Alan Moore

Alan Moore is a British comic book writer.

Alan Moore began his comics writing career on the seminal British comics anthology series 2000 AD in the early 1980s. He won his first Eagle Award for V for Vendetta, a nihilist tale of anarchy first published in the British anthology magazine Warrior.Alan Moore Fan Site: Bio

Moore's early success brought him to DC Comics, where he helped revitalize Saga of the Swamp Thing. While at DC, Moore was commissioned to create a series using a number of Charleston Comics characters the publisher recently acquired. The result was Watchmen, the first comic book to win the Hugo Award.Alan Moore Fan Site: Bio

Moore is an active independent comics creator and mainstream novelist. Several of his works have been adapted to film.

1. 1982 - V for Vendetta
2. 1984 - Saga of the Swamp Thing
3. 1986 - Watchmen
4. 1988 - Batman: The Killing Joke
5. 1991 - From Hell
6. 1999 - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
7. 2006 - Lost Girls

• November 18, 1953: Born in Northampton, England

• 1982: V for Vendetta begins publication in Warrior

• 1983: Warrior folds and V for Vendetta is left unfinished; Hired by DC Comics to work on Swamp Thing

• 1984: The Ballad of Halo Jones premieres in 2000AD

• 1986: Watchmen begins publication at DC Comics

• 1988: Batman: The Killing Joke is published by DC Comics and V for Vendetta returns

• 1989: The first volume of From Hell is published

• 1990: Creates publishing company Mad Love and publishes Big Numbers

• 1991: Lost Girls begins publication in Taboo #5

• 1995: Begins work on various Image Comics publications

• 1999: Moore launches America's Best Comics imprint through Wildstorm Entertainment

• 1999: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 is published

• 2002: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2 is published

• 2005: America's Best Comics line ends; Moore plots Albion for DC Comics's Wildstorm imprint

• 2006: Lost Girls finishes publication in a hardcover format

• 2007: Marries Lost Girls artist Melinda Perry Gebbie

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