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Magical Moore by Ben Wickey Above, a simply astounding brand new portrait of our beloved British Magician by the extraordinary BEN WICKEY .Β  Thank you, Ben ! You know t...

Moore is Magic!

09.01.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Double celebration: Portraits donation & 15th anniversary! Below, the communication that I sent the 24th of December 2025 to all the generous and amazingΒ  contributors of the 2023 Alan Moore: PORTRAI...

DOUBLE CELEBRATION! Happy New Year!

07.01.2026 08:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Melinda Gebbie’s Greatest Fits The legendary Melinda Gebbie has released a large format volume of her extraordinary artistic career!Β  Published by Mad Love, Melinda Gebb...

A fantastic book. Imho!

20.12.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alan Moore 72 by Massimo Giacon Art by Massimo Giacon In this special day, last but not least... an exclusive new portrait of our beloved birthday boy by the terrific Β  MAS...

Alan Moore 72!

19.11.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Business of education and the perfect art form Excerpts from The Face n.91, November 1987 . A gorgeous George Michael was on the cover.Β  We were in the midst of the Watchmen phenomenon, ...

"Comics combine the best of novels and films in that they have an engaging, involving visual track, but are capable of greater density than a film." A. Moore 1987

11.11.2025 14:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On censorship, Rambo and the evils of the world Below, excerpt from Comics Scene n.7, 1989.Β  I think it's a really important piece that resonates even to the present day. Alan Moore: My f...

Alan Moore, 1989: "My feelings upon censorship are that it is wrong, full stop. It is a thing which I utterly oppose. I believe that there is nothing in this world that is unsayable. It is not information which is dangerous; it is the lack of information which is dangerous."

27.10.2025 10:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alan Davis 1985: Cap. Britain, Marvelman, The Fury Above, selected excerpts from an interview with ALAN DAVIS , conducted by Les Chester the 26th of September 1985,Β published in Amazing Heroe...

How do you rate Alan Moore's talent?
Alan Davis, 1985: "As a writer, very highly. Apart from his inventive use of words and dialogue, he can think laterally and see old situations from new angles."

22.10.2025 07:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TGW, comics and... mass infantilisation Transcript excerpts of an audio interview fromΒ  BBCΒ  Front Row program , conduced byΒ Samira Ahmed. The episode, on air the 15th of Septembe...

"There has never been an American billionaire who has been traumatised as a child and has decided to go out and fight crime and defend people dressed as a giant bat." - Alan Moore

26.09.2025 11:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some info about ALAN MOORE's second book in the Long London series! To be released in 2026.

15.09.2025 15:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Miracleman and a democratic art-form Excerpts from Amazing Heroes Preview Special n.2, published by Fantagraphics in 1986. At the time Eclipse was publishing Miracleman , repri...

"What we are trying to do is reinterpret the idea of a god amongst people, which is basically what the idea oi the super-hero is, even though the original idea has been diluted."

05.09.2025 13:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nightjar: Urban approach to the supernatural Excerpts from an Untold Tales article by Scott Braden published in Overstreet's Fan n.21, March 1997. The piece investigated the Nightjar s...

"the series itself was an honest attempt to portray the occult, not as something performed mainly in spandex costumes, but as something which happens on ordinary streets with ordinary people in ordinary clothes."

28.08.2025 09:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kurtzman, Eisner and American comics Excerpts from an article titled "The British and Scottish and Irish Invasion " publishedΒ in Overstreet's FAN n.20, released in February 19...

"I guess that I was influenced the most stylistically by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Eisner. […] Those two are right up there at the top. Those are the two main gods in my comic book writers' Pantheon." Alan Moore, 1997

22.08.2025 09:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Image Days Excerpts from an interview focused on the Spawn/WildC.A.T.S. Β crossover published by Image with art by Scott Clark in January 1996. The inte...

"They're not aimed at me, as an audience. They're not aimed at a 40 year old, quasi-intellectual, they're aimed at a 14 year old male audience, that's fair enough."

10.08.2025 13:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Great Mystery of Brian Catling In July, Swan River Press published a collection of Brian Catling 's stories entitled A Mystery of Remnant and Other Absences , co-edited b...

The Amazing B. Catling!

06.08.2025 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing Art!

31.07.2025 07:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Magical Landscapes and The Spirit Guide The twelfth episode in my series of articles about The Bumper Book Β is online on the Italian web-magazine (Quasi) .Β  It contains behind the ...

"Readers of Alan's other books may note that some of the imagery in the first eleven pages matches the symbolism that appears in the journey up the Tree of Life in Promethea. I don't think this was deliberate, more a result of the way that Alan imagines these spheres."

22.07.2025 08:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alan Moore by Manu GutiΓ©rrez Art by GutiΓ©rrez Above, an amazing portrait of our Bearded Magus by Spanish artist Manu GutiΓ©rrez . The image has been used as cover forΒ  Ro...

Spanish Moore(s)!

17.07.2025 12:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Knuckle rings Art by LRNZ Below, final question from a fantastic interview included in the great Arthur No. 4 (May 2003) .Β You can read the complete inte...

Rings and the fantastic Arthur mag!

15.07.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Faunus n.51: Alan Moore on Machen Alan Moore contributed essay about his Long London series and... Arthur Machen to Faunus n. 51 . Β  Faunus is the literary journal of The ...

"In The View From Canons Park": Alan Moore on ARTHUR MACHEN!

04.07.2025 10:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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American Oligarch In the past months, Seven Stories announced the world English acquisition of Darryl Cunningham ’s new graphic biography of Elon Musk.Β  The ...

AO!

01.07.2025 10:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Watchmen page zero... in color In the past days, Dave Gibbons was in Munich as special guest at the local Comic Festival . (19-22 June) For that occasion, Gibbons drew a ...

W0 in colour!

26.06.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alan is always a pleasure to listen to.

11.06.2025 07:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yuggoth: unpublished Lovecraftian tales Art by Enrique Breccia . Not related. There had been rumors in the past, but few weeks ago the topic resurfaced, on Reddit . But let us take...

More Alan Moore Lovecraft stories? Fhtagn!

10.06.2025 10:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Soul, Tarot and an iridescent perspex box The eleventh episode in my ongoing series of articles about The Bumper Book has been posted on the Italian web-magazine (Quasi) today. It'...

John Coulthart talks about Moores' Bumper Book of Magic!
"I did make a jokey comment to the publishers about a future special edition in an iridescent perspex box with ceremonial robes and so on."

08.06.2025 09:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic: 10 Parole parole, la Luna, i Tarocchi - (Quasi) Intro 1. Se non l’avete ancora fatto, correte a leggere la lunga intervista esclusiva che los tres amigos (ovvero Omar...

Β«Per il mago praticante, i Tarocchi sono uno strumento prezioso e di vasta applicazione. [...] un ottimo modo per familiarizzare con il vasto territorio dell’occulto e, al contempo, padroneggiare la capacitΓ  magica della divinazione.Β»
Il viaggio continua! In compagnia di Alan & Steve Moore & Co.

20.05.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE MAGUS IS IN! - (Quasi) L’Altra Londra, il potere della Magia e il futuro dell’UmanitΓ  Una chiacchierata con ALAN MOORE a cura di smoky man...

"[...] temo che il mondo si trovi inevitabilmente davanti a un periodo cupo e la speranza Γ¨ che possiamo sopravvivere e poi costruire qualcosa di meglio." Alan Moore

15.05.2025 08:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Long London, Magic & the future of Humanity Detail from a portrait by Francesca Ciregia .Β  Omar, Francesco & I are really, really excited & honoured to present an exclusive interview w...

Excerpt from an long interview with Alan Moore that I posted few days ago on my blog.
"Magic is not something to materially assist you in your life. Rather, it is something to dedicate that life to, without lust of material result." AM

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