Alan Moore
Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953[1] in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell.[2]
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| Born | 18 November 1953 Northampton, England, United Kingdom |
| Pen name | Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, Translucia Baboon, The Original Writer |
| Occupation | Comics writer, novelist, short story writer, musician, cartoonist, magician, occultist |
| Genre | Science fiction, fiction, non-fiction, superhero, horror |
| Notable works | Batman: The Killing Joke From Hell Jerusalem The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Ballad of Halo Jones Lost Girls Marvelman Promethea Swamp Thing V for Vendetta Voice of the Fire Watchmen Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? For the Man Who Has Everything |
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Awards and recognition
- A number of Jack Kirby Awards
- Nominated for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards several times, winning for Favorite Writer in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1999, and 2000.
- CBG Fan Award for Favorite Comic Book Story (Watchmen) in 1987 and Favorite Original Graphic Novel or Album (Batman: The Killing Joke with Brian Bolland) in 1988.
- Harvey Award for Best Writer for 1988 (for Watchmen), for 1995 and 1996 (for From Hell), for 1999 (for his body of work, including From Hell and Supreme), for 2000 (for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), and for 2001 and 2003 (for Promethea).
- Eisner Award for Best Writer nine times, since 1988.
- In 1988, Moore and artist Dave Gibbons won a Hugo Award in the category Other Forms for Watchmen. The category was created for that year only, via a rarely-used provision that allows the Committee of the Worldcon to create any temporary Additional Category it feels appropriate (no subsequent committee has chosen to repeat this category).[3]
- In 2005, Watchmen had the honour of being the only Graphic Novel to make it onto Time Magazine's "All-Time 100 Novels" list.[4]
Alan Moore Media
The town centre of Northampton, the town where Moore has spent his entire life and which later became the setting of his novel Jerusalem.
Guy Fawkes serves as physical and philosophical inspiration for the titular protagonist of V for Vendetta.
The threat of nuclear war during the Cold War influenced the setting and tone of Watchmen.
Richard Wagner's opera Götterdämmerung inspired the title and story of Moore's proposed Twilight of the Superheroes.
English physician Sir William Gull is presented as the culprit of the Jack the Ripper murders in Moore's From Hell.
Captain Nemo is one of many Victorian literary characters featured in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Kabbalistic tree of life, which serves as a structural device for a chapter in Promethea
Moore at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2009
Moore signing an autograph, 2006
References
- ↑ Comics Buyers Guide #1636 (December 2007); Page 135
- ↑ "Alan Moore tml Interview - Alan Moore, BBC - Movies, accessed 10 February 2007
- ↑ Hugo Award Winners from the 1980s. http://www.dpsinfo.com/awardweb/hugos/80s.html. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ↑ Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels. http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/0,24459,watchmen,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
Other websites
- Alan Moore on IMDb