Dodgem Logic: A fanzine by Alan Moore

[Dave Wallace]

Here's an interesting interview with Alan Moore, in which he discusses his new Dodgem Logic fanzine.

It looks (and sounds) very interesting - contributors to the first issue include Josie Long, Graham Linehan, and Kevin O'Neill (who supplied this bizarre illustration):

And possible future contributors include Stewart Lee, and the band Gorillaz.

Moore also mentions another upcoming project with Gorillaz that sounds quite interesting, too:

What do you have planned for future issues of Dodgem Logic?

We’ve got a lot of good stuff coming up in the second issue. Melinda’s doing an article on Burlesque and a brilliant local photographer, Mitch Jenkinson, who’s going to be doing our cover, is doing an inside spread with some of the local Burlesque ladies. That should be a pretty good-looking issue.

Then the issue after that we’ve hopefully got Gorillaz onboard. They came down to Northampton last week because we’re planning for me to do the libretto on their next opera project. Being an opportunist, I of course asked them if they’d be prepared to contribute some pages to Dodgem Logic. Rather than just doing an interview with them, I thought it would be interesting to hand over a few pages for them to curate.

And just today Stewart Lee was saying he’d love to do something for a future issue. So if we build it they will come, that’s our philosophy.

After Moore's musical experimentation in LOEG: Century, it'll be fun to see him turn his hand to something completely original.

(Oddly enough, Moore's work with Gorillaz was mentioned in a Bleeding Cool story - but mention of Gorillaz was then removed, with Rich Johnston saying that the information had been released before it should have been - although the story's URL still contains some clues.)

[Dave Wallace]

Here's my review of the first issue (just in case you missed it - it's been posted as a soapbox rather than a regular review, since Dodgem Logic isn't really a comic).

[Dave Wallace]

Alan Moore sings at the Dodgem Logic launch party.