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Titles Joe R. Lansdale's By Bizarre Hands Alan Moore's Hypothetical Lizard Steven Grant's My Flesh is Cool Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In Warren Ellis' Strange Killings: Strong Medicine Alan Moore's Writing for Comics Alan Moore's Another Suburban Romance Joe R. Lansdale and Tim Truman's Dead Folks Warren Ellis' Strange Killings Garth Ennis and John McCrea's Dicks Fantastic Visions: The Art of Matt Busch
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Alan MooreMoore got his start in comics in the early 1980's, working for a variety of British publishers including Marvel UK (Captain Britain, The Daredevils, and others)and Fleetway (such as The Balad of Halo Jones for 2000 AD), and for Dez Skinn's Warrior magazine, where he created Miracleman and V for Vendetta. Beginning with the January 1984 cover-dated issue #20 of fading DC title Saga of the Swamp Thing, Moore introduced his brand of sophisticated drama for adults to the mainstream American audience. The success of Moore's run on Swamp Thing ultimately led to the formation of DC's Vertigo imprint, which over the past decade has been one of the cornerstones of the modern comics scene. With the 1986-87 DC series Watchmen, Moore established that level of sophisticated drama, complex characterization, and intricate plotting as the new face of comics. Written as sort of a capstone for the superhero comic, the project also provided the genre with a new beginning, forcing creators and publishers to look at their venerable heroes in new ways. Moore has worked on a variety of other comics projects over the past 15 years, such as Big Numbers, A Small Killing, and From Hell (recently adapted in the Johnny Depp / Heather Graham film). In the mid-1990's Moore worked on a number of Image projects such as 1963, Spawn, and Jim Lee's Wildcats. He subsequently moved on to Rob Liefeld's Awesome universe with Supreme and many others, and currently has the ABC line at DC/Wildstorm which includes titles such as League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Avatar has published three issues (0, 1, and 2) of a project originated at Liefeld's Awesome, the highly-regarded Alan Moore's Glory. Avatar has also released Alan Moore's Magic Words, Alan Moore's The Courtyard, Alan Moore's Another Suburban Romance, Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures, and an updated new edition of Alan Moore's A Small Killing. Avatar has a number of Moore and related projects coming in 2004, beginning with Nightjar, the continuation of a horror saga began by Moore and Bryan Talbot some 20 years ago (the original installment of which finally appeared in print for the first time in Yuggoth Cultures #1) and continued today by Antony Johnston and Max Fiumara. |
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Alan Moore and Bryan Talbot rocked fandom by revealing Nightjar, their creation from 23 years ago, in the pages of Yuggoth Cultures #1. Now the story Alan Moore outlined is continuing on from where he left it two decades ago, this time by his frequent collaborator, writer Antony Johnston. This is the first series of the continuing saga of Mirrigan Demdyke, all based on Moore's original notes. Eighteen years ago, Mirrigan watched her father's heart explode in their back yard. That was fair, because Mirrigans father was Emperor Of All The Birds - the most powerful sorcerer in Britain - and that was how they arrange their successions. But on her deathbed, Mirrigan's grandmother reveals a secret - her father wasn't killed by one sorcerer, but SEVEN - and charges Mirrigan with an oath to make them pay for their treachery. If you're the latest in a line of powerful British sorcerers, avenging your father's death should be a walk in the park. Except when his murderers are even more powerful than you. Now the seven Birds have a new target...
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