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Alan Moore

The author of such groundbreaking works as Watchmen, Miracleman, and much more, Alan Moore is considered by many to be the best writer in the history of the comic book form. Moore's 1986 epic Watchmen, along with Miller's Dark Knight are arguably the most important single works of the modern comics era and have influenced subsequent generations of creators and their projects up to the present day.

Moore got his start in comics in the early 1980's, working for a variety of British publishers including Marvel UK (Captain Britain, The Daredevils, and others)and Fleetway (such as The Balad of Halo Jones for 2000 AD), and for Dez Skinn's Warrior magazine, where he created Miracleman and V for Vendetta.

Beginning with the January 1984 cover-dated issue #20 of fading DC title Saga of the Swamp Thing, Moore introduced his brand of sophisticated drama for adults to the mainstream American audience. The success of Moore's run on Swamp Thing ultimately led to the formation of DC's Vertigo imprint, which over the past decade has been one of the cornerstones of the modern comics scene.

With the 1986-87 DC series Watchmen, Moore established that level of sophisticated drama, complex characterization, and intricate plotting as the new face of comics. Written as sort of a capstone for the superhero comic, the project also provided the genre with a new beginning, forcing creators and publishers to look at their venerable heroes in new ways.

Moore has worked on a variety of other comics projects over the past 15 years, such as Big Numbers, Lost Girls, and From Hell (recently adapted in the Johnny Depp / Heather Graham film). In the mid-1990's Moore worked on a number of Image projects such as 1963, Spawn, and Jim Lee's Wildcats. He subsequently moved on to Rob Liefeld's Awesome universe with Supreme and many others, and currently has the ABC line at DC/Wildstorm.

Avatar is currently publishing a project originated at Liefeld's Awesome, the eagerly-anticipated Alan Moore's Glory.

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Permanent link to archive for 01/11/29. Thursday, November 29, 2001

Alan Moore's Glory #2
cover by Matt Martin, color by Nimbus
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