Comic book movies are all the rage now, attracting big box office, A-list stars, critical acclaim, and even major awards. But there was once a time when they were, how to put this kindly, not great.

Had Alan Moore just stopped writing comics after the 1980s — during which readers were introduced to Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell, Batman: The Killing Joke, and Superman: Whatever Happened to ...

We're currently living in the age of comic book movies, with the MCU still going (mostly) strong after over a decade and the DCU having just been rebooted by James Gunn's Superman. But a film being ...

Allan Quartmain aims a revolver as he stands by the bar in a messy library room. Image via 20th Century Studios While the comic book movie genre is all the rage now thanks to the MCU and DC, there was ...

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was Moore at his most ambitious. The comic took the classics of literature, all of which had passed into the public domain, and combined them together, creating a ...

One of the most notorious examples is The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Released in 2003, the film adapted the celebrated comic book series by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, which brings together ...