Spider-Man by Alan Moore

>not doing all of 1963

delicious unfinished forever series

Storytime?

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>>85796457
Yup yup

>>85796432
I felt like doing this one tonight because I read the preview for Slott's latest shitfest. I may do all of it at some point. Even if would be extremely frustrating when we reach the end

>>85796660
>that almost Mxyzptlk in the bottom corner
Clever.

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That's it, hope you guys enjoyed it.

>>85796483
>affable al moore
so he was once able to pretend to be a human being?

As someone who read a lot of classic Spider-Man thanks to my brother-in-law, this is perfect. The dialogue, the thought bubbles, the action, the puns... it's perfect. I lost my shit when he called his mom because that's a thing classic Spidey would do in the middle of a fight.

>>85796402
This was pretty great, thanks OP

>>85796761
I do like the twist on the origin. Making him a Robin analogue who grew into Spider-man shows how much the use of kid heroes have changed over the decades especially since spider-man came into the picture.

>>85799289

I think after the fallout between Bissette and Moore, the split up the 1963 character rights between them. Bissette got basically everyone from this issue of Fury, the Hypernaut story, and the N-Man story, I think. Mystery Incorporated is Moore and Veitch's.

Bissette had plans to use Fury and the rest but I don't think anything came of it.

>>85796402
Alan Moore is a hack and I'm glad that he is not doing big two comics anymore

>>85796896
I didn't.
Die in a fire, kill yourself

Thanks OP

This was too perfect. I want more.

>>85803791
So you want me to die in a fire or kill myself? I'm getting mixed signals here, dude.

>>85796896
Absolutely delicious
Cheers, OP

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Really wish some of the 1963 characters could get a "second life" somewhere because the concept and execution of Hypernaut too genius to be left collecting dust

>>85796402
Is 1963 really one of the best things Moore has done? I've only read bits and bobs but I hear people claiming it's on a par with Watchmen occasionally.

Thanks OP. 1963 is the superior and sadly less known Alan Moore old comics emulation book

This was great. Thanks for introducing this to me OP.

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>>85805450
It's a pitch perfect recreation of silver age Marvel comics style and delivers great stories within that style. I don't know about better than watchmen since watchmen is longer and more complex work whereas 1963 boils down to"old comics good, new comics bad".

That said if anyone has further insight into what makes 1963 better than watchmen I would love to here it

>>85805531
Thanks for the reply Anon. 1963 hasn't been collected yet, has it? Seeing as it was left unfinished I doubt it...I'm enjoying this storytime, though.

>>85805766
It doesn't look like any collection has been published but the individual issues can be bought on Amazon for a dollar or so each

>>85802163

>fallout between Bissette and Moore

Wha, what happened?

>>85806797
Sometime not long after 1963 ended, Moore took offense at something Bissette said (can't remember if it was in a TCJ interview or when Dave Sim interviewed him) and then wanted nothing to do with him. They split up the 1963 characters rights as part of the agreement; anything that Bissette had involvement with creating went to him (Fury, N-Man, Hypernaut), but it also meant that Moore had right of approval of a 1963 reprint.

1963 was going to get reprinted a few years ago but talks fell through near the end.

>>85806914

That's sad to hear. Bissette's team-up with Moore, as well along with Tottleben, resulted in really brilliant stuff. I particularly love how Bissette and Tottleben's art contributed to give the unsettling and haunting feel in Swamp Thing.

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>>85805531
>1963 boils down to"old comics good, new comics bad".

That's an oversimplification. If you look closely at 1963, Moore is actually very criticial of 60's comics. He honors and praises their good parts but is also willing to poke fun at them or savage parts of them if neccesary (reread the bullpen bulletins parody and the letters pages and you'll definitely see this).

Like take this one for instance. This was Moore taking a generalized shot at how Marvel's females were depicted under Stan Lee in the 60's.

>>85807126
That's true, I was unfairly oversimplifying 1963

As for the picture you posted I like that it's a direct reference to a f4 comic where they got a letter with very similar content. In the f4 comic they comfort Sue and tell her that her small role it's perfectly fine. Here she goes off and gets into a fight. It's a nice touch

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>>85807664
Here's the FF pages.

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>>85807812
Well Ben, maybe I will watch lady wrestlers, maybe I will

Pretend comics like this or Amalgam always piss me off because I wish I could actually follow them on a monthly basis.

>>85809482
A legit ongoing of Alan Moore writing not!Spider-Man would have been great

>>85810311
It would be like what Supreme was to Superman in the 90's: a nice solace from the shitty comics of the time and a nice return to a simpler, more fun time. Alas.

Dang it!

Now I'll never know which one of Fury's closest friends or relatives the Voidoid was supposed to be.

Well done hack-Moore!

>>85812436
It's thanks to Jim Lee that 1963 will never be finished.

>>85812993

Motherfucker

This, and ASBAR, what else is he holding up!

>>85805376
The problem is the rights to the characters were divided between the characters and I don't know about the rest, but Moore and Bissette are no longer on speaking terms

Gonna re-read this, 1963 is so good. Good on you for sharing OP. Supreme one of the GOAT runs too imo.

>>85806914
...or was it the time Dave Sim interviewed him for TCJ?!
Seriously though they fell out 'cause of some comments Bissette made about him publishing From Hell (would have been Spiderbaby Graphix, I believe? It was like a Tundra subsidiary but Bissette was in charge, it was more-or-less the "horror wing" of Tundra). Can't remember what exactly was said, I have a load of old print TCJ's but not that one, it was a good few years before I started to buy them.
>>85812993
As if I needed another reason to dislike Jim Lee....

>>85805376
Dat Chester Brown inking is amazing

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