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Alan Moore was born in Northhampton, England in 1953. As a comic writer he is known mostly for bringing a literary style to the medium often bringing scholarly references to his work, and influencing the likes of Gaiman, Busiek, Morrison and Vaughan.
Moore is probably most famous for his dystopian Watchmen series, which is often regarded as the finest superhero-based comic series of all time. Moore's early work included V for Vendetta , an alternate future of Britian that cast a Guy Fawkes mask wearing protagonist into a fascist society, which featured in Warrior magazine initially, and his work in 2000AD, such as the Ballad of Halo Jones, which remains incomplete. Along with his take on Swamp Thing, which included the introduction of John Constatine (Hellblazer), V for Vendetta (completed at DC Comics) set Alan Moore up as a major player in the world of comics and led to more creative work with Watchmen, From Hell and his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series.
In the industry he is known as an almost hermitic presence, not doing much in the way of press or publicity, though in recent years, he has done interviews with the BBC, and quite a few magazine interviews - Two books are also availible, featuring comprehensive interviews on the events and themes of his work in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He is a practicing magician, and his appearance certainly suits the old cliche of a thickly-bearded, bejewelled old man. He reputedly worships Glycon, a Roman snake deity, and was influenced from an early age by his superstitious grandmother.
Although some of his works have been made into feature length movies (From Hell, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) Moore disavows their releases and takes no credit or money for them. Despite this, a poster featuring his and Kevin O'Neill's names can be seen during one scene in the League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Plus, given the tirade Moore launched into regarding the V for Vendetta movie, it can be expected something similar may happen with Watchmen, currently in development.
Lately he had been publishing new, original comics (Promethia, Top Ten, Tom Strong) under the America's Best Comics brand, working alongside creators such as Arthur Adams, Chris Sprouse, and JH Williams III. Because of his past dealings with DC Comics, most notably over Watchmen (commonly regarded as Moore's magnum opus), Moore was apprehensive when Jim Lee's Wildstorm company was bought by DC (due to Wildstorm's ownership of America's Best), to the point where Lee personally flew out to assure Moore that DC would have no say in his company's published material.
Moore oversaw and wrote the vast majority of ABC's books, with only a few exceptions, tying what were essentially the flagship books (Tom Strong and Promethea) together in their final issue and arc respectively. In recent years, he has entered a form of semi-retirement, publishing less mainstream works, including the 'Lost Girls' books. Currently awaited with eager expectations is the next installment of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Black Dossier.
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