{"id":535886,"date":"2020-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/culture\/who-is-alan-moore-writer-of-watchmen-and-v-for-vendetta-2\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"who-is-alan-moore-writer-of-watchmen-and-v-for-vendetta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture\/who-is-alan-moore-writer-of-watchmen-and-v-for-vendetta-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Alan Moore, writer of Watchmen and V for Vendetta?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An underground writer on trend<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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At the age of 63, this English man is at the cutting edge of graphic novels. <\/strong>A native of Northampton, he was firmly anchored in 70s counter-culture before being knighted in the world of comic strips. A teenage LSD-dealing anarchist and author at New Musical Express<\/em>, he adopted the pen name Curt Vile. For the science fiction weekly 2000 AD<\/em> and Warrior <\/em>published by Marvel UK (1982-1985) Alan Moore, imbued with nostalgia for the costumed heroes of the 1950s, crafted utopias, and melancholic ballads blending chronicles of marvellous and dark fantasy. Enamoured with the work of Lovecraft and inspired by the Beat generation of William S. Burroughs, Alan Moore’s childhood was an impoverished one. The young man started out by drawing but writing was his destiny. Approached by the American editor Len Wein, creator of the famous Wolverine, Moore re-appropriated the flagging character of Swamp Thing (DC Comics). He increased sales and won over the critics. He followed the revivals of Green Arrow<\/em>, Omega Men<\/em>, Batman<\/em> with the excellent Killing Joke,<\/em> Joker’s ultimate burst of laughter, illustrated by Brian Bolland. All these works had him showered with literary accolades. In 1996, Alan Moore published his first novel, Voice of the Fire<\/em> (Top Shelf Productions), and now 20 years later Jerusalem<\/em> is the fruit of a decade of writing, an autobiography with fantasy elements, the most anticipated piece of literature this September.<\/p>\r\n\n

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The king of graphic novels<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In 1981 he met the writer and illustrator David Lloyd.<\/strong> The comic strip V for Vendetta<\/em> first saw the light of day once a month in the independent publication Warrior<\/em> and five years later, after the press title went bankrupt, appeared as a graphic novel published by DC. A mysterious masked Robin Hood character, lost in a neo-Thatcherian England advocates anarchy as the only solution to a political dictatorship. A few years later, along with the illustrator Dave Gibbons, he published Watchmen<\/em> instantly adored by readers. A dark dystopia against the cold war, this anticipatory work was cited by Time magazine as one of “100 best English language novels since 1923”. <\/em>As Alan Moore’s masterpiece, the writing implication felt in Watchmen <\/em>firmly established his reputation. The writer with his unusual appearance, half-Gandalf, half-dandy biker, didn’t stop there and with ten volumes published between 1991 and 1996, Moore revealed the true largesse of his work in the series From Hell<\/em>. The title was borrowed from the letterhead of legendary serial killer Jack the Ripper who had a penchant for mutilating Whitechapel prostitutes.<\/p>\r\n\n

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