Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett enlist 'Watchman''s Alan Moore

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have recruited comic book writer Alan Moore for their next joint project.

Moore, who wrote the 'Watchmen' comics (which were turned into a film earlier this year), confirmed the news during an interview with Mustardweb.org about his new magazine Dodgem Logic, which is due to launch in November.

"They came down to Northampton last week because we're planning for me to do the libretto on their next opera project," he explained.

Although Moore didn't reveal any specifics, the project he spoke about could allude to 'Carousel', which Hewlett first referenced in 2008. He said that Albarn had written 70 songs for the project, which was likely to appear on film and stage and be even more ambitious than the duo's 2008 opera 'Monkey: Journey To The West'.

Moore also revealed that he hoped to get the animated band to feature in one of his future comics. "We've hopefully got Gorillaz on board [to appear in a forthcoming issue of Dodgem Logic]," he said.