"Out from the Underground" by Alan Moore is a comprehensive examination of the career of the renowned cartoonist Alan Moore. The book highlights Moore's transdisciplinary practice, which combines elements of poetry, illustration, music, and theater. It traces the development of Moore's work from the underground comic scene of the 1970s to the commercial music press influenced by punk. Through the analysis of Moore's involvement in the Northampton Arts Lab and the hippie counterculture, it becomes clear how performance has shaped his approach to comics and their political potential. The work draws parallels to Bertolt Brecht and explores how viewing Alan Moore as a cartoonist opens up new perspectives on comics, their visual and material form, as well as the performance and politics of reading and creating.