| This article is written from the Real World point of view. |  |
Alan Moore (born 18th November 1953) was the writer of a number of back-up features for Doctor Who Magazine during the earlier phase of his career. He left the title alongside fellow writer Steve Moore (no relation), in response to editor Alan McKenzie taking one of Steve's strips without his knowledge. [1]
Now regarded as the most acclaimed comic book writer of all time, he profoundly influenced late 1980s Doctor Who era Script Editor Andrew Cartmel, who asked him to submit story ideas to him. Cartmel ended up saying no to his proposals. Scenes from Moore's The Ballad of Halo Jones had an influence on the Doctor Who stories Paradise Towers, Dragonfire and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy as Cartmel had shown Ballad to script writers as an example of the style of story he wanted to, in part, emulate.
His daughter, Leah Moore, has co-scripted The Whispering Gallery for IDW Publishing.
Contents |
Moore was born in Northampton, England to brewery worker Ernest Moore and printer Sylvia Doreen. He lived in a very poor area called the burroghs.he would sometimes live with at his grandmothers house, who had no electricity or indoor toilets. He was expelled from school in 1970 at the age of 17 for dealing LSD, later describing himself as "one of the world's most inept LSD dealers". After this he tried to become an artist for comics, before moving on to writing. With his first wife, Phyllis, he had two daughters, Amber and Leah. The couple also had a mutual lover Deborah. After Moore had received widespread commercial success for his comic-writing, he decided to turn his back on mainstream comics to develop other projects.
Professional History of Alan Moore is unknown.
Alan Moore has made Comics with Many different publishers it includes publishers such Image comics, Marvel Comics and DC.
| This article is an ABC staff stub.
You can help The DC Database Project by editing its content. |
 |
Contents |
 |
|
| Alan Moore | |
|---|---|
| Biographical information | |
| Born | |
| Nationality |
English |
| Career | |
| Occupation |
Comic book writer |
| Star Wars work | |
| Other work of note | |
Alan Moore wrote a number of stories which appear in Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds including Blind Fury!, Rust Never Sleeps, Dark Lord's Conscience and Tilotny Throws a Shape.
Along with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Art Spiegelman's Maus, Moore's Watchmen (illustrated by Dave Gibbons) is credited as having brought an air of respectability to comics in the 1980s through its plot, which many considered thoughtful and mature.
He has written a number of other famous comics, including From Hell, V for Vendetta, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
The Star Wars EU/ Watchmen Connection on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Alan Moore on Wikipedia|
|
Top topics
Wikis
Quiz
Map
Misc
Search
