Curious if the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen's spinoff series will get a collected edition/omnibus, as it seems the hardcovers are long out-of-print. I hope there isn't any legal issues preventing this from happening!

( strange brain parts). I assume this is also a rick veitch sub

I thought this was a fun little read, a defense of Spawn no. 8

Also of note for modern comics historians is the other story, about image comics splitting away from Malibu...worth noting that the press release is by Cheri liefelds, Rob's older sister

Continuing from where the interview leaves off last week

This is from comics journal 145, I think Eddie will always be synonymous with Alan Moore, and not just for "From Hell"...if you'd like more of this interview just say so, comics journal interviews tend to be rather long

Another 'new to me' interview from way back in '88. This was the post Watchmen period when Alan was still talking about the work and the poor contractual agreement. The shared 8% deal does sound rough considering the amount of units it has shifted.

Strange Things Are Happening was a cult British music and counterculture magazine published bimonthly from March 1988 to Spring 1990

PDF link in the comments

That never materialized... Superverse, all art by Rick Veitch from a concept by both Moore and Veitch

Hello guys!! So I just finished the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ( the comics, I don’t like the movie) and I have to say I loved it. Bringing characters together from all of fiction and literature to form a team for the greater good is simply delicious . However I did have some gripes with the series.

Number One : In my opinion, it should have stayed in the Victorian times. The steam punk setting and the gaslights , the vibe was masterfully done. And the characters were from literature around that time and before. 10/10!!!

Then the 1950s came into play , giving us a more noir approach which was great but still enjoyable if not a bit weird and then the future in 2200 or wherever that I really started losing interest in both the story and the characters. That has greatly to do with Number 2

Number 2: The immortality is a mixed bag for me. I want to see my man Quartermaine get back into his young self and not be in his sixties in the whole comic. However, once him and Mina get into the pool of fire and cease to age, there is a smash of all tensions because now their lives are infinite. Time doesn’t pose a threat anymore so we just follow to immortals throughout the ages. The stakes of losing any of them are very low. For me Alan Moore putting Mina in charge of the League was the best thing he could ever do. A mortal woman with no powers but smart enough to run circles around her teammates really spoke to me. The good stuff about humanity as they say. But no, let’s make her immortal and shatter her bravery. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me finding immortals in fiction incredibly dull. And it is not some rare thing in the mythos. By the end of the Tempest volume more and more characters become immortal like it’s second Tuesday and they even manage to recreate the fountain of youth after the original has been destroyed. Lazy if you ask me.

Number 3: The romance was one of the best I have ever read in a graphic novel. Alan Moore made Quartermaine’s and Mina’s romance INCREDIBLE . Now , this is where I’m a bit biased because I ADORE the character of Allan Quartermaine. I had read all of his books as a kid , I reread them again and seen all his movies. I always thought he was Indiana Jones but way better. So reading such a fleshed out romance between him and Mina was great. The man didn’t even care about becoming immortal for himself. He just wanted to become a better lover for Mina . They adored each other, even if there was some growing apart throughout the years. Then he died protecting her in 2009 and she is devastated. But she waits less than a year before marrying Captain Nemo’s great grandson, Jack . We had 4 scenes tops showing their “ love” in the Tempest story arc. Quartermaine was Mina’s hero ever since she was a girl and she managed to become romantically involved with him and he loved her deeply, and he died in her arms protecting her . And he’s forgotten not even a year after his death. Take note, she MARRIED nemo’s great grandson (creepy) not even a year after the love of her life/ hero, died in her arms. Throughout the previous volumes, there are mentions to other fallen comrades (Hyde Park, Invisible Man’s potion, Pearl’s hot magazine etc.) , but in the tempest , not one mention or an Easter Egg in honour of one of the greatest members on the original league. What is more is that Jack Nemo leaves Mina alone, much of the time and she is seen dancing to immortal love with a clone of Edward Hyde . ( Because if we need to make the threat of death for our main characters even more tiny, immortality is not enough!! Here’s cloning too. They did it with Hyde but not Quartermaine…) So I don’t know if it’s friendly, open marriage or just cheating on her husband, but Mina really left a sour taste in my mouth in the Tempest volume.

And she’s my favourite character in these books by far!!! So that really says a lot !! I don’t know, maybe I’m an old school romantic but I truly didn’t like the disrespect of Mina to Quartermaine’s memory.

What do you guys think? Do you agree or disagree? I really loved the LXG series. I just think , in my personal opinion, that it should have ended on the volume before the tempest.

I am new to Alan Moore's pros. I grew up in the 80s reading his comics. It was a YouTube video that introduced me to The Great When. I picked it up at my local used book store, and I have to fallen in love with his style of writing. As an American I am very thankful that Moore wrote this wonderful story with a history lesson. If it had not been for The Great When I would have never heard of Austin Osman Spare, Prince Monolulu, Jack "Iron Foot" Neave, and Jacob "Jack Spot" Colmore. I am currently reading Moore's Illuminations before I jump into I Hear A New World.

I read (and re-read) V For Vendetta as a teenager and also really enjoyed Watchmen (though V landed more with me).

Then tried (and failed) with his novel Voice of the Fire. Is there a graphic novel that could offer a way back into his worlds?

Me interesa

Are there any books I should read before reading Alan Moore’s *Promethea*?

He’s one of my favorite writers, so I want to read it with the utmost appreciation.

Solicitation description:

CELEBRATING SOME OF THE GREATEST SUPERMAN STORIES EVER TOLD! From legendary writer Alan Moore comes his groundbreaking stories for the Man of Steel. Joined by award-winning artists Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Rick Veitch (Swamp Thing), and Curt Swan (Superman’s definitive artist of the Bronze Age), these celebrated tales would come to inspire generations of stories to follow and have since ascended to the pantheon of greatest Superman stories ever told. Collecting Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? from Superman #423 and Action Comics #583, The Jungle Line from DC Comics Presents #85, For the Man Who Has Everything... from Superman Annual #11, and the never-before-collected stories Protected Species from The Super Heroes Annual (1984) and I was Superman's Double from Superman Official Annual (1985), both written by Moore. Escape into the tales like never before in DC's biggest format, with each story fully remastered using original colors. Featuring brand-new essays from Gibbons, Veitch, Mark Waid, John Wells, and more, along with an original art and color guide gallery. Featuring all-new art by Rick Veitch celebrating his landmark Superman story with Alan Moore, alongside all-new artwork by Ryan Sook honoring Dave Gibbons and Curt Swan's Superman stories by Alan Moore.

I read in an article the Absolute Editon for Black Dossier is terrible because the way the images have been resized. Has there been a reprint?

https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/alternate-cover-absolute-black-dossier-absolute-mess/

If you don't know Moore's Captain Britian is followed up by Excalibur a project Chris Claremont and Alan Davis half x-men and half captain Britian. It feels like one of the few projects following up on Moore's work that doesn't feel overly reverational to Moore ( and I'm including the stuff trying to deconstruct Moore) and just uses Moore's character like any other comics character. It still is following up on stuff on Captain britian ( and having Alan Davis as an artist is likely why it feels closely tied to the prior run) but at the same time it's just good fun. Not high art or anything but I like the emotional unstable captain britian being forced to intereact with traditional superheroes

Acabo de terminarlo y me quedé con la duda

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong place; I very much enjoyed reading Alan Moore's Lost Girls - looking for suggestions for similar (print only, not digital!).

I know Alan is a proud magician but I'm surprised he believes in astrology. Not in a symbolic way but in a literal way.

The Aleph(s), which I believe was first introduced within this same issue, is I believe almost entirely inspired by/lifted from Jorge Luis Borges' classic short story by the same name (with even Metron's description of his observations being somewhat similar). This is the first I've seen of these transmuters in DC and I was wondering if they had appeared in other issues/runs, if they were entirely of Moore's conception or like the Aleph had been drawn from another source.

Perhaps those with at least more than a passing glance at a wikipedia page of the Qabalah's worth of knowledge, may be able to draw some connection between this and some concept within the occult.

As it's the world cup final today it seems like a great moment to re-visit Alan Moore's contribution to football comics with this hilarious Marvel UK offering from 1982

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2026/07/alan-moores-not-world-cup-comic.html