Alan Moore





Alan Moore

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November 18, 1953 in Northampton, England, The United Kingdom

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Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.

As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult theme...more


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Average rating: 4.15 · 186,991 ratings · 11,802 reviews · 166 distinct works
Watchmen
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 82,156 ratings — published 1987 — 36 editions
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V for Vendetta
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 24,703 ratings — published 1988 — 38 editions
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Batman: The Killing Joke
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 14,704 ratings — published 1988 — 17 editions
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The League of Extraordinary Ge...
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 12,036 ratings — published 2001 — 22 editions
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From Hell
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7,935 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 5,421 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions
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Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of t...
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 3,004 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions
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Promethea, Vol. 1
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,549 ratings11 editions
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Top 10, Vol. 1
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 2,262 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (4 books)
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Swamp Thing (19 books)
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Swamp Thing (1980s) (9 books)
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Saga of the Swamp Thing (5 books)
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4.26061877294179 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 7,628 ratings
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“Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.”
Alan Moore

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“Stood in firelight, sweltering. Bloodstain on chest like map of violent new continent. Felt cleansed. Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what cats know that makes them scream like babies in night.

Looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and God was not there. The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever and we are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Born from oblivion; bear children, hell-bound as ourselves, go into oblivion. There is nothing else.

Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose. This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. Streets stank of fire. The void breathed hard on my heart, turning its illusions to ice, shattering them. Was reborn then, free to scrawl own design on this morally blank world.

Was Rorschach.

Does that answer your Questions, Doctor?”
Alan Moore, Watchmen

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