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Picture of the Week: Stan ‘The Man’ at The White House

This week, President Bush presented nine recipients with the National Medal of the Arts, managed by the National Endowment of the Arts. Among the recipients was legendary comic book creator and geek icon Stan Lee, who created Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four — to name a few.
I think this is the beginning [...]

Picture of the Week: New Watchmen Poster

Isn’t it weird how one image can summon so many (geektasic) feelings? That’s what this teaser poster does for me in regards to Watchmen. For anyone who’s been keeping track, Alan Moore is my patron wizard here at Achieve Nerdvana, as evidenced here. And although he’s none too happy about the screen adaptation, Dave Gibbons is [...]

Who Watches The Watchmen? Now, You Do!

Released earlier today was the teaser trailer for the heavily anticipated film Watchmen, based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. This is what we have all been waiting for. Things will never be the same.

Being Alan Moore

Since we are still all over Alan Moore, and Watchmen has been sent to production hell thanks to Rupert Murdoch (of Fox fame) claiming he owns the rights, let’s sit back with Grandpa Moore as he discusses Watchmen on BBC 4!

He may have aged, but damn if he isn’t one of the best writers out [...]

Nar’s Nerd Worship: Alan Moore is a Frakin’ Wizard

Since we’ve started a conversation regarding Alan Moore with the re-issue of The Killing Joke, I thought I’d weigh in on how badass he is! You know his work: Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen…
Moore takes his craft very seriously, which undoubtly leads to him disowning a lot of the stuff he [...]