Move on over, Bono and Spider-Man — this is what I really want to see.
The Guardian reports that Alan Moore has been contacted by Damon Albern and Jamie Hewlett to work on the follow-up to their opera Monkey: Journey to the West. Read on:
“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 still set Blur (and comics) fans salivating. Albarn and Hewlett’s last show, Monkey: Journey to the West, was a hit in 2007 and led to a series of animated spots for the BBC’s Beijing Olympics coverage.
Jeez, can you imagine an Alan Moore-penned musical? I can pretty much see it now — imagine Rorscach the Rapper:
Rorscach’s Journal, 1985
Hunting pimps and crooks,
The scum don’t stay alive
The rain’s hitting hard,
Blood is runnin’ down the streets,
Giving guard dogs
A serrated puppy treat
Five years later,
I’m as crazy as can be,
I break into your house,
And I eat up all your beans,
In the face of Armageddon,
I act on my say-so,
The scum will ask for help
I’ll look down and say “no”
Say what you want, I’d pay good money to see that musical.
