Tag: Alan Moore
Poisoned Chalice Part 16: Who Own Marvelman? Part II
At this point I want to re-examine Mick Anglo’s part in the creation of Marvelman. To quite an extent Anglo’s involvement in this has...
Poisoned Chalice Part 15: Who Owns Marvelman? Part I
So, who owns Marvelman? This is a question I’ve been looking for the answer to for quite a few years now, and I’m still...
Poisoned Chalice Part 14.1: Updates and Clarifications on Marvelman
Before I get around to doing a round-up of all the previous posts, and attempt to squeeze meaning out of it all, I just...
Poisoned Chalice Part 14: Back to Marvelman
In Prince of Stories, towards the end of the chapter on Neil Gaiman’s involvement with Miracleman, there are two paragraphs that say,
According to Gaiman,...
What are DC’s 25 most ‘essential’ graphic novels?
This May DC released a free guide in magazine-like format, about the size of a small prestige graphic novel itself, containing a list of...
Poisoned Chalice Part 13: More Angela, More Courtrooms, and Much More Todd
Despite having lost both the original Angela court case with Neil Gaiman in 2002 and then the appeal in 2004, Todd McFarlane (that's him...
Poisoned Chalice Part 12: All About Angela
In February 1992 Todd McFarlane, along with six others, announced the founding of Image Comics, after having failed to negotiate more favourable terms for...
Poisoned Chalice Part 10: Alan Moore at Eclipse
The original contract between Quality Communications Ltd and Eclipse Comics called for Quality to provide enough material for twelve issues, but this ran into...
Interview Part 2: Alan Moore may be making movies with Kickstarter
PÓM: Jimmy’s End. The whole Jimmy’s End project, how is that coming along?
AM: Well, let me see. We have the first cycle of films,...
Interview: Alan Moore on Providence, Jerusalem, League and more – Part 1
On Tuesday the 9th of April I interviewed Alan Moore. This is the fifth time I’ve interviewed him, but I still get nervous every...
Poisoned Chalice Part 9: The Dawn of Eclipse
Although Marvelman last appeared in Warrior #21 in August 1984, and the last issue of the magazine, #26, appeared in February 1985, this wasn’t...
Poison Chalice Interlude: 1953 – 1985 Roundup and Some Notes on Copyright
So far, this history of Marvelman - more correctly called Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman - has taken...
