Alan Moore Tonight!

[Whirlysplat]

I just got back from a packed lecture hall full of London's comics fan elite at the Institute of Education. We were all gathered to hear Alan and his Wife Melinda talk about the U.K. delayed release of the 17 years in the making "Lost Girls", delayed due not to censorship but to copyright entanglements here, over the use of J. M. Barrie's character "Wendy". It was an interesting evening it's many years since I had the chance to hear Alan speak and as due to work entanglements I could not see Neil Gaiman last month, more than a bit of a treat. The most interesting two things to come out of the evening was that Neil Gaiman is quoted as considering that "Lost Girls" can not be seen as pornography due to the fact it is to physically heavy to be used as such, the original printing of Peter Pan had some pretty sexually risque references to fairies having orgies etc. and L. Frank Baum was a Kl Klux Klan supporter. Which leads me to my final point. I received my copy of "Lost Girls" from the U.S. sometime ago and really couldn't see what the fuss was about. Did reading it make any of you feel uncomfortable and if so why and what was it?

- Whirly

 

[C.F. Kane]

I haven't been able to get it anywhere.



And I'm still pissed that Moore delayed The Black Dossier until 2007, so I'll just be bitter for awhile.

 

[Motown Marvel]

i REALLY want to read this book....its just way out of my price range right now.

 

[Chauncey]

Lost Girls is, in my opinion, some of Moore's all time best work. It's astounding that someone, anyone could take what is essentialy the most hardcore, taboo pornography you've ever seen and make it one of the most beautiful pieces of art you've ever read. You guys really must read these graphic novels. Unless ofcourse you're little sheltered *****es that are afraid of porno.

 

[Chauncey]

Also. I suggest you read it while high.

 

[Whirlysplat]

Also. I suggest you read it while high.

I thought it was excellent as well. Although I no longer get high due to my job. I would lose it immediatly if caught . I haven't got high since University .

- Whirly

 

[Kool-Aid]

My post was erased. Someone can't take a joke.

 

[Whirlysplat]

My post was erased. Someone can't take a joke.

I lost a post to, the reply to yours.

weird.

- Whirly

 

[bmelton]

Lost Girls is, in my opinion, some of Moore's all time best work. It's astounding that someone, anyone could take what is essentialy the most hardcore, taboo pornography you've ever seen and make it one of the most beautiful pieces of art you've ever read. You guys really must read these graphic novels. Unless ofcourse you're little sheltered *****es that are afraid of porno.

Are there seriously people that are AFRAID of porno? I always assumed that people acting that way were just doing so in public, then retreated to their rooms and *********ed furiously.