{"id":1957,"date":"2009-11-11T17:55:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T16:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:30:45","slug":"gorillaz-and-alan-moore-watchmen-v-swamp-thing-collaborating-on-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/gorillaz-and-alan-moore-watchmen-v-swamp-thing-collaborating-on-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorillaz and Alan Moore (Watchmen, V, Swamp Thing) Collaborating on Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1958 lazyload\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Monkey - journey to the west\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/monkey-journey-to-the-west-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"Monkey - journey to the west\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/monkey-journey-to-the-west-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/monkey-journey-to-the-west-430x357.jpg 430w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/monkey-journey-to-the-west.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/>This is obviously a good month for unexpected collaborations &#8211; first Wierd Al and the Pixies, and now Damon Albarn&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gorillaz.com\/\">virtual band Gorillaz<\/a> and the eccentric genius behind some of the biggest graphic novels of the last 30 years (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell &lt;&#8211; Literally a massive book) , <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Moore\">Alan Moore<\/a>, on the libretto (the little book containing the text and story of an opera) for the new theatrical\/operatic work curated by the Gorillaz, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gorillaz\/29326\">&#8220;Monkey: Journey to the West&#8221;<\/a>. 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