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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 individual 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, A Small Killing, 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 which includes titles such as League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Avatar has published three issues (0, 1, and 2) of a project originated at Liefeld's Awesome, the highly-regarded Alan Moore's Glory. Avatar has also released Alan Moore's Magic Words, Alan Moore's The Courtyard, Alan Moore's Another Suburban Romance, Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures, and an updated new edition of Alan Moore's A Small Killing.

Avatar has a number of Moore and related projects coming in 2004, beginning with Nightjar, the continuation of a horror saga began by Moore and Bryan Talbot some 20 years ago (the original installment of which finally appeared in print for the first time in Yuggoth Cultures #1) and continued today by Antony Johnston and Max Fiumara.

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Alan Moore & Oscar Zarate's "From Hell Coda" in Yuggoth Cultures #3 from Avatar

Avatar Press has announced that ALAN MOORE'S YUGGOTH CULTURES AND OTHER GROWTHS, the career-spanning series of out of print and hard to find comic book horror stories from one of the medium's acknowledged masters, will include a coda to FROM HELL by Moore and Oscar Zarate (A SMALL KILLING). The story, entitled I Keep Coming Back, will appear in issue #3 of Yuggoth Cultures, scheduled for release in November from Avatar Press.

"I Keep Coming Back is almost a completely true-life story," notes Alan Moore. "It also serves as a coda to FROM HELL, if you like. It was originally written for an anthology of "London noir," and since the events in it had almost just happened to me it seemed like there was a good little London noir story right there. For people who've read FROM HELL, it's a very interesting little sort of coda to that piece."

"This coda to the masterpiece FROM HELL is a prime example of the type of horror material we are collecting in YUGGOTH CULTURES," notes William Christensen. "And part of the horror is that much of this material from one of the most important creators in comics is either long out of print or has never seen print in the U.S. I Keep Coming Back and the rest of Yuggoth Cultures is a key part of Moore's body of work, and I'm proud to include this series alongside the likes of THE COURTYARD, A SMALL KILLING, and ANOTHER SUBURBAN ROMANCE in our line of Alan Moore projects."

The YUGGOTH CULTURES AND OTHER GROWTHS series also includes such gems as the newly-completed first part of Moore and Bryan Talbot's important lost classic NIGHTJAR, a story started 20 years ago which was supposed to appear in UK comic book WARRIOR, the legendary anthology where other Moore classics such as MIRACLEMAN and V FOR VENDETTA appeared. Work written by Moore with artwork from a number of high-profile creators including, Hunt Emerson, Val Semieks, Jacen Burrows, Juan Jose Ryp, Marat Mychaels, and Mike Wolfer is also included, as are a number of Moore's Lovecraftian epics adapted by Antony Johnston (ALAN MOORE'S THE COURTYARD) and appearing for the first time in comics.

ALAN MOORE'S YUGGOTH CULTURES is a three part, 40 page per issue mini-series beginning in September 2003 from Avatar Press. The series features stories by Alan Moore with artwork from a number of high-profile creators including Bryan Talbot, Val Semieks, Oscar Zarate, Jacen Burrows, Juan Jose Ryp, and Mike Wolfer, with covers by Juan Jose Ryp. ALAN MOORE'S YUGGOTH CULTURES #3, which includes the FROM HELL coda, is solicited for November 2003 release. For more information, contact Avatar Press editor-in-chief William Christensen at william@avatarpress.net.
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