Writer/artist Tony McMillen (Attaboy) joins us to discuss Spawn #8, Alan Moore’s introduction to the Image Comics fold.

The first in the famous “Guest Writer” run of issues on Todd McFarlane’s signature character, Spawn #8 is an important comic for a number of reasons. We discuss the ways in which Moore enriches Spawn with some quality world-building, study how the writer changed up his scripting style to match McFarlane’s art process and consider that all-too brief moment in the 1990’s when Spawn conquered the world.

Also, here is a link to the Escape magazine article discussed in the episode, written by Moore in 1985: https://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/alan-moore-visits-new-york-in-1984/

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Writer/artist/director Kevin Mellon (Archer, Marvel’s Hit-Monkey) joins us this week to break down one of Alan Moore’s most obscure works: the short story “Act of Faith” from The Puma Blues #20, featuring art from Steve Bissette and Michael Zulli.

Although it’s only four pages long, “Act of Faith” gives us plenty to chew over. We discuss Moore’s continual exploration of sexual themes in a frank, mature fashion, break down the hyper-detailed style of Zulli compared to more clean-lined comic art and finally provide a 100% definitive answer to the question: who’s more important in comics, the writer or the artist?

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Writer Peter Hogan (Resident Alien) joins us to talk about his work for Alan Moore’s America’s Best Comics imprint, specifically Terra Obscura with artist Yanick Paquette.

Peter actually co-wrote Terra Obscura with Alan Moore, and remains one of a very few writers to share a co-writing credit with the legendary author. We get into their collaboration on Terra Obscura and the whole America’s Best Comics line, discuss Peter’s follow-up Tom Strong sequel series and learn what it’s like to share a writing credit with Alan Moore himself.

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