Not so fast, Faith No More fans. Yesterday, we reported on the announcement that “Watchmen” writer Alan Moore would be partnering with Faith No More singer Mike Patton on an upcoming multimedia project for Lex Records. We’ve now been informed by the U.K. label that, while Moore is indeed involved in a multi-faceted project titled “Unearthing” with a variety of artists, Patton isn’t among those artists.

According to Lex Records, Patton had been approached about the project by collaborators Adam Drucker (”Doseone”) and Andrew Broder (”Fog”), but the initial report indicating that that he had joined the project was in error. Read more…

Bearded comics mega-star Alan Moore has an all-new recording project on the way as part of a new collaboration with spoken word artist Adam Drucker and Faith No More Singer Mike Patton, among others. The “Watchmen” and “V for Vendetta” writer, who is no stranger to the recording arts, laid down two hours of the same vocal talents he used to interpret Rorschach on last year’s “The Mindscape of Alan Moore” DVD. This time, however, the project will be part of a partnership with U.K. label Lex Records and a list of other creators.

“It’s the first volume of a series and it is definitely in the direction of an autobiography,” Lex Records founder Tom Brown told Billboard. The multimedia project, including a photographic novel, Moore’s two-hour audio book, and work by other recording artists is tentatively titled “Unearthing” and slated for a 2010 release date. Read more…

For the casual comic fan out there who only knows “Watchmen” as a super-hyped film based on something called a “graphic novel,” the fact that one of the book’s creators — legendary writer Alan Moore — wouldn’t want his name attached to a film that’s sure to bring in beaucoup box office receipts is probably quite confusing. However, Moore’s unabashed hatred of all-things Hollywood when it comes to his work goes back well before “Watchmen,” and in an interview with TotalFilm.com, he relates some of his thoughts on the subject, and as usual, doesn’t hold back.

“The main reason why comics can’t work as films is largely because everybody who is ultimately in control of the film industry is an accountant,” said Moore. “These people may be able to add up and balance the books, but in every other area they are stupid and incompetent and don’t have any talent.” Read more…

During Saturday’s post-”Spoilers” Q&A with “Watchmen” director Zack Snyder, the discussion turned to the story’s co-creator, Alan Moore, and his famous dislike (to put it mildly) for the Hollywood adaptations of his works. According to Snyder, the subject came up early on in the “Watchmen” conversation — and the answers he received didn’t make the job any easier.

“When I came on the project, [Moore] had already said, ‘I don’t want anything to do with Watchmen. No one call me,’” Snyder told the MTV “Spoilers” audience, adding that one of his first “Watchmen”-related conversations involved him asking, “When do we get to call Alan?” Read more…

With all the hoopla surrounding the rise of the current Steampunk fad, one would assume it would only be a matter of time until a comic book was published that capitalized on the trend…

…only you’d be wrong – truth be told, comics have been well-ahead of the curve when it comes to including Steampunk elements. As a matter of fact, there have been several comics, original graphic novels, and even some well known comic book movies that have delved into the retro-sci-fi genre.

Let’s start off with Mike Mignola, the creator of “Hellboy,” which is chock-fulla Steampunk imagery and elements. Take the character of Johann Strauss from “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army” — with his retro-futuristic containment suit, covered with turn-of-the-century gadgets and puffs of steam shooting out from him sporadically, Strauss is clearly the more obvious of Mignola’s characters influenced by the subculture. Read more…

These days, you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone out there who isn’t excited about next year’s ridiculously-anticipated “Watchmen” feature film. However, there’s one resident of Northampton, England, who’s definitely not counting the days until the film’s release — the writer of the original series, Alan Moore.

In an interview with the L.A. Times’ “Hero Complex” blog, Moore — who’s vocally denounced any involvement whatsoever when it comes to the Hollywood machine adapting his work, which includes “V for Vendetta” and “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” — talks about the upcoming “Watchmen” film, and just in case you were wondering if he’s as taken with what’s been seen of Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” as the rest of us, well…

“I can tell you that I will be spitting venom all over it for months to come,” the writer is quoted in the piece. Read more…

Set to be released September 30, the two-disc DVD “The Mindscape of Alan Moore” features exclusive interviews with the enigmatic godfather himself, Alan Moore, as it explores his expansive works through the eyes of such folks as Dave Gibbons and Jose Villarubia.

In the exclusive clip below, Moore not only discusses his legendary graphic novel “Watchmen,” but also reads passages from the book over panels AND a live-action re-creation of a pinnacle Rorschach moment. That’s right, get your first crack at an actor dressed in the character’s classic garb before you see Zack Snyder’s take next year.

Excited by the trailer for “Watchmen”? It’s probably because you thought Alan Moore’s groundbreaking graphic novel might have been — how did they put it? — “unfilmable.” Several thought the work too dense, too self-referential, too much about comics. But with the little we’ve seen so far, that seems to be proven otherwise. So what else could Hollywood be wrong about? For starters:

Alan Moore’s “Lost Girls” — It’s a wild tale, even by Moore’s standards. Alice from “Alice in Wonderland,” Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” and Wendy from “Peter Pan” meet up and realize that their stories are actually metaphors for sexual awakening, and go for some girl-on-girl action while they’re at it. Very erotic. Or, as Moore prefers to think of it, very pornographic. Either go for an unrated version like “The Dreamers” and be true to the text — or keep the sex less explicit.

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