Ai Weiwei by Alan Moore!

Art by Alan Moore

It's known that Alan Moore draws special X-Mas cards to be sent to a his circle of friends. 

Recently one of them has been offered and immediately sold on eBay... featuring the acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (see below), dated 2015. It's simply... fantastic! 'Nuff said!

ALAN MOORE drawn Christmas card, printed on A4-sized card, folded in half. Front reads AI WEIWEI, IN A MANGER and has ALAN MOORE '15 in the lower right-hand corner.

Inside reads 'To Padraig + Diedre, have a great Christmas, with loads of love from Alan + Mel XX' written in black ballpoint pen in Alan Moore's distinctive handwriting. Received by me in December 2015, but has been living in a box for a decade now.

The card depicts Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei sitting in a straw-filled manger, with a golden halo around his head.

More details HERE. 

2000AD & the comic career of Alan Moore

Excerpt from a profile posted at Comic Scene.

Read the complete piece HERE. 

[...] In the nerve centre of modern storytellers, few figures loom as large as Alan Moore. With his long beard, occult rings and voice that sounds as though it has been steeped in pipe smoke and centuries of folklore, Moore has cultivated an image somewhere between a Victorian mystic and a punk-era radical. But the mythology around him risks obscuring something simpler and more astonishing: Alan Moore is arguably the most influential writer comics have ever produced. That’s why ComicScene readers voted him the Best Comic Writer ever in the ComicScene Awards 2026, alongside Jack Kirby as your favourite artist of all time. [...]

Alan Moore’s legacy is both immense and deeply paradoxical. On one hand, he elevated comics into a form capable of literary complexity and cultural critique. Without Moore, the modern graphic novel might look very different. On the other hand, he remains one of the most vocal critics of the industry that celebrates him.

He has denounced the corporate exploitation of characters, distanced himself from adaptations of his work and eventually announced his retirement from mainstream comics altogether. [...]

Nearly forty years after Watchmen, the comics industry is still grappling with the implications of that insight. And somewhere in Northampton, the bearded magician who started the argument continues to loom over the medium he transformed as a reluctant comic legend.

Mina and Mr. Hyde by Bruce Timm

Art by Bruce Timm

Above, a stunning illustration by phenomenal Maestro BRUCE TIMM featuring Mina Harker and Mr. Hyde from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Enjoy!