt Taser stun guns under government plans. The Home Secretary John Reid made the announcement at the Police Federation of England and Wales' conference. Currently officers can only use the guns if they are opposed with a weapon. The change will also allow them to be used when confronted with any form of violence or threat. Amnesty International are opposed to the move, stating the guns have caused more than 70 deaths in america where they are most commonly used.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Repeal the Identity Cards Act 2006.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to award Alan Moore with an honour.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Refuse any application submitted by the ‘Church’ of Scientology for recognition as a Religious Organisation.
Labels: Alan Moore, Government, ID cards, Mark Thomas, petitions, Scientology, SOCPA
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Hello again my beautiful children. These are the words of your saviour. Read them. Devour them. Then go out and seek bloody beauty. Oh yes.
Things have been a-changin' recently and, like most of my blog buddies I've been going through some ennui and dissatisfaction. I've had a fairly fallow period in the last month or so in cultural terms, never did get round to seeing Children of Men while I'm hoping to find some time to see Pan's Labyrinth. The books I'm reading at the moment don't particularly inspire me to write about them or their themes (I'm currently slogging through The Shape of Things to Come by Greil Marcus and finding it not as fun as his mighty Lipstick Traces). I may try and write a post at some point to explain why I spent around four days depressed after reading A Christmas Carol but I suspect that would just depress me more.
I did take advantage of the weak American economy to get ahold of Alan Moore's Lost Girls but was eventually unimpressed. Moore's script is all right but I just did not enjoy the artwork of his partner Melinda Gebbie at all. The vast majority of her panels come off as flat and don't give any sense of depth at all, so much so that I'm still in two minds about whether it's actually supposed to look like that or whether it's some clever metatextual commentary on the one-dimensional nature of characters in pornography. But all the characters, with the exception of the plump Monsieur Rougeur, seem to be cut from the same body template, quite often it's only the hair colour that distinguishes between the three main characters, despite the fact that Dorothy is in her late teens, Wendy her late thirties and Alice somewhere past fifty.
Televisionwise I'm finding Heroes to be entertaining and fun, after a strangely unengaging pilot. It's great to see a show that can support a large cast, even if it means that individual stories run as slowly as a typical episode of Lost . I'm only up to the fourth or fifth episode so am hoping that as I watch the rest and catch up that we'll actually get some backstory and explanation for exactly what is going on, that we're not in for another Lost -style 'going round in circles'-jerk. But of course it's Battlestar Galactica that is front and centre in my affections at the moment. For the first and early parts of the second season I was insistent that there needed to be an overarching plan for the entire show or else it would be rubbish. Since then it's become obvious that they are making things up as they go along and, strangely, I'm prefering that. The free-form approach does have some drawbacks, namely in those middle-block standalone episodes, but I'm coming to realise that having a five year or seven year show bible that details exactly what happens when is no more a guarantee of good stuff than doing it on the fly. For more BSG-related discussion, check out the Read Less, More BSG vlog. Show-related critique and gender theory through fluffy animals.
Things have been a-changin' recently and, like most of my blog buddies I've been going through some ennui and dissatisfaction. I've had a fairly fallow period in the last month or so in cultural terms, never did get round to seeing Children of Men while I'm hoping to find some time to see Pan's Labyrinth. The books I'm reading at the moment don't particularly inspire me to write about them or their themes (I'm currently slogging through The Shape of Things to Come by Greil Marcus and finding it not as fun as his mighty Lipstick Traces). I may try and write a post at some point to explain why I spent around four days depressed after reading A Christmas Carol but I suspect that would just depress me more.
I did take advantage of the weak American economy to get ahold of Alan Moore's Lost Girls but was eventually unimpressed. Moore's script is all right but I just did not enjoy the artwork of his partner Melinda Gebbie at all. The vast majority of her panels come off as flat and don't give any sense of depth at all, so much so that I'm still in two minds about whether it's actually supposed to look like that or whether it's some clever metatextual commentary on the one-dimensional nature of characters in pornography. But all the characters, with the exception of the plump Monsieur Rougeur, seem to be cut from the same body template, quite often it's only the hair colour that distinguishes between the three main characters, despite the fact that Dorothy is in her late teens, Wendy her late thirties and Alice somewhere past fifty.
Televisionwise I'm finding Heroes to be entertaining and fun, after a strangely unengaging pilot. It's great to see a show that can support a large cast, even if it means that individual stories run as slowly as a typical episode of Lost . I'm only up to the fourth or fifth episode so am hoping that as I watch the rest and catch up that we'll actually get some backstory and explanation for exactly what is going on, that we're not in for another Lost -style 'going round in circles'-jerk. But of course it's Battlestar Galactica that is front and centre in my affections at the moment. For the first and early parts of the second season I was insistent that there needed to be an overarching plan for the entire show or else it would be rubbish. Since then it's become obvious that they are making things up as they go along and, strangely, I'm prefering that. The free-form approach does have some drawbacks, namely in those middle-block standalone episodes, but I'm coming to realise that having a five year or seven year show bible that details exactly what happens when is no more a guarantee of good stuff than doing it on the fly. For more BSG-related discussion, check out the Read Less, More BSG vlog. Show-related critique and gender theory through fluffy animals.
Labels: Alan Moore, Battlestar Galactica, fiction, Heroes, pornography, Television
Friday, September 08, 2006
Tired but happy.
I've been using London Walks for the last couple of weeks (and must get round to donating to him at some point) and this week did two, from St Pauls to The Monument then back again.
Popped into Gosh and confirmed that Great Ormands Street Hospital have buggered up a release over here for Lost Girls for a year or two at least. Off to Amazon.com for me then. Anyone know if Paul Gambaccini is a comics fan? I thought it was him I was queueing up behind in Gosh but I didn't see his face and may have been crazy.
I've been using London Walks for the last couple of weeks (and must get round to donating to him at some point) and this week did two, from St Pauls to The Monument then back again.
Popped into Gosh and confirmed that Great Ormands Street Hospital have buggered up a release over here for Lost Girls for a year or two at least. Off to Amazon.com for me then. Anyone know if Paul Gambaccini is a comics fan? I thought it was him I was queueing up behind in Gosh but I didn't see his face and may have been crazy.
Labels: Alan Moore, comics, London, podcasts
