The "Star Wars" stories by Moore and Gibbons

Article about the "Star Wars" stories by "Watchmen" creators Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

New Alan Moore interview

And a new Alan Moore interview, one of the most illuminating in a while. Interesting! The Future's looking bright.

edit: oh, and another one here, from Wired.

Alan Moore's "In Pictopia"

One of the very best short Alan Moore works is now scanned and online.... the story is somewhat similar to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", but it was written earlier than "Roger Rabbit". It's a story about lost innocence in comics and in our culture.

"IN PICTOPIA!"

Corto Maltese and Watchmen

A few bits of comics news.

• Apparently there are now rumours that Hugo Pratt's "Corto Maltese" will once again be translated into English. This time hopefully in complete form. Read a great article about it and about the series here.
• There's been a screening of 25 minutes of the Watchmen movie, and apparently it's good stuff. CHUD report here.

Herbie Popnecker

Dark Horse is reprinting the legendary series about Herbie Popnecker, the worlds most powerful superhero.

From Publishers Weekly:
"Superman. Batman. The Fantastic Four. Second-stringers, the lot of them, when measured against the awesomeness that is Herbie Popnecker. Perhaps the most unlikely and bizarre superhero in the history of comics, Herbie is a little fat nothing, as described by his staggeringly disappointed father, but what his dad doesn't know is that young Herbie wields vast superpowers and saves the world on a daily basis. When not fending off extraterrestrial invasions or traveling through time and space as easily as you or I might cross the street, Herbie contends with talking animals, Frankenstein, Dracula, dinosaurs, and even Satan himself, while associating with JFK, LBJ, Queen Elizabeth II and Marie Antoinette. If all of this sounds absurd, it certainly is, and this mere description cannot do justice to the utter madness that flows from the minds of writer O'Shea and illustrator Whitney, whose straight drawing style only enhances the bullmoose strangeness. The classic stories found here, originally published mostly in the early to mid-'60s, are eagerly awaited by fans in the know, and for those previously unaware of Herbie, this collection will come as a hilarious look at what was going on elsewhere in comics during the storied Marvel Age."

• Read about the reprint

• Read a Herbie story

Alan Moore talking about his 'favorite superhero'... which is Herbie: