Podcast: Alan Moore’s early work in Warrior Magazine issues 1-12

Cover of Warrior magazine issue 7 with Marvelman flying into the sky

We can’t talk about the Dark Age of Comics without talking about Alan Moore, so 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 comics and short sci-fi stories. Warrior gave Moore his first shot at … Read more

The Secret Origins of Avatar Press

The Secret Origins of Avatar Press, The Last Outlaw Publisher I’ve long been puzzled by Avatar Press’s origins. It appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the mid-90s to publish a staggering number of titles that had previously been published elsewhere. Most of these were “Bad Girl” comics, like Widow (London Night Studios), NiraX (Entity), Hellina … Read more