Frank Quitely’s Alan Moore Portrait

The dark wizard glares into my very soul. Look closely at the beard.

Thanks to CB Cebulski for tweeting it. The image was shown at the gallery opening at Crack Bang Boom, a convention which I believe to be in Argentina.

Comments

  1. vadamowens vadamowens says:

    wow

  2. Joshy Joshy says:

    flattering 

  3. Andrew Andrew says:

    Wow!

  4. hawkwoof says:

    Somewhere in that beard is missing scenes from Neonomicon #2.

  5. Jim Mroczkowski Jimski (@jimski) says:

    I look forward to Alan’s screed about how today’s artists can’t come up with their own original portraits.

  6. Dude.

  7. valo valo says:

    That looks like the best picture for my guest room.

  8. NathanNicdao NathanNicdao says:

    It’s the eyes.

  9. take a closer look…his beard is made up of words…

  10. TomE TomE says:

    Yes, my Master, what is your will?

  11. Gerry Lopez nudebuddha says:

    Very cool, but hang that in your house and there’s no sleeping.

  12. odino1 odino1 says:

    I believe that is intentionally re-interpreting (from a different angle) the Leonardo Da Vinci self portrait.

  13. put that in your conference room and you win every meeting through intimidation. 

  14. stuclach stuclach says:

    Amazing. 

  15. Two masters jamming on the cosmos.

  16. lifesend lifesend says:

    That is an amazing beard.

  17. stustap stustap says:

    New iPhone wallpaper get!

  18. RobotZombie RobotZombie says:

    I want to wear that as a mask for next Halloween.

  19. Is this going to be in the new Thundercats cartoon?

    Seriously though, fucking amazing. 

  20. arhartman arhartman says:

    i think I saw something like this in Ghostbusters 2. 

  21. mmyoung mmyoung says:

    When you look into the beard, the beard looks also into you.

  22. WHY DO I KEEP LOOKING AT IT.?

  23. Cormac Cormac says:

    That’s what Rasputin would look like with a ponytail. Poison him, shoot him, burn him…he will not die.

  24. PraxJarvin PraxJarvin says:

    “They… sent a poet.”

  25. cprevite cprevite says:

    Th-the beard. It’s talking to me.

    Kidding aside, that’s pretty amazing. 

  26. edward edward says:

    pretty good.

  27. Apotheosize Apotheosize says:

    Is Frank going to do anymore issues of anything anytime soon?

  28. Those aren’t just words in the beard they are literary masterpieces. Man that’s like Da Vinci Code status. Absolutely incredible.

  29. ccarney ccarney says:

    That is impressive.

    Also is he going to be a villian in the DC universe reboot? Because he sure looks the part.

  30. edward edward says:

    Cebuski? what is the new talent agent for Marvel doing tweeting stuff from DC’s best artist?

  31. ed209AF ed209AF says:

    Alan didn’t even have to sit down to do this portrait, he just gave Quitely a single look and the image burned into his brain. 

  32. Wow, that is amazing. The titles of his books in the beard is a fantastic idea. Quitely is a master artist, if only he drew more often. :(

  33. MikePositive MikePositive says:

    Sooo what does it say in the beard? Not sure if it’s just me not being able to read it or my brain trying to avoid having nightmares forever and making me look away.

  34. Tork Tork says:

    For this picture, Frank Quitely ripped the eyes out of Alan Moore’s head and pasted them to the page.  He’s very dedicated.

  35. WheelHands WheelHands says:

    An amazing balance between beautiful and terrifying.

  36. Just staggering. 

  37. Bryce31 Bryce31 says:

    Haunting.

  38. quenbyh says:

    I thought about putting it on a wallpaper somewhere, but it is too terrifying.  Incredible!  

  39. Firevine Firevine says:

    That is my favorite beard with a crazy, genius man attached.

  40. JNewcomb JNewcomb says:

    What’s it say in the beard? I can’t quite read it…

  41. Still can’t keep away from this page. I also am growing a bread… is this the beard endgame?

  42. That is just frightening

  43. EgonSpengler EgonSpengler says:

    “He is VIGO! you are like zee buzzing of flies to him!”

  44. @EgonSpengler  –he sits in a mountain of skulls in a a castle of pain, on a throne of blood…he commands you!

  45. StripeyTees StripeyTees says:

    How many staples of comic history were written under the influence of a little weed?

    Judging by those eyes;

    alot of them.

  46. MezoMojo MezoMojo says:

    It must be terribly difficult for Mr. Moore to eat spaghetti marinara.  Possibly a swaddling of stain resistant gauze for the lower part of of his head would work, with appetures left for breathing and pasta intake?  Or maybe what we’re seeing here is the aftermath of many failed attempts.

  47. Tork Tork says:

    I imagine his beard is alive and actually helps put the spaghetti in his mouth.  I also imagine he’s secretly Davey Jones.

  48. daccampo daccampo says:

    Wow. Took me a little while, but I just realized its the titles in his beard. I see Lost Girls, Watchmen, Dodgem Logic, From Hell, Swamp Thing… just…wow.

  49. odino1 odino1 says:

    @daccampo: good catch!

  50. conallgil says:

    @Apotheosize  I think he’s doing interiors on some Morrison book called Pax Americana or maybe I’m getting it confused with something else and there is a soon to be fully announced book he’s doing with Millar

  51. balsalm balsalm says:

    Now I have something to hang over my bed!

    Incredible piece.

  52. this is nice. i saw this months ago at a cbldf thing quietly did

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