{"id":509,"date":"2009-12-07T12:08:38","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T17:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=509"},"modified":"2009-12-07T12:08:38","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T17:08:38","slug":"alan-moore-and-the-pipes-of-doom-or-beware-it-sings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=509","title":{"rendered":"Alan Moore and the Pipes of Doom, or “Beware! It Sings”!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you’ve probably heard, Alan Moore has taken yet another break from his perpetually-forthcoming treatise on magick (and yes, that is actually spelled right, look it up<\/em>) to release his own magazine, Dodgem Logic<\/em>.\u00a0 This magazine not only contains comics by the esteemed Mr. Moore, but also artwork from his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen<\/em> collaborator Kevin O’Neill, articles from noted writers and — frabjous joy!\u00a0 New music from Alan Moore!!!\u00a0 As someone who treasures his flexidisc copy of Moore’s “March of the Sinister Ducks”, I gotta say I am ready to sell the house and move to England.\u00a0 Moore’s vocals make Jim Morrison sound like that guy from The Darkness after getting whacked in the crotch by an estrogen shell.\u00a0 Listen to him and David J of Bauhaus collaborate on the CDs The Birth Cau<\/em>l<\/strong> and The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels<\/em> on a dark and stormy night — you’ll understand what Lovecraft was trying to warn us about.\u00a0 As far as this new magazine goes, check out Moore’s own description at www.dodgemlogic.com\/about — it defies punctuation.\u00a0 Hopefully to be available soon in the U.S.<\/p>\n

In other comics news, Norman Osborn is still loopy as ever, the Punisher was killed and resurrected as the FrankenPunisher (no I am not making this up) and the dead have returned to the DC Universe to bore the crap out of us.\u00a0 Oh, and Archie finally married Betty, after marrying Veronica, of course.\u00a0 Wouldn’t you?\u00a0 If you can afford the five-dollar cover price, this week’s Dark Avengers<\/em> annual features a new chapter in the life of Grant Morrison’s Marvel Boy, and introduces a new character destined to have a Bendis-penned miniseries out sometime next year.\u00a0 And is it just me, or has Ultimate Spider-Man<\/em> lost something without Mark Bagley’s pencils?\u00a0 The new issues just don’t feel right, and I have no idea how Peter gets his Spidey mask on over that anime peninsula of hair he’s sporting.<\/p>\n

Until Cerebus votes for Sarah Palin, this is Illustrator X<\/strong> keeping it sci-fi!<\/p>\n

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