Alan Moore by Pedro Mancini

Art by Pedro Mancini

Above, a great portrait of The Man by Argentinian comic book artist and illustrator Pedro Mancini.

 

For more info about the artist, visit his Instagram or watch this video (in Spanish).  

Sally Jupiter by Brian Stelfreeze

Art by Brian Stelfreeze 

Above, the original Silk Spectre (Sally Jupiter) drawn (wip) by the great Brian Stelfreeze.

 

For more info about the artist: Wikipedia - Instagram - Facebook Fan Page

Nite Owl by Michael Golden

Art by Michael Golden

Above, a stunning commission portrait of our beloved Nite Owl II by the legendary Michael Golden.

Enjoy! 

Spanish Magical Mistery Moore by Sergio Bleda

Art by Sergio Bleda

Above, original double cover artwork by Sergio Bleda for Magical Mistery Moore published in Spain by Sulaco Ediciones in 2000. 

Source: CAF Gallery.

Silk Spectre II by Brian Stelfreeze

Art by Brian Stelfreeze

Above and below (making-of), Silk Spectre (Laurie Juspeczyk) portrait by the amazing Brian Stelfreeze realized during Heroes Con 2026.

 

For more info about the artist: Wikipedia - Instagram - Facebook Fan Page

Art by Brian Stelfreeze

Dr. Manhattan by Pasquale Qualano

Art by Pasquale Qualano

Above, a cool Dr. Manhattan by Italian artist Pasquale Qualano.

 

For more info about the artist, visit his official website HERE. 

Swamp Thing by Carlos Dearmas

Art by Carlos Dearmas

Above, a stellar Swamp Thing commission piece by the extraordinary CARLOS DEARMAS.

Pure magic! 

 

For more info about the artist: Instagram - Facebook

The Comedian by Andrew Robinson

Art by by Andrew Robinson

Below, a pencil commission portrait of The Comedian by Andrew Robinson! Great one!

On becoming a full-time novelist and having fun

Below, selected excerpts from an interview published on Inverse.com. 

You can find the complete piece HERE. 

Alan Moore: [...] I started out as a poet, songwriter, and cartoonist before eventually finding that I could make a living as a comic writer. But all the way through that, I’ve been doing other things — recording five or six pretty decent albums, doing a film and a couple of novels, things like that. So, the transition [to becoming a full-time novelist] has been great. I find that I can finally focus upon what I love doing most without all of the distractions of a toxic workplace.

Alan Moore: [...] Characters [in Long London series] like the artist Austin Osman Spare; characters like the racing tipster Prince Monolulu or the king of the Bohemians, Ironfoot Jack; all of the criminal figures, the gangster Jack Spot, Peter Rachman, the Kray twins; marginal figures like the recording genius Joe Meek. And I thought, yes, I really want to talk about these people. I want to give them a second twirl upon the stage because I think that they’ve been forgotten and I don’t think they should have been. I think that they had significance that far outweighed their financial circumstances, and so I needed a narrative that could fit those people into it and could also actually say something about London and could say something about the times that London has been through and how all of that relates to our present moment. Because as with all fantasy and science fiction authors, we might set things upon a distant planet in a far-off nebula or set them in the remote past or the future, but we’re always talking about the present and the here and now.

Alan Moore: [...] I am concentrating entirely upon these Long London novels. I'm doing a couple of little other things that don't really involve me. I think that I will perhaps be doing a print version of the [BBC] Maestro series, which will be very different because I'm going to have to revise most of it.

Largely, I am just focusing upon getting [Long London finished]. This is the first book contract that I've ever had, and so I'm taking it seriously. And I am not taking on work that might detract from getting these books finished. So at the moment I'm doing 500 words a day, which seems to be about right for me, because they're very well chosen words so they take a little time to put in place. But I'm right at the end of [third book in the series] Blow Away Dandelion, in August 1969 precisely. The Troubles are just beginning, with all sorts of things happening in 1969 in August.

So, yeah, I'm very excited about what I'm doing at the moment, and I'm kind of looking forward to, apprehensively, the next book, which is called In England’s Dreaming, which will be set in the 1970s, so it will perhaps be a bit more punk-inflected. And then there's the big finale, which is set in the 1990s after a 20-year gap. For reasons that will become apparent, there isn't Dennis' adventures in the 1980s. We just pick him up again in 1999. So, that's what I've got in front of me, and I'm enjoying it. I think it's coming on rather well. I've just written some very, very good sequences. I'm having immense fun with them and I just hope that perhaps the readers might do too. 

Read the complete interview HERE! 

Meeting Melinda Gebbie

A gorgeous Melinda Gebbie portrait by Joe Brown

Below, selected excerpts from an article by Alistair Fruish who "spent a delightful day with Melinda looking at her work through the decades."

Posted on The Quietus. Read the complete piece HERE. 

 

Melinda Gebbie & Alan Moore –  ‘La Toile’ (2003)

An anthology featuring the Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie Cobweb tale, previously banned by DC Comics from the ABC/Wildstorm anthology Tomorrow Stories. Here it is published in its original form, but due to DC’s copyright, her character has been re-titled ‘La Toile’ (Frenchnfor “The Web”).  

Melinda: ‘La Toile’ investigates the scientist and magician who invented solid rocket fuel, Jack Parsons. This rather metaphysical tale of magical doings,  involved spells, and a scandalous blow-up between Jack Parsons, his wife Betty, and her abandonment of Jack for one L. Ron Hubbard. This image is the most complicated page I’ve ever asked a colourist to do and they came through beautifully on it.

Melinda Gebbie & Alan Moore – ‘Lady of Lavender Lane’ (2023) 

Melinda: This is the latest piece published, created with my husband, although it was made some time ago, long before Roe vs Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court.  It appears in Greatest Fits as well. It’s a paean in song to the neighbourhood abortionist, the Lady of Lavender Lane. Some US citizens may remember with a wistful sigh, the days when a woman had a right to decide if, when, and how many children she wanted, and with whom.   

The complete article is available HERE.  

Rorschach is watching you!

 

Above, a fantastic Rorschach portrait (pencils) drawn by DAVE GIBBONS for an Australian collector in 2009. Sure, I am jealous! 

Below,  the inked version realised by Gibbons on a blueline copy in 2013.