Once There Were Daemons: From Warp Wizards to Warpsmiths The core idea behind Alan Moore’s Marvelman run came to him when he was just 13 years old. According to Lance Parkin’s biography of Alan Moore, Magic Words, Moore picked up an old issue of the Mick Anglo Marvelman series on the same summer day that … Read more
We can’t talk about the Dark Age of Comics without talking about Alan Moore, so today we’re diving into Warrior Magazine, the anthology that first published Alan Moore’s groundbreaking V for Vendetta and Marvelman comics. Previously, Moore had worked mostly on humor strips comics and short sci-fi stories. Warrior gave Moore his first shot at … Read more
The Secret Origins of Avatar Press, The Last Outlaw Publisher I’ve long been puzzled by Avatar Press’s origins. It appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the mid-90s to publish a staggering number of titles that had previously been published elsewhere. Most of these were “Bad Girl” comics, like Widow (London Night Studios), NiraX (Entity), Hellina … Read more