Friday 21 March 2008

Comic legend keeps true to roots
By Nic Rigby -BBC News, Northampton- Friday, 21 March 2008, 10:30 GMT
Comic book writer Alan Moore is revered across the world as being one of the most creative forces in the industry. Books such as Watchmen, From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentleman and V for Vendetta show that some comic books must be placed on the high table of literature. But despite his fame, Moore still lives in his home town of Northampton, in a three-bedroom mid-terrace home similar to the one he grew up in.

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Blogger James Robert Smith said...

Thanks for that, Mr. Campbell. Nice to know that a genius is a humble fellow.

21 March 2008 at 07:36:00 GMT-5  
Blogger Hayley Campbell said...

What's Gandalf the Grey going to do with a basement?

21 March 2008 at 08:33:00 GMT-5  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What collection does this story appear in? I must buy it!

21 March 2008 at 13:57:00 GMT-5  
Blogger Eddie Campbell said...

It's a four pager in After the Snooter

http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog.php?type=14&title=233

If you're picking it up for Alan's appearance he reappears in other places in the book, and interspersed throughout there are ruminations on From Hell in which i draw scenes turning out differently from the way the did originally, or imagining actors in the parts etc. Nobody has counted before, but there are 30 new From Hell panels in the Snooter book.

21 March 2008 at 16:34:00 GMT-5  
Blogger Hayley Campbell said...

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21 March 2008 at 17:28:00 GMT-5  
Blogger Hayley Campbell said...

anonymous, After the Snooter also has special bonus panels of Eddie Campbell's hairy arse!



(I have seen him use hairy arses as a selling point at conventions when it concerns Neil Gaiman's botty, but never his own. It works rather well, in case you were wondering.)

(Alan Moore's hairy bottom doesn't appear in After the Snooter, but I'm sure it's there if you squint at the trousers for long enough.)

21 March 2008 at 18:05:00 GMT-5  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, Alan got really scary looking !

21 March 2008 at 23:10:00 GMT-5  

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