Alan Moore: Part-Time Magician
February 19, 2009
Alan Moore (b. Nov. 18, 1953) is British scriptwright, musician, part-time magician and the world's most respected comic writer. Furthermore the comics, he has written a novel, Voice of the Fire (1996) and The Courtyard comic book series bases to Moore's Lovecraftian story. Moore also arrange musical performances with his group The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels. Also available on CD.
In his early career Moore wrote comics to Doctor Who Magazine, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Monthly and Captain Britain for the Marvel UK with the artist Alan Davis. For the 2000 AD magazine Moore wrote Judge Dredd and The Ballad of Halo Jones (art by Ian Gibson).
1980s were busy time for him. He wrote Swamp Thing, HellBlazer, Marvelman (Miracleman), Superman (including Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? art by Curt Swan, Superman #423 and Action Comics #583, Sept. 1986), and wrote Joker story Batman: The Killing Joke (art by Brian Bolland, 1988) and - of course - Watchmen (art by Dave Gibbons, 1986-1987).
The pornographic
Lost Girls (art by Melinda Gebbie) were published in 1991-1992, and hardcover in 2006. Childrens book heroines Alice (from
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Dorothy (from
The Wizard of Oz), and Wendy (from
Peter Pan) meet as an adults, and tell to each other stroyes from their past.
Some Alan Moore's other works:
- A Small Killing 1988 (art by Oscar Zarate)
- V for Vendetta, 1989 (art by David Lloyd)
- 1963, 1993 (art by Rick Veitch, Steve Bissette and Dave Gibbons)
- From Hell: Dance of the Gull Catchers, 1998 (art by Eddie Campbell)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 1999 art by Kevin O’Neill)
- Tom Strong, 1999- (art by Chris Sprouse)
- Promethea, 1999- (art by J.H. Williams III and Mick Gray)
- Top Ten, 1999-2001 (art by Gene Ha and Zander Cannon)
- Tomorrow Stories 1999-2002 (art by Kevin Nowlan etc.)
- Terra Obscura, 2001 (art by Yanick Paquette and Karl Story)
- DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore, 2006 (many artists)
- Alan Moore's Complete WildC.A.T.S #21-34 and #50, 2007 (art by Travis Charest etc.)
