Alan Moore: Difference between revisions

However, Wildstorm was bought out by [[DC Comics]] and Moore subsequently parted from America's Best Comics. As of 2008, the only title he plans to write with any regularity is ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'', which after ''The Black Dossier'', will be published through Top Shelf Productions. He is also currently working on his second prose novel, tentatively titled ''Jerusalem''.

 

 

He is known, with a particularly vivid description of ''[[From Hell]]'', to have driven [[Neil Gaiman|Neil "Scary Trousers" Gaiman]] to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=337-ycZz6IM&feature=related leave a restaurant to go outside and get some fresh air so he wouldn't vomit.] Twice. Gaiman also wrote [http://lysad.blogspot.com/2007/08/neil-gaiman-writes-alan-moore.html this] short comic about him, which pretty much sums up how many people view him.

Is famous for hating any and all adaptations of his work simply for being adaptations of his work, citing that he writes comics and thus that any adaptation of a comic written by him that is not a comic written by him is wrong. This is in spite of the fact that [[Hypocrisy|practically everything he's ever written has been an adaptation of someone else's work or using someone else's characters]].

 

 

Sometimes goes by the name of Translucia Baboon to [http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/Audio/SinisterDucks-MarchoftheSinisterDucks.mp3 warn us all about ducks]. Is the quintessential modern [[Mad Artist]].

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* Magic, especially as a supernatural expression of information

* Anarchy as a positive force. He's actually quite proud of the Guy Fawkes mask becoming a symbol.

** He also has a thing for [[Rape as Drama]]. However, it is almost always done tactfully. But some scenes in his current ''[[Neonomicon]]'' project take explicit rape to [[Nausea Fuel]] lengths.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Along with [[Frank Miller|Miller]]'s ''The Dark Knight Returns'', Moore's earlier works have been credited with [[Follow the Leader|leading]] [[Dark Age|the trend.]] Note that his works, while often dark, are almost always idealistic, and his later works were often lighter (while always retaining an edge).

* [[Deconstruction]], especially in the form of [[Deconstruction Crossover]]. Actually, Moore probably [[Trope Codifier|codified]] the latter trope with his graphic novel series ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''.

* [[Reconstruction]], especially considering how some of his more famous deconstructive works ushered in the [[Dark Age]]. His works such as 1963, his runs on Supreme and Youngblood as well as Tom Strong are clear examples.

* ''[[From Hell]]'' (1991-1996)

* ''[[Lost Girls (comics)|Lost Girls]]'' (1991-2006)

* ''Voice of the Fire'' (novel; 1996)

* ''[[Youngblood Judgment Day]]'' (1997)

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