Before Watchmen, Alan Moore serialized V for Vendetta in this British magazine

Today we're diving into Warrior Magazine, the anthology that first published Alan Moore's groundbreaking V for Vendetta and Marvelman comics. Previously, Moore had worked mostly on humor strips and short sci-fi comics. Warrior gave Moore his first shot at writing the more serious, long-form superhero comics that he's known for today. In this episode, we look at Warrior's background and context, Moore's work for the magazine, and some of the other stories they published, including those by Moore's mentor Steve Moore (no relation). Subscribe: Podcast feed: https://feed.podbean.com/sewermutant/... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3pmH36FSvTTgFUTnobKldH Email newsletter: https://klintron.com/newsletter/ Transcript and more: https://sewermutant.com/podcast-alan-... Music: krudler.bandcamp.com More Klint:   / klintfinley   More John: https://jamesobarr.wordpress.com Show notes: (02:24) Maxwell the Magic Cat was published weekly in the Northants Post from 1979 to 1986. The strips were collected by Acme Press in single issues from 1986-1987. (05:31) Paul Neary was the editor-in-chief of Marvel UK from 1990 to 1993, which is the period that the company published a bunch of color, US-sized non-anthology titles that were also distributed in the US. Death's Head II by Dan Abnett and Liam Sharp is probably the most notable, but Warheads, created by Neary and Gary Erskine and executed by various creators, is a personal favorite of mine. (6:41) Elizabeth Sandifer was a bit more forgiving of Moore's work than I remember. I should also note that before "Stars My Degredation," Moore did a strip in Sounds called "Roscoe Moscow." You can find the first book of Last War in Albion here: https://www.eruditorumpress.com/last-... (08:16) Axel Pressbutton first appeared in "Three Eyes McGurk and His Death Planet Commandos" in the music magazine Black Star issues 22-25, 1979–1980. (19:55) Eclipse also reprinted the first "Father Shandor" story in John Bolton: Halls of Horror issue 2. (25:32): You can read Moore's comments about "Sun Dodgers" in this interview by Lance Parkin: https://lanceparkin.wordpress.com/201... The Doll was a pitch for DC Thompson, Moore described the character as "a freakish terrorist in white-face make-up who traded under the name of the Doll and waged war upon a totalitarian state sometime in the late 1980s." They appeared on the cover for the third issue of The Northampton Arts Group Magazine, which you can find in Last War in Albion chapter 80 or on page 47 of Magic Words by Parkin. (35:13) You can find the timeline for the shared universe here: https://alanmooreworld.blogspot.com/2.... It was originally published in Kimota: A Miracle Man Companion. V for Vendetta is actually described as an alternate timeline where Mickey Moran doesn't ever remember the magic word. I'm not sure what happens to Kid Marvelman in this timeline... (40:31): We didn't mention it, but Steve Moore's most popular work was probably Abslom Daak, which first appeared in stories written by Steve Moore and drawn by Steve Dillon in Doctor Who Weekly in 1980. Moore and Dillon's stories were collected in the Marvel UK graphic novel Abslom Daak: Dalek Killer in 1990. Chapter 19 of Last War in Albion covers Daak and Axel Pressbutton. 41:31: The books I mentioned here: Unearthing by Alan Moore, Somnium: A Fantastic Romance by Steve Moore, and The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic by Alan Moore, Steve Moore, and various artists (including Steve Parkhouse, discussed in this episode).