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On paper, they're kind of hard to find. According to this string of articles ( http://www.techtimes.com/articles/105206/20151111/alan-moores-star-wars-episode-pandora-effect.htm ), they're in Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds on Comixology here: https://www.comixology.com/Classic-Star-Wars-Devilworlds-1996-2-of-2/digital-comic/266805?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9pdGVtU2xpZGVy

There's this previous post about the Big Numbers synopsis, which also points toward a book which would seem to have some more (Moore) of what you're looking for.

Hadn’t read it in years, but it was a mostly text double sized comic where Moore talked about his method of writing and the importance of plot and theme etc. It was pretty informative but mainly focused on his early writing style before he loosened up with his ABC writing although he does it address it in follow up comments.

https://www.amazon.com/Alan-Moores-Writing-Comics-1/dp/1592910122

It's much lighter in tone, but Moore's superhero/police procedural Top 10 is great, as are both the spin-offs by Moore: Smax and The 49ers. I'd avoid the non-Moore Top 10 stuff, especially The Farthest Precinct.

Will Eisner's Contract With God books are considered masterpieces for a reason - they're fiction, but drawn from his experiences growing up in an early 20th century Bronx tenament.

For superhero stuff, I love Grant Morrison's Animal Man, which has been collected in three volumes. All you needed to know beforehand is that there was a big DC crossover event called the Crisis on Infinite Earths, which wiped out lots of old characters from continuity (that's the same crossover event you see in Swamp Thing, with all the superheroes gathering on the satellite, the thing the Brujeria were trying to utilise by summoning the dark hand). Animal Man is set after that. It really comes alive in the second and third volumes.

If you liked the character of John Constantine in Swamp Thing then you could check out his spin-off series, Hellblazer. It's been recollected multiple times, and relaunched into a series of inferior versions, but start with the Jamie Delano-penned volume with the slain angel on the cover and continue through this particular series of editions. These editions run all the way up to the concluding Hellblazer issue 300, including most of the tie-in miniseries and specials, but I'd suggest jumping off once Mike Carey's run on the comic is concluded: https://www.amazon.com/John-Constantine-Hellblazer-Vol-Original/dp/1401230067/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3DVXGG2IZZZ8X&keywords=hellblazer+original+sins&qid=1647459194&sprefix=hellblazer+original+sins%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1

And of course, there's Neil Gaiman's Sandman, which remains a classic. The first volume of that is called Preludes and Nocturnes. Try to get the latest edition, which has been recoloured.

It's much lighter in tone, but Moore's superhero/police procedural Top 10 is great, as are both the spin-offs by Moore: Smax and The 49ers. I'd avoid the non-Moore Top 10 stuff, especially The Farthest Precinct.

Will Eisner's Contract With God books are considered masterpieces for a reason - they're fiction, but drawn from his experiences growing up in an early 20th century Bronx tenament.

For superhero stuff, I love Grant Morrison's Animal Man, which has been collected in three volumes. All you needed to know beforehand is that there was a big DC crossover event called the Crisis on Infinite Earths, which wiped out lots of old characters from continuity (that's the same crossover event you see in Swamp Thing, with all the superheroes gathering on the satellite, the thing the Brujeria were trying to utilise by summoning the dark hand). Animal Man is set after that. It really comes alive in the second and third volumes.

If you liked the character of John Constantine in Swamp Thing then you could check out his spin-off series, Hellblazer. It's been recollected multiple times, and relaunched into a series of inferior versions, but start with the Jamie Delano-penned volume with the slain angel on the cover and continue through this particular series of editions. These editions run all the way up to the concluding Hellblazer issue 300, including most of the tie-in miniseries and specials, but I'd suggest jumping off once Mike Carey's run on the comic is concluded: https://www.amazon.com/John-Constantine-Hellblazer-Vol-Original/dp/1401230067/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3DVXGG2IZZZ8X&keywords=hellblazer+original+sins&qid=1647459194&sprefix=hellblazer+original+sins%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1

And of course, there's Neil Gaiman's Sandman, which remains a classic. The first volume of that is called Preludes and Nocturnes. Try to get the latest edition, which has been recoloured.

This is great, I really enjoyed it! Thanks for posting.

also, if you're in the mood for moore's spoken word, he reads his foreward for the vhorr here and I usually play http://www.rainymood.com in the background for some ambient sound. Try it!

There's two books that I found helpful in different ways for appreciating The Invisibles -

Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's The Invisibles https://www.amazon.com/dp/1466347805/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_ZNB6Z9DBT3B7WJW88JHM

Anarchy For The Masses: The Disinformation Guide to the Invisibles https://www.amazon.com/dp/0971394229/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_QJR49WWW6TKHMSJF4VQX

This has the Courtyard and Neonomicon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1592911307/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_QEAFY2AWNBH9CF46YEQ0

I had the floppies of Neonomicon too but has a hard time finding the Courtyard, so I just bought that collection. The Providence omnibus is coming out soon.

Stars did have Axel Pressbutton.

Other very early strips he wrote and drew include:

Anon E. Mouse (1974-75)

St. Pancras Panda (1978-79)

Roscoe Moscow (followed by The Stars my Degradation) (1979-1983)

Plus a number of one-offs for various publications.

If you're interested in this period of Moore's life, I highly recommend Maggie Gray's book Alan Moore, Out from the Underground: Cartooning, Performance, and Dissent, though at those prices, you're probably better off getting a copy from a library.

It looks like you can buy the Show Pieces DVD set for $60 American on Amazon right now.

That's a bit of a steep price for a DVD set in this day and age, especially considering Show Pieces is just five short films on a couple discs. But the box set is worth owning if you're a big Moore fan. Maybe whenever The Show is finally released, they'll re-release or repackage Show Pieces too, hopefully in Blu Ray

I think I remember Blue Rose coming out (and I'm actually surprised I didn't pick it up at the time).

Bloodstrike! Whoa, talk about a blast from the past - you just jogged my memory of Liefeld's original Bloodstrike, featuring "Clearly-Not-Wolverine" and embossed "blood" on the cover! Peak Liefeld era!

(If I remember correctly, I think there was also an acclaimed run by an indie creator on Prophet about ten years ago too.)

Wow, that whole thing is way more complicated than I had realized. You should write a Poisoned Chalice style book about Supreme!

Me-On-My-Soapbox Time - why is it that the actual creators of comics, like the writers and artists who actually make the damn things, so often get the shit end of the stick?

I mean, I understand that printing and advertising and distribution (and all the stuff the publishers do) is important, of course, but comics is such a different medium than something like movies or TV.

For instance, the catering bill alone for a film production is astronomical, but with comics there's virtually no overhead. It's usually one-to-five people putting their heart into a project, producing the entirety of the thing that people actually hold in their hands and consume, yet those people are often the ones who get the smallest chunk of the reward (or just swindled altogether).

Sorry, rant over.

Thanks for the info on Supreme - you're basically the leading world expert on the topic, as far as I'm concerned.

You're right, the whole article has an Onion-like sarcasm to it, but unfortunately the underlying threat by DC to make an animated adaptation is real. Here's a better article about it:

https://www.themarysue.com/nobody-wants-watchmen/

(Also, the Watchmen toaster it mentions checks out as well, believe it or not haha: https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Forces-Watchmen-Rorschach-Toaster/dp/B008VTLRXG)

There's a cheap copy here

Though I guess the shipping depends on where you are :)

Usually comics are never quite as well written as watchmen. I enjoy "noir" crime as well. Try "the shadow now". I really enjoyed the story and the art. But the writing will never be as deep and intense as watchmen. http://www.amazon.com/The-Shadow-Now-David-Liss/dp/1606905627