4:00 PM on 12.21.2009 |
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Let me start off by saying this, above is a picture of Alan Moore. Yes, the famed comic writer of Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Yes, that same Alan Moore is now a schoolgirl thanks to Japanese artist Ryusuke Hamamoto. We've seen doujins re-assign genders before, but I never thought I would see Alan Moore transformed into an English schoolgirl.
You can check out some of the preview scans below in the gallery. Not so surprisingly, Alan looks rather grumpy.
[Ryusuke Hamamoto's DeviantArt via Bleeding Cool]
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