Writer/filmmaker Bryan Hill (Ultimate Black Panther, Blade) joins us this week to dissect From Hell, Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s epic historical masterpiece.

We get into what the Jack the Ripper case says about our own modern world, discuss the challenges facing the creative mindset when working on dark material and consider the lengths that power will go to protect itself.

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Bleeding Cool’s Rich Johnston joins us this week to talk about The Great When, the first installment in Moore’s Long London fantasy novel series.

We talk about Moore’s transition from comics to prose, look into the real-life historical figures that Moore populates throughout the narrative and come to the realization that Liam and Noel Gallagher will absolutely show up at some point in The Long London Quintet...

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Podcaster Tom Kwei (Punnit, Battle Rap Resume, Alphabetallica) joins us this week to discuss a selection of Alan Moore’s Future Shocks stories from 2000 AD, some of the prolific writer’s earliest professional work.

We focus on six stories in particular, taking an in-depth look at some of the best-known—and oft little-seen—of Moore’s Future Shocks. From genre deconstructions to meditations on the simultaneity of time, we get deep into the weeds to discover just how much of “Alan Moore” was already present in these early works.

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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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Writer Joe Casey (Ben 10, Terminal) joins us to take a look at the time when Alan Moore was a featured Image Comics creator, specifically his runs on WildC.A.T.s and Youngblood.

We discuss how Moore’s WildC.A.T.s run helped lay the groundwork for the influential WildStorm comics of the late 90’s and early 00’s, speculate on what might have been had Moore’s Youngblood series not been cut short and get into Joe’s later runs on both teams.

And also… how does the OJ Simpson trial figure into it all?

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Writer Jean-Marc Lofficier (Batman: Nosferatu, Tales of the Shadowmen) joins us to talk about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan Moore’s crossover masterpiece with artist Kevin O’Neill.

Jean-Marc is an expert on the pulp and literary references that Moore and O’Neill draw upon for their epic mash-up, so he’s the perfect guest to discuss the series. He also worked behind-the-scenes on the first volume of League, and continued to help out by providing references for all of the French characters who appeared throughout future volumes, so he has a lot of stories to share.

If you’re interested in more pulp/literary crossover fiction, do check out what’s on offer from Jean-Marc's Black Coat Press!

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