Gorillaz and Alan Moore (Watchmen, V, Swamp Thing) Collaborating on Opera
This is obviously a good month for unexpected collaborations – first Wierd Al and the Pixies, and now Damon Albarn’s virtual band Gorillaz and the eccentric genius behind some of the biggest graphic novels of the last 30 years (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell <– Literally a massive book) , Alan Moore, on the libretto (the little book containing the text and story of an opera) for the new theatrical/operatic work curated by the Gorillaz, “Monkey: Journey to the West”. Based on the epic Chinese legend, and previously immortalised by the fantatic TV series: