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Post by coke & comics on Mar 3, 2016 4:04:45 GMT -5
I consider Alan Moore the single greatest writer in comics. I'm curious what people think his strongest work is.
I'm letting everybody choose 2 because I can never decide between his best 2 works.
If you mean something narrower or more expansive than something I listed above, vote for it and clarify in the comments. If you want to vote for something not listed, tell me why in the comments.
I listed everything I ever heard somebody describe as one of his best works.
I'm very curious what great works of his I haven't read.
I know 26 entries is a lot for a poll, but they are really all great works of the medium.
People who find choosing only 2 painful can tell me all their favorite Alan Moore works in the comments. Your personal rankings are also acceptable comments.
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Post by coke & comics on Mar 3, 2016 4:05:57 GMT -5
Perhaps I could have left out WildCATS and Tomorrow Stories. Perhaps I should have included Green Lantern Corps and Omega Men.
Whose to say.
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 3, 2016 4:14:02 GMT -5
I find it difficult to narrow this down to two, as I think most of Moore's work, his early stuff in particular, is outstanding. However, I think I'd have to say V for Vendetta is about the most powerful thing he's ever written, and from a purely personal point of view, I have to go with Captain Britain for the number two slot, even though Marvelman, Watchmen, Swamp Thing, Skizz or The Ballad of Halo Jones could have taken it just as easily.
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Post by berkley on Mar 3, 2016 5:04:13 GMT -5
Really hard to say, he's done so many absolutely top rank comics. Have to think about it. Even what I see as his his lesser works, like Top Ten, would rank as the greatest masterpiece of almost any other comics writer. The industry hasn't really caught up to him - throw-away things like the Smax miniseries are still more clever than almost everything else out there.
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Post by Warmonger on Mar 3, 2016 6:29:59 GMT -5
Swamp Thing, hands down.
Not only his greatest work, but the greatest comic run in history IMO.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 3, 2016 7:03:48 GMT -5
He is certainly in the top five of writers but I hesitate to give him the top spot because most of his work is Reboots or reimaginations of other peoples work. Saying that, I voted for "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow ?" I have a soft spot for the way he honored the SA and the beautiful Curt Swan art. The only thing missing ( for me) was Murphy Anderson's inks.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 3, 2016 7:04:37 GMT -5
Perhaps I could have left out WildCATS and Tomorrow Stories. Perhaps I should have included Green Lantern Corps and Omega Men. Whose to say. Thats was really a very good run in the Wildcats book. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 3, 2016 7:50:28 GMT -5
Having read all the material listed in the poll at least once, I voted for Promethea and Lost Girls. Some missing choice works of his : Big Numbers Neonomicon Providence Brought To Light Judgment Day The Bojeffries Saga And if Pictopia was named, many of his other short stories deserve as much  most of his work is Reboots or reimaginations of other peoples work. That seems to be the ongoing myth, but here's a list of Alan Moore's original creations not using pre-existing characters : 1963 Maxwell the Magic Cat Neonomicon Anything Goes! The Ballad of Halo Jones Big Numbers The Birth Caul The Bojeffries Saga Brought to Light Critters D. R. & Quinch Fashion Beast From Hell It's Dark In London Miracleman Neonomicon Promethea Providence The Puma Blues Real War Stories Scream! Seven Deadly Sins Skizz A Small Killing Smax Snakes and Ladders Tom Strong Tomorrow Stories Top 10 V for Vendetta And that's not taking in account the huge library of short stories. But if the fact that one writer uses pre-exsting characters should be judged upon the fact whether we buy/read it because of our love for those characters or the writer : The Nemo series of GN are appreciated because of the creative team, since Captain Nemo isn't even featured in those stories! I should also add that within the comic world I think it is quite seldom one writer is as strong with his own creations as with corporatly owned ones, so he should be lauded for this, since we all love many of those characters he worked on and love his creations as well. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 3, 2016 8:03:46 GMT -5
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Mar 3, 2016 8:04:48 GMT -5
I too voted V for Vendetta. It is one of my all time personal favourites. The Watchmen would also be up there along with Killing Joke and From Hell.
I need to read his Swamp Thing run though. It is on my to do list.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 9:05:28 GMT -5
I voted for V for Vendetta as well. His Swamp Thing comes in as a close 2nd.
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Post by Dizzy D on Mar 3, 2016 10:16:57 GMT -5
Having read all the material listed in the poll at least once, I voted for Promethea and Lost Girls. Some missing choice works of his : Big Numbers Neonomicon Providence Brought To Light Judgment Day The Bojeffries Saga And if Pictopia was named, many of his other short stories deserve as much most of his work is Reboots or reimaginations of other peoples work. That seems to be the ongoing myth, but here's a list of Alan Moore's original creations not using pre-existing characters : 1963 Maxwell the Magic Cat Neonomicon Anything Goes! The Ballad of Halo Jones Big Numbers The Birth Caul The Bojeffries Saga Brought to Light Critters D. R. & Quinch Fashion Beast From Hell It's Dark In London Miracleman Neonomicon Promethea Providence The Puma Blues Real War Stories Scream! Seven Deadly Sins Skizz A Small Killing Smax Snakes and Ladders Tom Strong Tomorrow Stories Top 10 V for Vendetta And that's not taking in account the huge library of short stories. But if the fact that one writer uses pre-exsting characters should be judged upon the fact whether we buy/read it because of our love for those characters or the writer : The Nemo series of GN are appreciated because of the creative team, since Captain Nemo isn't even featured in those stories! I should also add that within the comic world I think it is quite seldom one writer is as strong with his own creations as with corporatly owned ones, so he should be lauded for this, since we all love many of those characters he worked on and love his creations as well. Miracleman should not be in that list of not-using preexisting characters. Others like DR and Quinch are inspired by pre-existing characters, but tweaked enough to be original. Overall, real tough decision to narrow it down to 2. I think I'm going to be boring and pick V for Vendetta and Watchmen, but enough deserving entries on that list. |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 3, 2016 10:29:20 GMT -5
Having read all the material listed in the poll at least once, I voted for Promethea and Lost Girls. Some missing choice works of his : Big Numbers Neonomicon Providence Brought To Light Judgment Day The Bojeffries Saga And if Pictopia was named, many of his other short stories deserve as much most of his work is Reboots or reimaginations of other peoples work. That seems to be the ongoing myth, but here's a list of Alan Moore's original creations not using pre-existing characters : 1963 Maxwell the Magic Cat Neonomicon Anything Goes! The Ballad of Halo Jones Big Numbers The Birth Caul The Bojeffries Saga Brought to Light Critters D. R. & Quinch Fashion Beast From Hell It's Dark In London Miracleman Neonomicon Promethea Providence The Puma Blues Real War Stories Scream! Seven Deadly Sins Skizz A Small Killing Smax Snakes and Ladders Tom Strong Tomorrow Stories Top 10 V for Vendetta And that's not taking in account the huge library of short stories. But if the fact that one writer uses pre-exsting characters should be judged upon the fact whether we buy/read it because of our love for those characters or the writer : The Nemo series of GN are appreciated because of the creative team, since Captain Nemo isn't even featured in those stories! I should also add that within the comic world I think it is quite seldom one writer is as strong with his own creations as with corporatly owned ones, so he should be lauded for this, since we all love many of those characters he worked on and love his creations as well. Much as I love it, Moore's Marvelman/Miracleman is very definitely not an original creation, but a reimagining of a 1950s character. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 3, 2016 11:07:35 GMT -5
Yes, I got lost in the enhtusiasm  That's still a huge body of work not using anything already somewhat existing (Still think it's unfair to not qualify Watchmen and a few others, htough). |
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Post by tolworthy on Mar 3, 2016 11:24:48 GMT -5
Depends on the meaning of strongest, I suppose. I voted for his early Future Shocks work because I think it is the most accessible: it could easily reach people who have never read a comic before, and don't have time for his longer works. Yet it has some genuinely rich stories (my favourite is the man who lived his life backwards).
Among fans of course the more you love him the more esoteric your vote is likely to be.
Personally I find him endlessly delightful as a person, and I admire his obviously huge talent. Plus I agree with his views on a lot of things... on creativity, and his opinion of "the illusion of change". But beyond that his work isn't for me. I find it either too nihilistic (the original ideas) or too derivative (the rest). Tastes differ and that's healthy. But his earliest work is impossible to dislike, whatever your tastes. IMO.
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That's still a huge body of work not using anything already somewhat existing (Still think it's unfair to not qualify Watchmen and a few others, htough).