Alan Oswald Moore is an English author primarily known for his work in comic works, a medium where he has created a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell. Frequently described as the best comic author in history(p7), he has also been described as one of the most important British authors of the last fifty years. He has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, and Translucia Baboon.
Moore started out composing for British underground and alternative fanzines in the late 1970s before achieving success publishing comic strips in such magazines as 2000ad and Warrior. He was subsequently picked up by the American Dc Comics, and as the first comics author living in Britain to do prominent work in America(p7), he worked on big name characters such as Batman (batman: The Killing Joke) and Superman (whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?), substantially developed the minor character Swamp Thing, and penned original titles such as Watchmen. During that decade, Moore helped to bring about greater social respectability for the medium in the United States and United Kingdom(p11), and has subsequently been attributed with the development of the term graphic novel over comic book.
Alan Moore
