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2002 online interviews

  Source   Zarjaz, EngineComics.co.uk
  Date   Sep 2002
  Title   The Craft
  Interviewer   Daniel Whiston
  Link   http://www.enginecomics.co.uk/interviews/jan05/
  Subjects   art and techniques of writing, approach to plotting, improvisation with regards to the plot, examining the creative process, dealing with language, signal and noise, Lost Girls and pornography, origins of Lost Girls, creation of characters, autonomy of characters, ideaspace, synaesthesia, reality created by language, the mystery of writing, where ideas come from, magic and power related to language, Welsh bards, tyranny of controlling and limiting language, why he started writing, how he breaks down a comics page, inspiration of early newspaper comics, superiority of comics as a medium for communicating ideas, devices and stylistic limitations in Voice of Fire, Kabbalah, magical weapons needed for writing, structure and themes of Watchmen, the consciousness of fictional characters, on the failure of Killing Joke, on collaborating with comic artists, the marvel school of producing comics, Jack Kirby’s role in early Marvel, the Novel and class structure, the novel of manners and genre fiction, favourite authors and books.
  Moore Work   Swamp Thing, Big Numbers (#2), Voice Of The Fire, Promethea (#12), Watchmen, Lost Girls, From Hell, Killing Joke, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
  Word Count   26,600
  Note   An in-depth look at creativity and writing, and how magic informs the creative process.

  Source   DiamondComics.com
  Date   Late 2002
  Title   Mythic Proportions
  Interviewer   Scott Braden
  Link   http://www.diamondcomics.co.uk/previews/editorial/
  Subjects   similarities between Glory and Promethea, plans for ABC comics, Lost Girls
  Moore Work   Glory, Promethea, Tom Strong, Lost Girls
  Word Count   2,000

  Source   The Guardian
  Date   2 Feb 2002
  Title   Moore’s Murderer
  Interviewer   Steve Rose
  Link   http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/sciencefiction/story/
  Subjects   From Hell movie, becoming a magician.
  Moore Work   From Hell.
  Word Count   1,350

  Source   LA Weekly
  Date   Jan 2002
  Title   The Rational Shaman
  Interviewer   Jay Babcock
  Link   http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/07/cover-babcock.php
  Subjects   shamanism, magic, first experience with magic, Glycon, magic as linguistics, ABC comics prepared to previous darker work, pornography as opposed to erotica
  Moore Work   Promethea, Lost Girls.
  Word Count   3,650