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Above Us Only Sky
I may be wrong about this, but I think there is a theological issue that, when we consider the whole sweep of human history, troubled a far higher proportion of the human population from far earlier...
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Pharyngulated
Well … I got Pharyngulated. My ‘Above Us Only Sky’ post was featured on PZ Myer’s blog Pharyngula, and five thousand people clicked on the link, many of those subscribed to the blog, and a very...
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The Ontological Proof and Why I Think It’s Cobblers
I should probably lay a card on the table at this point. Whenever I’ve seen a theological ‘proof’ of God’s existence, I’ve always been overwhelmed by a sense of ‘Huh? That’s it?’. I know I’m not alone...
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Watchmen II
So, it’s official: Watchmen II is finally happening. DC have announced seven – seven! – prequel series. Instinctively, I don’t think it’s the right decision. I’ve been trying to put my finger on why,...
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Before Charlton
Every comics fan knows that Watchmen started out using a set of superheroes originally published by Charlton Comics. That company had gone bankrupt, DC had bought the rights. The Charlton connection to...
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Comics: The Digital Future
DC announced last week that they would be continuing Smallville in comics form. Like Firefly and so many other shows before it, Smallville had a lot of potential, but a cruel network didn’t cut it any...
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Alan Moore: The Biography
In November next year, Aurum Press will be publishing a book by me, a biography of Alan Moore, an author who I assume needs no introduction to most of the people reading this blog. This is why my...
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YOU’LL BELIEVE A QUEEN CAN FLY
What’s more impressive than making 2008 people drum in unison? It’s a question that’s haunted the British psyche for four years now, ever since the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony offered a vision of...
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Comics Forum Essay by Me
As part of a series Comics Forum are running on Alan Moore’s shorter works, here’s an essay by me about his Doctor Who work....
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Yoda’s Parents
The subject of ‘canon’ comes up a lot in Doctor Who circles. Which stories ‘count’? Are the books ‘part of Doctor Who’? and so on. Rather than address that directly, let’s look at Star Wars, a...
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RUSSIAN SHERLOCK HOLMES
Last year, a Russian version of The Hound of the Baskervilles was released on DVD in the UK. It’s part of a series that’s probably – there’s stiff competition – my favourite screen version of Sherlock...
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MARLINGESQUE
I’ve recently caught up with a lot of movies I didn’t get to see at the cinema last year, thanks to a number of free evenings and combo coupons from Redbox. I always used to think that when people said...
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STAR WARS 2
There is a great deal of material about the creation of the first sequel to Star Wars. You can not possibly do better than JW Rinzler’s book The Making of The Empire Strikes Back, one of the best...
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The Dying Days notes, Chapter One
OK … so following a request on Gallifrey Base, I’m going to reprint my author’s notes from the ebook version of my Doctor Who novel The Dying Days. These originally appeared alongside the BBCi version...
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Truth, Inconvenient Truth and Statistics
Oh good grief. OK. I’m not a climate scientist. I’m not a statistician. I don’t really want to enter into a wider debate about climate change. I haven’t verified who drew this graph or when, or...
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The Dying Days notes, Chapter Two
Chapter 2 – Foreign Soil Lex Christian is the first character who’s an homage to an existing one. This time, it’s Dan Dare, who hopefully British readers will have heard of. For the others, Dan was...
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Wonder Woman – Parodies and Travesties
Here are two pictures of live action versions of Wonder Woman. One is from the recent TV pilot, one is from a new pornographic parody: The top one is the official version, the one below it is the...
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IS LES MISERABLES SCIENCE FICTION? (NO, OBVIOUSLY NOT)
What genre is the musical Les Miserables? It’s always reminded me of something, but it was only when I watched the DVD that I realised what that was. The novel it’s based on is a great example of...
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Alan Moore Biography: The Cover
So, here’s the cover for my Alan Moore biography – out in November, and click on that link to get to the book’s Amazon page. (The purple strap is a ‘belly band’ – a paper strip, not part of the cover).
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Valeyard of the Daleks
The first of four (rightfully) rejected drafts of the last chapter of The Dying Days … DOCTOR WHO AND THE VALEYARD OF THE DALEKS Saturday, 6 December 2003 One of Grotecca’s men pricked him with the...
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