Alan Moore

Alan Moore

18-Nov-1953


United Kingdom


Novelist

He was born on November 18, 1953 in a workforce in Northampton, England, the son of a car repairman and printer. Moore began publishing his poems and articles for various fanzines in the late 1960s and eventually established his own fanzine called Embryo. In the 1970s, Moore became a triple car painter, and his work began appearing in Sound and NME under the pseudonym Curt Vile, Jill De Ray, and Translucia Baboon. He went on to contribute to Doctor Who Weekly and 2000 AD and began performing in many popular series such as The Ballad of Halo Jones and D.R. & Finish. Gaining wide recognition as a contributor to the British anthology magazine, Warrior, Moore started his first critical series, Miracleman and V Vendetta, and was awarded the British Eagle Award for Best Writer for both works in 1982 and 1983. His first American series was The Saga of the Switting Thing. His 1986 work, Watchmen is his masterpiece, and he helped redefine the central comic book, which changes the tone of the comics to date. Most readers and critics think the Watchmen is the best comedy ever made. In the late 1980s, Moore was publishing his graphic novels while participating in Batman and Superman stories. And in the late 1980s, Moore established his own book publishing called Mad Love Publishing. In the 1990s, Moore produced another feature called American Best Comics and a series that included The League of Extreential Gentlemen, Promethea, Tor Strong's Tential Tales, Tomorrow Stories and Top Ten. Frequently opposed to his wishes and without his blessing, his books have provided the basis for a number of Hollywood films, including Hell (2001), The League of Extraential Gentlemen (2003), V for Vendetta (2005), and Watchmen (2009). . In honor of his 60th birthday in 2013, the comic application Sequential released Alan Moore's free comic biography.

QUOTES BY Alan Moore


“My experience of life is that it is not divided up 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.”

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

“Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.”

“Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.”

“Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.”

“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.”

“You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.”

“You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.”

“The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.”

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