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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone: A First-Class Cult Movie
Everyone seems to have their own definition of what constitutes a “cult movie”. For my part, I’d define it as a movie in which the main narrative, the overall plot, isn’t very interesting, but there… [more]
Sequart Announces Meet the Magus: Magic in the Work of Alan Moore
Sequart is proud to announce that it will publish Meet the Magus: Magic in the Work of Alan Moore, authored by Dr. Hannah Means-Shannon. Meet the Magus: Magic in the Work of Alan Moore explores… [more]
Alan Moore’s Brighter Than You Think
Brighter Than You Think “The mainspring of an individual is his creative Will. This Will is the sum of his tendencies, his destiny, his inner truth.” - John Whiteside Parsons, “Doing Your Will” (July 31,… [more]
Neil Gaiman: The Early Years, The Magician’s Choice in The Books of Magic
The Books of Magic was published from 1990-1991, at a time when Sandman was underway and gathering steam but the Vertigo universe was still forming, and demarcations between Vertigo and the DC Universe had not… [more]
Theology and Bullshit
To be honest, the end of the world has always scared the shit out of me.
Meet the Magus 10, The Magus in Time: From Hell Part II
Alan Moore is still better known for his super-hero work than for his esoterically themed or experimental genre-breakers, but this may not always be the case.
Meet the Magus 9, Gods and Demons: From Hell Part I
In subject matter, history, and art style, From Hell stands apart from other works written by Alan Moore, but that hasn’t made it obscure, rather notorious.
Meet the Magus, Part 8: Transforming Perception in Another Suburban Romance
Quite a few of Moore’s works don’t merely feature transformative themes but display a capacity for transformation themselves. By taking on new forms, they lead what could be described as parallel or alternate lives.
Meet the Magus, Part 7: Dualism and the Dark Side in Batman: The Killing Joke
For fans, many of the works that Alan Moore produced for DC carry the shadow of later acrimony between the author and publisher
Meet the Magus, Part 6: A World Inside, Outside in Alan Moore and Oscar Zarate’s A Small Killing
Three years before Alan Moore announced his decision to become a magician and roughly four years before the performance event of The Birth Caul, he collaborated with Oscar Zarate on an unusual graphic novel.
Meet the Magus, Part 5: Microcosm, Macrocosm, and Magic in V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta may well be Alan Moore’s most politically concerned work, and its sci-fi dystopian vision has a decidedly practical edge.
Meet the Magus, Part 4: Phantasmagoria and the Occult in Saga of the Swamp Thing
The most pertinent question to ask of ourselves at the outset of discussing fictional works by Moore that deal in some way with magic or even the occult is “what is the difference between a… [more]
Meet the Magus, Part 3: The Deep Green, Jack of the Green, and the Swamp Thing
Ten years before Alan Moore informed friends and family that he would be pursuing the path of a practicing magician, he began working for the megalithic American comics company DC on the production of The… [more]
Meet the Magus, Part 2: The Universal Dance in Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s Snakes and Ladders
When we discuss the relationship between Alan Moore’s artistic works and magic, clearly marked boundaries become, instead, borderlands of relationship.
Meet the Magus, Part 1: The Birth Caul
Allow me to introduce you to a man you may have met before through his writing, art, or interviews.