Glyconic Psychogeography

Art by Zu Dominiak. Story by Chris Murray.

Cover (above) and (below) the first page of a 4-page comics illustrated by Zu Dominiak and written by professor Chris Murray.  

You can read the complete story HERE.

Dominiak wrote: "Wraparound and interior art, lettering, coloring, inking... of a comic written by Chris Murray. It was one of my favourite projects to work on, including references to many of Alan Moore's works!" 

The story is based on Murray's involvement and contribution to Magus: Transnational Approaches to the Work of Alan Moore, an event that took place the 28th and 29th of May 2010 at The University of Northampton.

Dominiak is a Polish illustrator, designer, cartoonist freelance based in Dundee.

Murray is is Chair of Comics Studies and Associate Dean for Knowledge Exchange and Partnerships at the School of Humanities, University of Dundee. He is Director of the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies and Dundee Comics Creative Space.

Art by Zu Dominiak. Story by Chris Murray.

You can read the complete story HERE.

Sir Gull by Olivier OB

From the dark London of Jack The Ripper, a dangerous portrait of Sir William Gull by French comic book artist and illustrator Olivier OB. 

For more info about the artist visit his Tumblr page, here.

Jerusalem in Brazil

It seems that Jerusalem is coming out in Brazil!To be published by Editora Veneta.

 

Pre-ordering will be available HERE pretty soon. Check the page, if interested.

The Great When Art!

Art by Nicolas Delort

In the past days, Nicolas Delort, the phenomenal cover artist of the upcoming Moore's novel The Great When, posted the original art on his Instagram page. 

Delort: I recently had the high honor of illustrating the cover for 'The Great When', the next book by legendary author Alan Moore.
I would like to thank Alan Moore, the team at @bloomsburypublishing and art director @gregheinimanndesign for trusting me with this daunting job, and allowing me to go a little nuts on the clouds there :D

"The Great When", the first book in the Long London series, will take you on a winding journey through the city's occult underbelly, where an eccentric cast of sorcerers, gangsters and murderers awaits....

The artwork was created on 16x12" @ampersand_art claybord with ink pens and a scratching knife

The novel is slated to release in October '24"

Art by Nicolas Delort

Swamp Thing by Maël Lohbrunner

Art by Maël Lohbrunner

Above, a groovy Swamp Thing portrait by Bordeaux-based artist Maël Lohbrunner.

 

For more info, visit the artist's Instagram and ArtStation page.

It shakes me, it quakes me!

Art by Titta D'Onofrio

Above, a fantastic homage to Moore and Kev O'Neill's Cinema Purgatorio series by Italian comic artist and illustrator TITTA D'ONOFRIO. D'Onofrio is also the founder and art director of Sputnik Festival.

The illustration is a clear reference to Zimbel's Marilyn Monroe famous photos.

The image is included in Pelosi's essay book, Alan Moore: Mappaterra del Mago. 

 

For more info about D'Onofrio, visit his Instagram page.

Il Grande Quando and... first reviews

Above, cover of the Italian edition of The Great When, to be published by Fanucci the 25th of October. Basically, it will be released in conjunction with the English ed.

As you can see the cover is identical to the original edition with just a supplemental text for the Italian translation of the title. Not a big effort, imho, even if it's possibile this is not the final version. I will investigate.

 

Meanwhile, on the Waterstones' site you can read 3 reviews by people who had the good fortune to get an ARC. I confess I asked for an ARC too but... I received no answer! It's a cruel world, I know!

Some excerpts below:

[...] Moore completists will love it. I found it too fantastical to be effective and too effective to be fantastical. [...]
Two stars out of five

[...] What I love about it is how the Maestro Moore has created a mid-century Britain that feels alive and then peppered it with a technicolour Otherworld, as if The Wizard of Oz were taking place in 1940s London, bookended with spivs and crooks that are equal parts East End and Cthulhu. The cast is stunning, barely dipping into any of them before the book draws to close, hinting at some of the adventures to come. [...]
Five stars out of five

[...] The story is wrapped up nicely but there are plenty of hooks for the series to continue and I certainly look forward to seeing how things pan out and what the motley cast of misfits get up to next.
My only criticism is that the lengthy prologue, which is about the same length as a chapter of the book, felt quite hard to get into. Even re-reading it after finishing the novel I felt that there were sections which I didn’t understand and can only assume that these are preliminary forays into the later books of the series. If the first few pages feel totally incomprehensible don’t give up, the main story is well worth waiting for.
Just as a note of caution - this is definitely a story for adults in language, tone and content.  [...]
Four stars out of five

You can read the reviews HERE.