ABC Warriors - The Second Element

The recently published ABC Warriors graphic novel entitled 'The Third Element' collecting the stories featuring the Warriors' return to Mars was written by Pat Mills and me - yes, me, Alan Mitchell. Due to the editorial politics at the time, with Andy Diggle and what seemed like a mandate to ride rough over Pat's scripts and a general perceived negativity toward Pat, he reasoned that it would be unwise to declare my involvement with the project although we did speak, albeit tenuously, about subsequently getting my name credited should there be any collection of this work. I need to contact Mills about what has happened but I certainly feel that an acknowledgement of my involvement with a full writer's credit is what I will be seeking as I am the second element (geddit?) on the story. Answer your question?

Keep it real

Oh, and you have to check this geezer out ...

Raw Art.

If you like fine art check out the above site ...

Superman and Panic in the Sky

Just found this wicked site for Superman stuff old and recent. There's been lots of praise for an episode of George Reeves' Superman for season 2 in 1953 called 'Panic in the Sky' and I have to say the 12 minute clip of the story, which can be seen here

Comix & things.

is remarkable if you consider when it was made. What do you guys think?

Crisis

For those trying to get info on Crisis the political 2000AD comic from the late 80's and 90's you could do no worse if you started with this URL as listed below ...

Crisis.

The great and beautiful John Hicklenton

I hope people were able to catch 'Here's Johnny' on T4 Tuesday night about John's brave battle with MS. I forgot how much I love this guy. He's an incredible artist, his style being at once elegant, graceful but also laden with the ferocity of a Werewolf. John was the artist on my favourite Third World War stories I wrote with Pat Mills. Especially the first story 'The Word According to Ryan.' Mills and I spent several days working up that story and John just exceeded our expectations by designing some of the most grotesque images of human beings I have ever seen. Especially Chief Inspector John Ryan. If you've never caught John's art then it's certainly a must! John is amongst the greatest artists this country has ever produced. He is an absolute genius but don't take my word for it, check out his stuff, some of which will feature on this site shortly ...

Coming soon ...

I will be loading all my published and future projects for all to peruse on this site so keep an eye out or two for upcoming announcements ...

Alan Moore has got a point

Why are some blogging fans smearing bogeys all over Alan Moore for adopting a principled stance on what Hollywood has done with his creations? It must be hell to have seen some of the crap the big studios have turned out in his name. Fact is most genre activity, from novels to comics to movies and games are seemingly churning out product for the sake of solely generating profit. So most of it is tailored to this or that market. Aimed at this or that demographic. It seems like very little art is presently involved in the so called creative endeavours littering the genre scene. It all feels like heartless industry for all the wrong reasons.