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From Stephen King to Oscar Wilde and Tana French, novelist Gabriel Bergmoser chooses Halloween reading that does more than simply shock and scare

Published: 28 Oct 2020

Watchmen is by far the best adaptation of the comic – but should fans watch it?

Published: 23 Dec 2019
Netflix & quill Watchmen: such a masterpiece it's almost too much to bear

Published: 7 Dec 2019

Alan Moore drops anarchism to champion Labour against Tory 'parasites'

Comics legend, who has voted only once in his life, makes passionate appeal to help defeat ‘rapacious’ rightwing party in general election

Published: 21 Nov 2019

Auteurs assemble! What caused the superhero backlash?

They’ve conquered the box office. Now it’s payback time. As they are attacked by film-makers like Martin Scorsese, are TV and movie superheroes fighting a losing battle against reality?

Published: 23 Oct 2019
4 out of 5 stars.

TV review Watchmen review – the perfect superhero story for our tattered times
4 out of 5 stars.

Set in an alternative America where white supremacists are on the rampage, this HBO adaptation of Alan Moore’s classic graphic novel is both thrilling and uncomfortably resonant

Published: 21 Oct 2019

Heavenly visions of hell: Alan Moore on the sublime art of William Blake

Blake’s Lambeth home was also the scene of two frightening supernatural encounters – now captured in a major new Tate exhibition, writes the graphic novelist

Published: 30 Aug 2019

Goodbye, Alan Moore: the king of comics bows out

The pioneer of serious superheroes – who is retiring – has transformed the genre over 40 years of rebellious invention

Published: 18 Jul 2019

Watchmen trailer: HBO reveals first look at superhero series

The network hopes to follow the end of Game of Thrones with another blockbuster series, an adaptation of the cult graphic novel

Published: 8 May 2019

'Disgrace and shame': Alan Moore points to Boris Johnson in Grenfell fire comic

Moore has briefly come out of retirement to contribute to a new anthology raising money for PTSD support for survivors

Published: 6:27 AM
Why Damon Lindelof's HBO Watchmen should be a triumph

The Lost showrunner is bringing Alan Moore’s classic to the cable channel next year – and the superfans are already moaning about it. But could they be jumping the gun?

Published: 6:10 AM

4 out of 5 stars.

Lek and the Dogs review – a boy’s best friends revisited
4 out of 5 stars.

Based on the true story of a Moscow street child raised by dogs, the latest enigmatic film from Andrew Kötting is affecting in unpredictable ways

Published: 10 Jun 2018

'The man's a genius!': Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman on Eddie Campbell

From printing strips in a Southend bedsit to working for Marvel and DC, comic artist Eddie Campbell has drawn everything in between, all the while remaining in the shadows of stardom

Published: 10 Apr 2018

Books blog The Killing Joke at 30: what is the legacy of Alan Moore's shocking Batman comic?

Published three decades ago, Moore’s take on Batman has been polarising readers ever since, with the writer himself calling it a ‘regrettable misstep’ – but is there good to be found in this violent and troubling comic?

Published: 14 Mar 2018

From Watchmen to Catch-22: can TV tackle 'unfilmable' books?

Film history is littered with adaptations that didn’t do their literary source material justice. But the small screen’s longer format could be the ideal place for unwieldy texts

Published: 21 Feb 2018

2018 the year ahead 2018 in comics: Wonder Woman, Poochytown and goodbye Alan Moore

For graphic novel fans, this year is full of treats: more Batman and Spider-Man, rumours of a Ta-Nehisi Coates take on Captain America, some fresh faces – and big farewells to some old ones

Published: 4 Jan 2018

Northamptonshire may close up to 28 of its 36 libraries

Authors including Alan Moore and Philip Pullman join readers condemning move being considered as a way to make £115m in savings

Published: 28 Nov 2017
The cartoon president – Trump has wielded power in comics for years

It’s just 12 months since the Donald took power in the US, but he has long been a figure to reckon with in the cartoon world

Published: 8 Nov 2017

4 out of 5 stars.

Edith Walks review – a walk on the wild side
4 out of 5 stars.

Andrew Kötting explores the legacy of King Harold and his wife in this wonderfully eccentric film

Published: 25 Jun 2017
3 out of 5 stars.

Edith Walks review – eccentric trek in pursuit of Englishness
3 out of 5 stars.

Andrew Kötting’s psychogeographical journey from Waltham Abbey to Hastings – with contributions from Alan Moore and Iain Sinclair en route – is filled with a wayward integrity

Published: 22 Jun 2017

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