Alan Moore to write libretto for Gorillaz duopublished Tue, Nov 10 2009 04:50 GMT
Fans of graphic novels and Gorillaz rejoice! The comics legend is writing the lyrics for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's next operaFor the follow-up to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's opera Monkey: Journey to the West, the duo have turned to a man best known for flawed superheroes, melancholy swamp things and a nymphomaniac Alice in Wonderland. Comics legend Alan Moore is to write the lyrics for the pair's next production, he has revealed."They came down to Northampton last week because we're planning for me to do the libretto on their next opera ," Moore recently told Mustard magazine. Though Moore offered no more details than that – and semi-erroneously referred to the pair as Gorillaz – Moore's news will ...
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