In my opinion he is. V for Vendetta, watchmen and From Hell are masterful works!

moore puts me off with his lack of respect for comic fans

subcultured
moore puts me off with his lack of respect for comic fans

I am very interested in why you say he has no respect for fans!
Tell me more (sorry!)

Yeah, Watchmen is a great work. I also like V for Vendetta a lot, although the art sort of put me off. I haven't read From Hell though.

I think Moore doesn't like comics fans because he sees them as continuing to buy things that he sees as "destroying" the comics industry, like superhero comics and such, which keeps the form down. Still, I respect him for his work and for his view that "graphic novel" is a pretentious name for comic books.

What I don't get is why he has that much hair. And what's with all those rings?

ccs1989
What I don't get is why he has that much hair. And what's with all those rings?

Because he is a crazy person.

Anyway, I've been reading a lot of Moore's run on Swamp Thing lately, and it's really very inspiring. His work really helped reshape what some people would allow to come into mainstream comics, and opened the door for the Vertigo lineup, which is easily some of the best comics you can find.

he's pretty eccentric

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With his first wife, Phyllis, he had two daughters, Amber and Leah, and an unusual domestic set-up, including a mutual lover, Deborah Delano. He is currently engaged to Melinda Gebbie, with whom he has worked on several comics. They are to marry in 2007

ccs1989
What I don't get is why he has that much hair. And what's with all those rings?

Cos he's a hippy magickian sort!

David Loyds Art in V for vendetta id amazing but it does look better in B+W.

The league of extraordinary gentlemen is good but not great. Lost girls (well i read book one) seems ok, just not my cup of tea. The superman story "what ever happened to the man of tomorrow" is arguably the best superman story ever written.

i never really got into moore myself.
I mean everyone things his stuff is so great, but i guess I wasn't reading his comics when it was breaking through.

the only one I really liked was the swamp thing comics he wrote. I just found watchmen confusing and over hyped.

Just so you guys don't think i don't read hard story driven comic my fave writers are ellis, azzarello, miller, and ennis.

i respect him for thinking outside the box (helping in to usher comics for mature readers), but i don't really like how he writes.

I dunno, I liked Superman: Red Son a lot more than Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

"Watchmen" may be the "Citizen Kane" of superhero comics, but I think there's even more depth to "From Hell" - all in all. I think "From hell" is the best graphic novel ever. It's just so clever, panel by panel, that it's a joy to go back to over and over.

StaceyMontgomery
"Watchmen" may be the "Citizen Kane" of superhero comics, but I think there's even more depth to "From Hell" - all in all. I think "From hell" is the best graphic novel ever. It's just so clever, panel by panel, that it's a joy to go back to over and over.

Yup i agree, i think from Hell is better than watchmen. But still my favourite Moore work Is v

I've never read any of his stuff...
(but then, the only american comics I've read are the funny pages, La Perdida, Fun House, and Ghost World. Not really into America very much, XD!!)

As ground breaking as a lot of stuff that Alan Moore has done (thinking particularly of Watchmen) and indeed much of his works are classics by any literary standard, none of his characters or stories are original. Watchmen were based on Carlton comics characters, V was 1984 and Guy Fawkes, From Hell used other people's theories and I could go on but I don't honestly feel I need to mention the League of extraordinary gentlemen...
What he does outstandingly well is construct proper stories and character development.

Poor Alan! He'd be very sad to be called an American!

Yeah, Alan Moore's a British comic writer, and teams up with mostly British comic artists.

I wish I had a damn comic book store.

A coupla' times a week I can count on seein' this topic in at least three different "comics" forums.

Alan Moore has most assuridly made an impact on "comics."

Moore work that you really should be aware of:

Watchman, (was a revolutionary homage at the time it was written)
V for Vendetta, (is a fantastic dystopian yarn)
Swamp Thing, (He really made this obsecure comic somethin' worth readin' )
The Killing Joke, (One of my favorite Batman one-shots.)
(He created Hellblazer)
From Hell, (Fantastic Ripper tale)
Lost Girls, (is an erotic series starring, Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy from their respective stories, "Wonderland" "Pan" and "Oz" if you like illustrated porn, you could do worse.)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, (Is a fantastic series, if you only saw the movie, ignore it and do your best to read the comics!)

Oh course, that's just one fangirls opinion (as you know they are like bumholes, everybody's got one!) Moore has also written: a novel, several shortstories, and poetry... But, to say he's the greatest thing since sliced bread, is a bit much. I wouldn't mind if you said, "arguably" he's one of the best, if not the best. But, to just say he's el numero uno, is a bit biased and silly. I'm more of a Miller fan myself...But, I appreciate Moore's contrabutions. I could care less how hippy he looks or what snake dieties he worships, I can't blame him for bein' odd about his copyrights and I could care less how he treats fans. Moore's work is worth readin', I'm not shoutin' from rooftops that he is the allknowin' comic guru; but, worth readin'.

StaceyMontgomery
"Watchmen" may be the "Citizen Kane" of superhero comics, but I think there's even more depth to "From Hell" - all in all. I think "From hell" is the best graphic novel ever. It's just so clever, panel by panel, that it's a joy to go back to over and over.

From Hell's art is so putting me off, I cannot justify reading the texts!

Fuck Alan Moore. His few great works don't make up for the vast amount of dickery he has done. I loved The Watchman and V For Vendetta, but anyone into magic and that sort of faggotry can go fuck themselves. Hard. I've yet to find From Hell, but I'll probably read it and like it. I read his ABC stuff, didn't like it. Top ten really sucked. Some of his swamp thing stuff was great, some of it was beyond horrible. Its ups and downs.

Garth Ennis is far superior. I've only read a few of his works that weren't up to par with his other work, but belive me, his work far outwieghs anything Moore or Frank Miller ever did. Read Preacher or any of his Punisher books to find out why he's such a fucking great guy. I look forward to meeting Mr Ennis, and askhing him questions about his sex life.