17 Nov. ARTE have posted an 8-part web series interview with Alan Moore. "Between dystopian visions and far-sighted social analysis, Moore explains how his comics are a swan song to our era."
25 Oct. Tony Foster of Comic Scene notes that copies of the magazine may not reach newsagents until 30 October but the delay, beyond his control, will not effect subscribers of selected comic shops.
4 Oct. Alan Moore is the guest on 6 Music's Paperback Writer show tonight at 7.00 pm. The next guest is Neil Gaiman (1.00 pm Sunday) and, the following Sunday (13th), Hannah Berry, the UK's current Comics Laureate.
22 Sep. Damon Lindelof talks Watchmen: "Lindelof’s adaptation of Watchmen will treat the original comic series as canon, with the new adaptation acting as a quasi-sequel to Moore’s work."
1 Sep. Fanscene #3is available to download. It's a whopping 182mb, translating into 160 pages of fan reminiscenes of the great and the good.
30 Aug. As well as the Beano hitting 4,000 issues, there's a second celebration to be had amongst fans of British comics as The Phoenix releases issue 400.
18 Jun. Rebellion have announced that their first movie project will be School's Out Forever, based on the Afterblight Chronicles series of novels published via their Abaddon Books imprint. School's Out, the first novel of a trilogy by Scott K. Andrews, originally appeared in 2007.
6 Jun. Peter Nash's Striker is finally coming to an end in both strip (in The Sun) and as a comic. The latter closes with a 52-page special entitled Striker: The Final Whistle.
19 May. BBC Studio has announced that it has secured the rights to Mike Moorcock's Runestaff fantasty novels, The Jewel in the Skull, THe Mad God's Anulet, Sword of the Dawn and The Runestaff.
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