MINDLESS NEWS: Special “Alan Moore Knows the Score” Edition!
June 9th, 2011
DC’s September reboot might have dominated the week’s comics news, but while the rest of you were all wondering whether Grant Morrison would be writing Watchmen 2: The Curse of Ozymandias’ Gold, I was out exchanging inky handshakes with any number of shifty characters in order to bring you a real scoop!
Here it is, don’t say we’re not good to you!
MARVEL COMICS PROUDLY PRESENTS: ‘THE MAN WHOSE HEAD EXPANDED’, A TWELVE PART XORN MAXI-SERIES BY WATCHMEN AUTEUR AND BEARDED FANCYMAN ALAN MOORE!!!
EVER WONDER WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON DURING THE XORNETO DEBACLE? YOU MIGHT THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT MUCH FANCIED WORD-BURBLER AND PART TIME SWAMP THING IMPRESSIONIST ALAN MOORE KNOWS OTHERWISE, AND NOW – FINALLY! – HE’S AGREED TO TELL THE REAL STORY IN THE MIGHTY MARVEL MANNER!!!!!
WHAT’S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MAN WITH THE STAR FOR A HEAD, EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE LEATHERY NAZI-HUNTER, MARK E SMITH, AND A SINISTER GANG OF SCOTTISH SKINHEADS?!!?!! FIND OUT IN ‘THE MAN WHOSE HEAD EXPANDED’, A FIVE STAR RAVE-UP IN TWELVE SPECTACULAR ISSUES!!!!!!!!
ART BY FRANK QUITELY; COLOURS BY BRENDAN MCCARTHY/STEVE COOK.
STARTS 6th JUNE 2012
‘What Alan’s done here, and it’s quite clever, but basically he’s taken the idea – what if a man had a star for a head – and he’s sort of pointed out all the ways in which it doesn’t make sense. Because it doesn’t, really, when you think about it. A man with a star for a head. Ridiculous.’ — Stewart Lee, CLiNT Magazine
‘I’m dead me!’ — William Blake, Wizard’s Top Colourist, 2003-2005
‘Don’t worry Grant, I’ll probably only manage two or three issues this year! – Frank “the shank” Quitely, chin expert
June 9th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
I will be buying this whether it exists or not.
June 9th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
I look forward to your review!
June 10th, 2011 at 8:05 am
Are we too good to youse goize or what?!!?!??
Remember you heard it here foist true beleivers!
June 10th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Hilarious. I would buy this.
June 10th, 2011 at 10:51 pm
I’ll be too busy reading Moz’ Action Comics.
June 11th, 2011 at 7:51 am
Me too!
June 11th, 2011 at 8:24 am
Yeah right. That’s a totally made up story.
June 11th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Aren’t they all?
June 12th, 2011 at 1:35 am
You had me at “bearded fancyman.”
June 12th, 2011 at 6:14 am
Anton. Anton Anton Anton Anton. I know you were totally set up for that one but well done, sir.