The new John Carter movie looks good - but what a pity Disney didn't at least look at the incredible vision of Burrough's Barsoom that Kevin O'Neill produced for Book 2 of the League of Extraordinary gentlemen.
TLOEG Century 1969 is coming out tomorrow, I really can't wait to see the culmination of the Moonchild storyline and if this means apocalypse time is coming for Mina, Alan, Orlando and the rest of the world. (I hope not) :-O
@Gillipow the leauge film and the book have nothing in common except the title and a few charachter names the film on its own was quite good but as an adaptation of the book its complete bollocks
From the point when 'Hyde gets a hold of the invisable man,through to when 'Nemo & 'Hyde are sitting having dinner at a table,then all of a sudden the invisable mans blood slowly starts to appear all over Hyde & the table is 1 of my favourite comic book moments ever!that's from vol.2 BTW.I agree with Moore about Hyde being 1 of his best piece of characterisation,it comes 2nd after his work with swampthing which was an amazing piece of work.The man is head & shoulders the best writer in comics!!
@TheBambiniGiant Not a problem, the big thing I'm waiting for is any information as to when that Simpson's episode with the Alan Moore, Art Spiegleman, & Dan Clowes voiceover will be out on Blu-ray, (if anyone knows or has any information on it, I'd kill for some news about it)
@ObsidianImages Yeah, O'Neill's work is unique and it works in some places, but when I was reading it I was thinking he really couldn't draw people too well.
@FriedEggsInTheSky "If you look at Kevin's artwork with a knowing eye, you can see traces, very strong traces, of the often brilliant British juvenile comicbook artists, like Leo Baxendale, people like Paddy Brennan, Dudley Watkins, and also great British caricaturists like Hogarth or Gilray. Kevin is a wonderful illustrator, he's a great comic artist in that he can tell sequential stories with incredible verve" Alan Moore, Heroes & Monsters,
I was always into his work ever since Marshall Law.
I find it funny that Alan Moore, who throws fits when his works are so sensationalized in filmed, didn't find it any bother to turn Mr. Hyde into the Hulk and every other character and blow them out of proportions.
@thegmanofEAP Have you actually read the comics? Hyde into the Hulk? If you think about it, the Hulk was a creature who borrowed a considerable amount of qualities from Hyde. Besides, Hyde is an incredibly dynamic and deep character whereas the Hulk was a dumb brute. As for his reaction to the movies based on his books, did you ever see The League in movie form? It was complete crap. V for Vendetta? Changed the central moral and character significantly. Watchman is the only one that is good.
@splinterchaos1 You bring up a good point about the Hulk and Hyde. And while I really did like V for Vendetta, they did change a lot (but for the records, I saw the film before the movie).
Also, yes, the League movie is terrible. And yes, I own and read vol. 1 and 2 of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen.
@john3000931 Sorry for that spoiler there, anyways the explanation in the original H.G. Wells story is that his blood becomes visible as it coagulates (clots).
Why the fuck does the mainstream media give us fucktards like Bill O'Reilly to listen to, when there are men like Alan Moore alive, who have a calm, rational demeanor, and reasoning minds? Oh, wait, the whole "free range humans" thing...
At least we have John Stossel on our side, now. :D
@libertarianjury very true and well said, Glen Beck gets a TV show, when if there is any justice, he would be living under a bridge shitting into a KFC bucket
@cha5 I heard him say the league was going to be whittled down to 1 member (probably Mina), so yeah... Damn I really love the series though. I'm getting to the point where I really think it's his best work. I also think harry potter's going to at least make a cameo in the next one. He was talking about occult stuff that went on in the sixties, you know like the sort of think Crowley, Manson, and Jim Morrison were all into, so maybe he's thinking of linking that into HP. That would be cool.
@HolyFerdinand I haven't heard about the League being whittled down,
the last I heard was that the final volume of Century would be ending up in the present day, I'm really looking forward to the next two volumes of Century, but am also slightly nervous about how Century might end, I've really gotten kind of fond of Alan and Mina.
@HolyFerdinand As to a Harry Potter cameo you do know that Moore had a H.P. cameo in that Top 10 spin off Smax don't you? He was under a different name being as it was something of a parody cameo, but it was still Harry Potter.
Yeah, it's really essential to most readers who aren't experts on all the obscure references that Moore and O' Neil run through all of the LOEG stories which would likely fly over most readers heads as Moore himself said
"Without these two companion volumes, I doubt that the experience of the original work would be as complete, And I also doubt that Kevin and I would have felt sufficiently liberated or encouraged to push the concept quite as far as we currently are"
The Jess Nevins annotated TLOEG books I mentioned are rather essential for understanding all the references you get in TLOEG or you can check on his website for free Geocitiesdotcom/ratmmjess/
annosdothtml which covers all of the LOEG volumes and which Moore and Kevin O' Neil have endorsed as an essential information source on the wild and wonderful world of TLOEG.
the back stories are somewhat essential to TLOEG, for instance in Vol 2 it's revealed that Capt Nemo had a daughter, and the existance of Orlando is revealed who plays a major part in TLOEG not to mention the fact that Quartermain and Mina become immortals.
There is a six part interview with Kevin O' Neil over at thecomicsjournaldotcom in which he talks about his career going all the way back to Nemesis the Warlock and Marshall Law and all the way up to him and Moore first starting out with TLOEG and all of his experiences (good and bad) up to the present day.
Well everypart of the back stories in TLOEG Volume 1 & 2 is connected with literary characters both well known and obscure from Victorian literature,
I find Jess Nevin's two books
'Heroes & Monsters' and 'A Blazing World' which are a panel by panel annotation of both TLOEG volumes and their back stories and just about every reference in them to be invaluable when reading TLOEG.
i didn't quite get LXG when i first read it... i went away and was like "that was awesome, that was amazing but nothing happened" that btw was not a bad thing... Moore shows that stories don't need to be action-packed to be (forgive me) extraordinary
Yeah in Stoker's novel Dracula's encounter with Mina isn't a romantic neck kiss leaving two little pin marks with Mina swooning in bliss like what you see in alot of Dracula/Vampire films, in the original novel it's a brutal bloody attack that's pretty close to a rape.
"Not quite the two discreet puncture-marks of legend, are they?"
A Dracula comic from O'Neil based on the novel would make me go bunkers in excitement. I want to see his Dracula as this perverted old man that wants to infect young ladies with his desease.
Me too, when I was up at the Big Apple Con Summer Sizzler show last June which had O' Neill as a guest,
I had him sign my Absolute Editions of TLOEG Vol1 and 2, He was nice enough to do a sketch of Mina in my Vol 2 book,
When he asked what I wanted I had asked him if he might could possibly try to do a sketch of Dracula coming into Mina's bedroom just seconds before he attacked her, I even offered to pay him whatever he would have wanted for that particular sketch.
But he explained that it was something he had worked that exact scene out in his mind and that he would be working it into an upcoming TLOEG storyline and that he really didn't want to spoil it for any of the readers.
So I was perfectly happy with his sketch of Mina that he gave me for free,
He also gave someone a really beautiful sketch on drawing paper of Captain Nemo which was gorgeous, O' Neill is a really nice guy and fun to talk with and I hope we'll be seeing him again.
Nice story! I wonder if he's gonna use it. I did not buy the recent mini-series of League after the Martian stories so I wonder if he did use it or not.
I'm not a fan of comic books but I'm a HUGE fan of crossover fiction. I just can't get enouigh of crossover stories
When I heard about the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen being a crossover of literature, I knew I needed to look up the roster. I was entrhalled to see it had as much characters as the Argonauts Quest for the Golden Fleece.
Now the question remains if I should buy the first volume or not. Like I said, I'm not a fan of comic books but my love of crossovers are strong.
H.P lovecraft stephen king edgar allan poe TS elliot and him (alan moore) are my favourite writers i like jules verne alexander dumas and John Katzenbach but the first ones are the best to transmit all the grotesque fear and suspense
I'll have to admit thougy, I'm into manga and prefer to read manga mainly because I always felt comics were pretty much the same (though some may argue so is manga). is he really as great as ppl are claiming him to be?
Unlike more commercial series such as Batman or Spiderman (which are still good, don't get me wrong) Moor's comics have a deep level of meaning to every aspect of there design.
It makes it a lot more like reading a book and a lot more intelectualy stimulating.
I also enjoy manga, but consider them to be just the same as comics, just from a different part of the world.
Yeah it really looked like that. Humour that was humour. Humour isnt lost on me if its funny, you just looked like the typical you tube spelling correcting prick, pray tell mr genius how is that funny.
Oh yes it was dripping in irony. Ive read your comments on other pages go fuck yourself.
from the ground up is simple to explain(mind you only a moron woud it explained) it means from the street level,from the people.
It warrents a self fucking(no one else would) becuase your just hanging around these pages in the simple intention of winding moores fans up. Youve added nothing intelligent to any arguement.
Love the vids youve uploaded, o thats right youve not,your just another no user here to comment, great.
"Youve added nothing intelligent to any arguement."
Need I say more?
Suck my dick. I love your cumulative 650 views. Re-fucking-spectable.
See, this is why I don't comment on the same account I post videos to. You just get immature people who are purely here to wind you up. God dammit, why can't you just be mature about this?
Oh yeah, i have another account with videos. Really hmmmmmmmm
I hope your being 'funny' trying to say Im immature go check your anarchy comments then try a proper come back. I think your just angry cos your a moron and i called you out for it.
whats your other channels name considering under terms and conditions you should have only one?
I'm really going to use the same channel to antagonise people that get so butthurt about me pointing out the flaws in their ideas that they actively go check my channel for videos, no doubt with the intention of rating them all 1 star and leaving ridiculous comments, then quote the terms of service as an attack on my character, as the one I use for videos. Fucking great idea.
You do assume the worst of people, why would i have any interest in one staring your vids(unless they WERE that bad) If mine start getting one starred i know who did it lol.
I checked your channel to make sure it wasnt a stupid white backed troll/sock account. dont get so big on yourself, im not that interested.
you just looked like the typical you tube spelling correcting prick, pray tell mr genius how is that funny. i actually want you to answer that, how is appearing like a fucktard funny?
you just looked like the typical you tube spelling correcting prick, pray tell mr genius how is that funny. i actually want you to answer that, how is appearing like a fucktard funny?
Why? We're not talking about Rorschach or William Gull here. Hyde is a pretty memorable character in his own right and turning him into a psychopath would really water him down as a character. Besides what he did to Griffin was horrible enough,
Actually, in the second volume, Hyde gives a speech on how he went from being a small creep into a towering monster. Without Jekyll's restrains to keep him in check, he grew into a massive beast.
as far as i'm concerned, moore never took much work with female characters some time ago. but he compensated it with his more recent work, like lost girls, top 10, promethea, COBWEB... well, there's also halo jones in the past, but anyways.
what about halo jones .? i think the problem back then comics were very much a male domain . it was nt easy to have a female lead . thats changed a bit these days .
Moore's daughter Leah Moore is actually going to be doing a comicbook adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula novel, In the latest 'Comicshopnews' there's an interesting interview with her and the subject of Mina as a character is mentioned, mainly how she'll be portraying Mina as opposed to how she's portrayed by her father in TLOEG.
Mattnek- Alan Moore in Comics Britannia...He uses "we" when referring to his and the artist's collaboration and shows a real reverence for the entire medium's process and players. It is possible to have a graphic depiction convey a story and remain a comic book/graphic novel without words. When a book is composed of only words it remains literary,a book. Thus, the comic book/graphic novel is necessarily dependent upon "ants." Something to remember grasshopper. +1 to RoadWarriorSammy
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you know whta guys? i have seen all the videos of moore, and the movie of watchment and i discovered that the movie makes dave gibbons to look like a co-creator of wacthmen, but he's just a simple drawer, nothing more, an ant.
It takes the talent of a drawer to make the vision possible and Alan Moore would be just as helpless without anyone to work with, so do your homework sonny.
Michelle Trachtenberg! Has a Morlock raped your sanity? She'd be absolutely the worst person ever for Mina. Far too young and immature and trashy and 'American' (in the bad way).
I always saw Juliet Landau as a convincing Mina. She has a victorian-ness about her.
LMAO @ the Morlock rapists. What can I say, Michelle is growing up fast and is a real knockout. It's a shame she hasn't explored more serious roles.
Juliet Landau certainly looks the part of Mina Harker, and if we're comparing BtVS alumni, Juliet does beat out Michelle. I'll check out more of Juliet's work.
The movie adaptation of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is an abomination. I would love to see a director like Christopher Nolan or Robert Rodriguez give a go at a proper remake.
I've always envisioned Crispin Glover as Jekyll, Amitabh Bachchan as Nemo, Michelle Trachtenberg as Mina Harker, and in a scandalous move, Sean Connery again playing Allan Quatermain. Maybe Ricky Gervais can do Griffin's voice.
I have enjoyed much of Miller's work, and see it as approaching a pinnacle of the graphic novel while sticking to the established boundaries.
Moore, however, is in a different league: he pays little heed to convention and as a result is responsible (not quite, but almost, single-handely) for expanding and improving the genre. Not only has he mastered the graphic novel, but expanded it into new areas.
See? That's what I don't understand. This whole hoopla over Sin City. C'mon. We're talking about a man that really has no big aspirations for comics. He has no way of pushing the medium forward. I'm not trying to call anybody a fanboy, but Sin City is too dumb for words, and I'm sorry, satire can only go so far before it breaks under its weight, and in 10 (or so) books that's exactly what happens. Also, Samuel Fuller did more justice to the genre (in film) than someone like Frank could ever do.
he is truly a clever clever man, I have alot of respect for him and his work
mackishstyle 3 months ago
Oh Moore...only you can take characters from old victorian literature and turn them BADASS
MrCrossoverer 4 months ago
The new John Carter movie looks good - but what a pity Disney didn't at least look at the incredible vision of Burrough's Barsoom that Kevin O'Neill produced for Book 2 of the League of Extraordinary gentlemen.
TheLizardmonkey 5 months ago 4
Is this worth buying?
SlipknotFanize 5 months ago
@SlipknotFanize
YES. One of the best comics that i own.
Neukku 4 months ago
@SlipknotFanize IS THE SKY BLUE?!
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TLOEG Century 1969 is coming out tomorrow, I really can't wait to see the culmination of the Moonchild storyline and if this means apocalypse time is coming for Mina, Alan, Orlando and the rest of the world. (I hope not) :-O
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cha5 6 months ago
Out of all Alan Moore's collaborations, the Brundlefly of League is probably my favourite.
allaboutdmagic 6 months ago
wow, did they really just edit out moore's words on Mina Murray? isn't she pretty much the central character?
Sebastianisgreat 8 months ago
The Hyde & Invisible Man resolution was brilliant. What a great twist.
Panzer4F2 10 months ago
@Panzer4F2 "This is the life, eh Griffin? This is the life" :-O
cha5 9 months ago
@cha5 it must've been like being buggered by an elephant.... : 0
SimonB198207 5 months ago 2
the leauge film is good but the book is vastly superior
MrWiLDAPEMAN 11 months ago 2
@MrWiLDAPEMAN The League movie is a piece of crap and how dare you to compare it to the books!
Gillipow 11 months ago
@Gillipow the leauge film and the book have nothing in common except the title and a few charachter names the film on its own was quite good but as an adaptation of the book its complete bollocks
MrWiLDAPEMAN 11 months ago
Hyde actually rapes hawley griffin, the invisible man.
TheBambiniGiant 1 year ago
@TheBambiniGiant
Then eats him.
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cha5 11 months ago
From the point when 'Hyde gets a hold of the invisable man,through to when 'Nemo & 'Hyde are sitting having dinner at a table,then all of a sudden the invisable mans blood slowly starts to appear all over Hyde & the table is 1 of my favourite comic book moments ever!that's from vol.2 BTW.I agree with Moore about Hyde being 1 of his best piece of characterisation,it comes 2nd after his work with swampthing which was an amazing piece of work.The man is head & shoulders the best writer in comics!!
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Over at Rich Johnson's website bleedingcooldotcom you can find an image for the upcoming Kevin O' Neill cover for
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century 1969 due out in 2011.
It's psychedelic to say the least :)
cha5 1 year ago
@cha5 Thank you so very much for telling me where this is. Thanks so very much! The league needs more publicity!
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@TheBambiniGiant Not a problem, the big thing I'm waiting for is any information as to when that Simpson's episode with the Alan Moore, Art Spiegleman, & Dan Clowes voiceover will be out on Blu-ray, (if anyone knows or has any information on it, I'd kill for some news about it)
cha5 1 year ago
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@stett99 No, anarchist Glyconian
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cha5 1 year ago
Anyone who doesn't appreciate Kevin O Neill's artwork is a wrong 'un. Easily my favourite comic artist.
dereklogbottom 1 year ago
Not to be too much of a naysayer, but those drawings.......arent great.
ObsidianImages 1 year ago
@ObsidianImages Your opinion, for me O'Neill is one of the all time greats and I can't imagine any other artist but him on TLOEG.
cha5 1 year ago 3
@ObsidianImages Yeah, O'Neill's work is unique and it works in some places, but when I was reading it I was thinking he really couldn't draw people too well.
FriedEggsInTheSky 1 year ago
@FriedEggsInTheSky "If you look at Kevin's artwork with a knowing eye, you can see traces, very strong traces, of the often brilliant British juvenile comicbook artists, like Leo Baxendale, people like Paddy Brennan, Dudley Watkins, and also great British caricaturists like Hogarth or Gilray. Kevin is a wonderful illustrator, he's a great comic artist in that he can tell sequential stories with incredible verve" Alan Moore, Heroes & Monsters,
I was always into his work ever since Marshall Law.
cha5 1 year ago
@cha5 true. he knows his stuff and has a good eye for detail
But some parts the characters looked rather different to previous drawings, as if they hadnt been drawn with the same quality.
I dunno. Ill have to read them again.
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cha5 1 year ago
I find it funny that Alan Moore, who throws fits when his works are so sensationalized in filmed, didn't find it any bother to turn Mr. Hyde into the Hulk and every other character and blow them out of proportions.
thegmanofEAP 1 year ago
@thegmanofEAP Have you actually read the comics? Hyde into the Hulk? If you think about it, the Hulk was a creature who borrowed a considerable amount of qualities from Hyde. Besides, Hyde is an incredibly dynamic and deep character whereas the Hulk was a dumb brute. As for his reaction to the movies based on his books, did you ever see The League in movie form? It was complete crap. V for Vendetta? Changed the central moral and character significantly. Watchman is the only one that is good.
splinterchaos1 1 year ago 2
@splinterchaos1 You bring up a good point about the Hulk and Hyde. And while I really did like V for Vendetta, they did change a lot (but for the records, I saw the film before the movie).
Also, yes, the League movie is terrible. And yes, I own and read vol. 1 and 2 of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen.
thegmanofEAP 1 year ago
@thegmanofEAP What do you mean "I saw the film before the movie." ?
Jameswade2k 1 year ago
@Jameswade2k Whoops, sorry. I mean I saw the film before the movie.
N, I mean I saw the film before reading the book.
thegmanofEAP 1 year ago
.....why does the invisible man's blood only show when he is bleeding???
john3000931 1 year ago
@john3000931 Because it's outside of his body. Under his skin, it'd be invisible, but outside, it could be seen.
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cha5 1 year ago
@john3000931 Sorry for that spoiler there, anyways the explanation in the original H.G. Wells story is that his blood becomes visible as it coagulates (clots).
cha5 1 year ago
@john3000931 I dont think its when he's bleeding. I think its because he's dead.
thegmanofEAP 1 year ago
Why the fuck does the mainstream media give us fucktards like Bill O'Reilly to listen to, when there are men like Alan Moore alive, who have a calm, rational demeanor, and reasoning minds? Oh, wait, the whole "free range humans" thing...
At least we have John Stossel on our side, now. :D
libertarianjury 1 year ago 12
@libertarianjury very true and well said, Glen Beck gets a TV show, when if there is any justice, he would be living under a bridge shitting into a KFC bucket
gezblair 1 year ago
is it just me or has this book starting to really resemble that Dylan song Tombstone Blues...
HolyFerdinand 1 year ago
@HolyFerdinand Well I willing to wait for the second installment of Century,
I really hope things don't go too badly for Alan and Mina.
cha5 1 year ago
@cha5 I heard him say the league was going to be whittled down to 1 member (probably Mina), so yeah... Damn I really love the series though. I'm getting to the point where I really think it's his best work. I also think harry potter's going to at least make a cameo in the next one. He was talking about occult stuff that went on in the sixties, you know like the sort of think Crowley, Manson, and Jim Morrison were all into, so maybe he's thinking of linking that into HP. That would be cool.
HolyFerdinand 1 year ago
@HolyFerdinand I haven't heard about the League being whittled down,
the last I heard was that the final volume of Century would be ending up in the present day, I'm really looking forward to the next two volumes of Century, but am also slightly nervous about how Century might end, I've really gotten kind of fond of Alan and Mina.
cha5 1 year ago
@HolyFerdinand As to a Harry Potter cameo you do know that Moore had a H.P. cameo in that Top 10 spin off Smax don't you? He was under a different name being as it was something of a parody cameo, but it was still Harry Potter.
cha5 1 year ago
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
w8fh33dkajlfe99faaa 1 year ago
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Yeah, it's really essential to most readers who aren't experts on all the obscure references that Moore and O' Neil run through all of the LOEG stories which would likely fly over most readers heads as Moore himself said
"Without these two companion volumes, I doubt that the experience of the original work would be as complete, And I also doubt that Kevin and I would have felt sufficiently liberated or encouraged to push the concept quite as far as we currently are"
cha5 1 year ago
@WeNeedSomeGolfShoes
Sorry about that LOL
cha5 1 year ago
@WeNeedSomeGolfShoes
The Jess Nevins annotated TLOEG books I mentioned are rather essential for understanding all the references you get in TLOEG or you can check on his website for free Geocitiesdotcom/ratmmjess/
annosdothtml which covers all of the LOEG volumes and which Moore and Kevin O' Neil have endorsed as an essential information source on the wild and wonderful world of TLOEG.
cha5 1 year ago
@WeNeedSomeGolfShoes
Uh no that's not what I said at all,
the back stories are somewhat essential to TLOEG, for instance in Vol 2 it's revealed that Capt Nemo had a daughter, and the existance of Orlando is revealed who plays a major part in TLOEG not to mention the fact that Quartermain and Mina become immortals.
cha5 1 year ago
There is a six part interview with Kevin O' Neil over at thecomicsjournaldotcom in which he talks about his career going all the way back to Nemesis the Warlock and Marshall Law and all the way up to him and Moore first starting out with TLOEG and all of his experiences (good and bad) up to the present day.
cha5 1 year ago
@WeNeedSomeGolfShoes
Well everypart of the back stories in TLOEG Volume 1 & 2 is connected with literary characters both well known and obscure from Victorian literature,
I find Jess Nevin's two books
'Heroes & Monsters' and 'A Blazing World' which are a panel by panel annotation of both TLOEG volumes and their back stories and just about every reference in them to be invaluable when reading TLOEG.
cha5 1 year ago
i didn't quite get LXG when i first read it... i went away and was like "that was awesome, that was amazing but nothing happened" that btw was not a bad thing... Moore shows that stories don't need to be action-packed to be (forgive me) extraordinary
TaskMaster619 2 years ago
I loved the LXG books:D
alan is so spot on when he thought about putting together literary characters for his own justice league. Superb.
Migzter05 2 years ago 2
Terrific series of talks. Thank you.
charliekkendo 2 years ago 2
"Mr. Hoid". Oh god, I love his accent.
FredMalm 2 years ago 11
Can't say which one is better, but Alan Moore is about a hundred times smarter, and more interesting.
Stan Lee just has a little more P.T. Barnum in him, and far too much of his reputation is due to Jack Kirby.
phostex 2 years ago 5
One question
Who's better Stan Lee or Alan Moore?
CharlieSpecs 2 years ago
they both have different takes on comics
stan's more on mainstream while alan is a bit more indy..
both are awesome character creators btw.
Spider-man for Stan while Rorschach for Alan:D
Migzter05 2 years ago 2
how is nemo a prince i only saw the disney ver of 20 thousand leauges
Blakefe 2 years ago
Its in the book sequel "The Mysterious Island." If you liked the movie you'll like the books also I think.
EvilHolmes2466 2 years ago 2
@Blakefe Read The Mysterious Island by Verne
LocoRico89 1 year ago
4:28 - 5:16, Holy shit look at him go!
littlerudi08043 2 years ago
Kevin O'neill drew Torquemada in 2000ad brilliantly.
Yehbytheway 2 years ago 3
i just never get tired of listening to moore:)
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cha5 2 years ago 2
TLOEG Century: 1910
just came out today.
cha5 2 years ago
i know i was so excited. i cant wait to read it
MrsDorianGray 2 years ago
hes right no one else could draw it
OwzyB 2 years ago
What about Wilhemina? She was an important part of the League too!
3goodtimes 2 years ago 26
Yeh she was the leader and the brains behind the league. Plus they misspelled Quatermaine lol
droppedyursoap 2 years ago 3
It just kills me that all his works have been turned into mediocre films.
maxharleyrogerson 2 years ago 4
just this one
ojizzzle 2 years ago
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cha5 2 years ago
I had an english teacher called Miss Murray.
WearWolfeAssassin 2 years ago
did she always ware a scarf?(note i have only read vloume 1)
MrBugbear 2 years ago
Sadly no.
WearWolfeAssassin 2 years ago
No just after Dracula mangled and scarred her neck
(prior to Volume 1)
cha5 2 years ago
And keep in mind that's true to the book. Those two little holes you see in the movies is just Hollywood/Hammer myth.
ty
tlyoung88 2 years ago
Yeah in Stoker's novel Dracula's encounter with Mina isn't a romantic neck kiss leaving two little pin marks with Mina swooning in bliss like what you see in alot of Dracula/Vampire films, in the original novel it's a brutal bloody attack that's pretty close to a rape.
"Not quite the two discreet puncture-marks of legend, are they?"
cha5 2 years ago 16
I think I also remember Moore's conception of Dracula was that he had serrated teeth, I would kill for O'Neill
to do a Dracula illustration for that
Dracula/Mina TLOEG storyline
I'm sure it would look like something out of a nightmare.
cha5 2 years ago 6
A Dracula comic from O'Neil based on the novel would make me go bunkers in excitement. I want to see his Dracula as this perverted old man that wants to infect young ladies with his desease.
I wish we would see more of Kevin O'Neil's work.
skinwalkerxxx 2 years ago 2
Me too, when I was up at the Big Apple Con Summer Sizzler show last June which had O' Neill as a guest,
I had him sign my Absolute Editions of TLOEG Vol1 and 2, He was nice enough to do a sketch of Mina in my Vol 2 book,
When he asked what I wanted I had asked him if he might could possibly try to do a sketch of Dracula coming into Mina's bedroom just seconds before he attacked her, I even offered to pay him whatever he would have wanted for that particular sketch.
cha5 2 years ago
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But he explained that it was something he had worked that exact scene out in his mind and that he would be working it into an upcoming TLOEG storyline and that he really didn't want to spoil it for any of the readers.
So I was perfectly happy with his sketch of Mina that he gave me for free,
He also gave someone a really beautiful sketch on drawing paper of Captain Nemo which was gorgeous, O' Neill is a really nice guy and fun to talk with and I hope we'll be seeing him again.
cha5 2 years ago 2
Nice story! I wonder if he's gonna use it. I did not buy the recent mini-series of League after the Martian stories so I wonder if he did use it or not.
skinwalkerxxx 2 years ago
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cha5 2 years ago
Not yet he hasn't, I met O'Neill after
'TLOEG Century: 1910
had been published back in June.
That's been Moore and O'Neill's latest TLOEG issue so far.
cha5 2 years ago
I wonder why O'Neil is only doing Leagues work. How is he putting food on the table?
skinwalkerxxx 2 years ago
cool, since i bought the vol.2 of LEG im looking for him in every comicon or conventions never had luck___
M33GR0V 2 years ago
hehe i love that quote
MrsDorianGray 2 years ago 2
Too bad his book was turned into a dumbed down piece of crap.
sawjac13 2 years ago
Hollywood my friend.
hanshotfirst1138 2 years ago 2
you rock man
ChromeGhost0219 2 years ago
I'm not a fan of comic books but I'm a HUGE fan of crossover fiction. I just can't get enouigh of crossover stories
When I heard about the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen being a crossover of literature, I knew I needed to look up the roster. I was entrhalled to see it had as much characters as the Argonauts Quest for the Golden Fleece.
Now the question remains if I should buy the first volume or not. Like I said, I'm not a fan of comic books but my love of crossovers are strong.
TKGB2006 2 years ago
buy it and you will become a fan of comic books
ConcorX 2 years ago 3
You should indeed buy it ^^ Alan Moore is in my opinion one of the best writers
fortyfourcakez 2 years ago
H.P lovecraft stephen king edgar allan poe TS elliot and him (alan moore) are my favourite writers i like jules verne alexander dumas and John Katzenbach but the first ones are the best to transmit all the grotesque fear and suspense
M33GR0V 2 years ago 3
That's some comparison.
I'll have to admit thougy, I'm into manga and prefer to read manga mainly because I always felt comics were pretty much the same (though some may argue so is manga). is he really as great as ppl are claiming him to be?
TKGB2006 2 years ago
Yes.
Unlike more commercial series such as Batman or Spiderman (which are still good, don't get me wrong) Moor's comics have a deep level of meaning to every aspect of there design.
It makes it a lot more like reading a book and a lot more intelectualy stimulating.
I also enjoy manga, but consider them to be just the same as comics, just from a different part of the world.
WearWolfeAssassin 2 years ago 3
"intelectualy stimulating"
That would be 'intellectually' stimulating...
molewizard 2 years ago
I can't spell.
Dyslexic.
WearWolfeAssassin 2 years ago
Who asked you, You really are a pillock...........
Eldritchard 2 years ago
Who asked you, you pillock.
I was pointing out the irony. I suppose humour is lost on you.
molewizard 2 years ago
Yeah it really looked like that. Humour that was humour. Humour isnt lost on me if its funny, you just looked like the typical you tube spelling correcting prick, pray tell mr genius how is that funny.
Oh yes it was dripping in irony. Ive read your comments on other pages go fuck yourself.
Eldritchard 2 years ago
Oh, the ones about anarchy not working?
Would you like to explain to me why that warrents a 'self fucking'?
molewizard 2 years ago
'i dont like you'
'fat, liberal sensibilities, think you know pain'
from the ground up is simple to explain(mind you only a moron woud it explained) it means from the street level,from the people.
It warrents a self fucking(no one else would) becuase your just hanging around these pages in the simple intention of winding moores fans up. Youve added nothing intelligent to any arguement.
Love the vids youve uploaded, o thats right youve not,your just another no user here to comment, great.
Eldritchard 2 years ago
"Youve added nothing intelligent to any arguement."
Need I say more?
Suck my dick. I love your cumulative 650 views. Re-fucking-spectable.
See, this is why I don't comment on the same account I post videos to. You just get immature people who are purely here to wind you up. God dammit, why can't you just be mature about this?
molewizard 2 years ago
Hey 650 veiws is better than fuck all.
Oh yeah, i have another account with videos. Really hmmmmmmmm
I hope your being 'funny' trying to say Im immature go check your anarchy comments then try a proper come back. I think your just angry cos your a moron and i called you out for it.
whats your other channels name considering under terms and conditions you should have only one?
Eldritchard 2 years ago
I'm really going to use the same channel to antagonise people that get so butthurt about me pointing out the flaws in their ideas that they actively go check my channel for videos, no doubt with the intention of rating them all 1 star and leaving ridiculous comments, then quote the terms of service as an attack on my character, as the one I use for videos. Fucking great idea.
molewizard 2 years ago
You do assume the worst of people, why would i have any interest in one staring your vids(unless they WERE that bad) If mine start getting one starred i know who did it lol.
I checked your channel to make sure it wasnt a stupid white backed troll/sock account. dont get so big on yourself, im not that interested.
Well you did blantently break it no?
Eldritchard 2 years ago 2
you just looked like the typical you tube spelling correcting prick, pray tell mr genius how is that funny. i actually want you to answer that, how is appearing like a fucktard funny?
Eldritchard 2 years ago
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I'm not explaining humour. If you don't get it, you don't deserve to get it.
molewizard 2 years ago
Yeah, next time i see my pal who does stand up i'll tell him to blame the audience if nobody laughs.
It just wasnt funny, i understand how you think it is, but it isnt ok, bye bye
Eldritchard 2 years ago 5
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Suck on my abnormally large dick bitch.
It ain't my fault you can't laugh at yourself.
molewizard 2 years ago
Yeah but i can laugh at you and your stupidity for eternity.
it just isnt funny.
'the idiot protests too much, he must have tiny winey ickle penis'
Eldritchard 2 years ago 4
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WOAH, nice save. You almost looked bad there.
You, sir, are an idiot.
molewizard 2 years ago
you just looked like the typical you tube spelling correcting prick, pray tell mr genius how is that funny. i actually want you to answer that, how is appearing like a fucktard funny?
Eldritchard 2 years ago
Alrighty then. Ima check it out then. Are they sold in volumes or individually?
TKGB2006 2 years ago
they could have made him so cool if he was just a straight up psychopath
TheValiance 2 years ago
Why? We're not talking about Rorschach or William Gull here. Hyde is a pretty memorable character in his own right and turning him into a psychopath would really water him down as a character. Besides what he did to Griffin was horrible enough,
"This is the life, eh Griffin?
This is the life"
cha5 2 years ago 2
Kevin o Neill is one of my favorite comic book artists ever. I own as much as i can get of his work.
The Marshall Law comics are just a piece of art, the Savage Dragon 2 issues specially since it is in black and white and he does is own inking.
lucasaccardo 2 years ago 2
Actually, in the second volume, Hyde gives a speech on how he went from being a small creep into a towering monster. Without Jekyll's restrains to keep him in check, he grew into a massive beast.
kingprospero 2 years ago 5
he totally 4got about the vampire girl in the comic
xmonke55 2 years ago
as far as i'm concerned, moore never took much work with female characters some time ago. but he compensated it with his more recent work, like lost girls, top 10, promethea, COBWEB... well, there's also halo jones in the past, but anyways.
caderoger 2 years ago
what about halo jones .? i think the problem back then comics were very much a male domain . it was nt easy to have a female lead . thats changed a bit these days .
googajoob7 2 years ago
Alan Moore is a genius ..
OZ2YOU 2 years ago 10
he took only the aspects that he liked
duh.
JAMES6FRANK 2 years ago
What's with the comic sans ms font?
bluebettle 2 years ago
kind of answered your won damn question
COMIC san ms font
Comic sans is almost identical to the typical comic book talking bubble font
KanameTousen 2 years ago
That's a pretty stupid reasons to use one of the most ascetically unappealing fonts ever made.
bluebettle 2 years ago
well it works for what it's used for
KanameTousen 2 years ago
alan moore is the only person that can pull off finger armor still. it looks so natural with him.
Jokerice 2 years ago
I didn't realise Kevin O'Neil was a posh butler.
Apesod 2 years ago 2
i love the stuff he has on his fingers!
ConcorX 2 years ago
Finger armor. It was made popular about 8 years ago but has long since faded.
valakin 2 years ago
BBC4 really is the best channel on t'telly. And possibly Dave.
ScarranHalfBreed 2 years ago
He doesn't talk about Mina, and she's probably the biggest change from the source material.
What's brilliant about the whole idea of LXG is that these adventure novels were really the comics of their day.
WillScarlet16 3 years ago 4
Moore's daughter Leah Moore is actually going to be doing a comicbook adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula novel, In the latest 'Comicshopnews' there's an interesting interview with her and the subject of Mina as a character is mentioned, mainly how she'll be portraying Mina as opposed to how she's portrayed by her father in TLOEG.
cha5 2 years ago
well..mina has a lot to do with the main plot...if he included it, it might contain or spawn spoilers.
PissOffco 2 years ago
Mattnek- Alan Moore in Comics Britannia...He uses "we" when referring to his and the artist's collaboration and shows a real reverence for the entire medium's process and players. It is possible to have a graphic depiction convey a story and remain a comic book/graphic novel without words. When a book is composed of only words it remains literary,a book. Thus, the comic book/graphic novel is necessarily dependent upon "ants." Something to remember grasshopper. +1 to RoadWarriorSammy
NilDesperandum777 3 years ago 2
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you know whta guys? i have seen all the videos of moore, and the movie of watchment and i discovered that the movie makes dave gibbons to look like a co-creator of wacthmen, but he's just a simple drawer, nothing more, an ant.
Mattnek 3 years ago
It takes the talent of a drawer to make the vision possible and Alan Moore would be just as helpless without anyone to work with, so do your homework sonny.
RoadWarriorSammy 3 years ago 7
He looks a bit like Rasputin.
LastDanStanding 3 years ago 2
Michelle Trachtenberg! Has a Morlock raped your sanity? She'd be absolutely the worst person ever for Mina. Far too young and immature and trashy and 'American' (in the bad way).
I always saw Juliet Landau as a convincing Mina. She has a victorian-ness about her.
phrenology888 3 years ago
LMAO @ the Morlock rapists. What can I say, Michelle is growing up fast and is a real knockout. It's a shame she hasn't explored more serious roles.
Juliet Landau certainly looks the part of Mina Harker, and if we're comparing BtVS alumni, Juliet does beat out Michelle. I'll check out more of Juliet's work.
mikedubya 3 years ago
The movie adaptation of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is an abomination. I would love to see a director like Christopher Nolan or Robert Rodriguez give a go at a proper remake.
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Remington61189 3 years ago
I've always envisioned Crispin Glover as Jekyll, Amitabh Bachchan as Nemo, Michelle Trachtenberg as Mina Harker, and in a scandalous move, Sean Connery again playing Allan Quatermain. Maybe Ricky Gervais can do Griffin's voice.
mikedubya 3 years ago
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Remington61189 3 years ago
I have enjoyed much of Miller's work, and see it as approaching a pinnacle of the graphic novel while sticking to the established boundaries.
Moore, however, is in a different league: he pays little heed to convention and as a result is responsible (not quite, but almost, single-handely) for expanding and improving the genre. Not only has he mastered the graphic novel, but expanded it into new areas.
verbaluk1 3 years ago
See? That's what I don't understand. This whole hoopla over Sin City. C'mon. We're talking about a man that really has no big aspirations for comics. He has no way of pushing the medium forward. I'm not trying to call anybody a fanboy, but Sin City is too dumb for words, and I'm sorry, satire can only go so far before it breaks under its weight, and in 10 (or so) books that's exactly what happens. Also, Samuel Fuller did more justice to the genre (in film) than someone like Frank could ever do.
oracioroman 3 years ago
My favorite is watchmen by far. But all of his work is great!
ConcorX 3 years ago 4
One of the best comics books of recent years. I didn't really like The Black Dossier though. Maybe I should give it another go.
HackneyShark 3 years ago
You can tell Moore enjoyed writing Hyde the most. Hyde is easily the best character in the series.
kevlonk 3 years ago 8
alan moore is such a skilled writer, i havent read this one though, anyone know where i can get a copy?
PunisherWarZone93 3 years ago 7
Your local comic shop, Mile High Comics, Amazon if you want a good discount.
cha5 3 years ago 5
thanks
PunisherWarZone93 3 years ago 2
I wish Frank Miller and Alan Moore would team-up to do a comic. :(
NodDisciple1 3 years ago 2
BEST IDEA EVER!!!
janjalick 3 years ago 3
i heard that Alsn Moore hates Frank Miller
hazeyshade493 3 years ago 3
No he just doesn't think very highly of 300.
cha5 3 years ago 3
Or JIMO probably Miller's Spirit movie being that Will Eisner was one of Moore's biggest influences.
cha5 3 years ago 2
What is so great about Frank Miller?
oracioroman 3 years ago