Articles tagged "alan moore"

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Madame Xanadu: Disenchanted

by Kevin M. Brettauer

[3.Nov.09] :. Reminiscent, in all the best ways, of Neil Gaiman and Kurt Vonnegut’s finest works, Matt Wagner’s opening salvo of his new Vertigo series shows the world still has need for the archetypes inherent in Wagner’s Parsifal.

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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century - 1910

by Kevin M. Brettauer

[8.Sep.09] :. Set in the past during the events of Brecht’s most well-known musical, it’s interesting to note that the latest League book is really about the modern world and the evolution of terrorism from Jack the Ripper to Osama bin Laden to the Antichrist himself.

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The Iconographies Feature

The History of Comic Conventions

by shathley Q

[17.Jun.09] :. This edition of "Iconographies" looks at the rise in popularity of the comics convention, and the pop-cultural changes conventions have brought to comics.

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Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One by Alan Moore

by Chris Barsanti

[31.Mar.09] :. The Swamp Thing moons over his lost humanity and the tragic quality of his love with a zestfully (and sometimes too obviously) literary spirit.

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The Hero Takes a Fall: Watchmen (1986)

by Bill Gibron

[10.Feb.09] :. It's Watchmen week here at Short Ends and Leader. Yesterday we debuted the controversial TV channel from New Frontiersman Magazine. Today, we tackle the book that started it all - Alan Moore's amazing graphic novel masterpiece. Tomorrow we will look into the career of Zack Synder, wrapping up our coverage with a discussion of the casting and the creative challenges faced by the film. Enjoy!

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Column: Lowbrow Literati

From a Fluid Culture to a Culture of Steam: Alan Moore

by Monte Williams

[21.Nov.08] :. For all the self-serious Deep Thoughts and the sometimes unsettling material in DeZ Vylenz The Mindscape of Alan Moore, Moore can be a startlingly funny host.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[8.Jan.08] :. I hope that Moore decides to put the world of League aside and returns to telling stories about people.

 

Lost Girls

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[17.Oct.06] :. Of all the ingredients necessary for good erotica, Moore forgot about the most crucial one: passion.