ST205 Constantine, Magic and the Occult
Moore the magician
The 1993 declaration, Promethea, and The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic: what the writer of Swamp Thing came to think magic was.
Reading for this lesson
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Required The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic Alan Moore and Steve Moore, illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, Melinda Gebbie, John Coulthart, Steve Parkhouse, Rick Veitch and Ben Wickey the opening chapters
A long book; read the introduction and the first section.
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Optional Interview with Alan Moore on magic Jay Babcock (interviewer) the whole interview, once verified
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Recommended Alan Moore, Out from the Underground: Cartooning, Performance, and Dissent Maggie Gray the chapter on performance
For Moore's magic as public act.