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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 18, 2017 16:49:09 GMT -5
Maybe the most influential writer of the last 30 years turns 64 today.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2017 17:09:21 GMT -5
Loved his Watchmen Books and DC Universe & his Unearthing Stuff. Excellent Writer and very creative ...
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 18, 2017 17:47:20 GMT -5
Lot's of Love to that crazy old man. He combined brilliant concepts with the breathtaking writing ability to make even the most complex ideas accessible and fun to read.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2017 17:52:46 GMT -5
Read & enjoyed most of his DC & Image (Wildstorm/Awesome/etc) output.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 18, 2017 21:15:28 GMT -5
Well, I'm sure Melinda Gebbie and his daughters provide plenty....
I'm an unabashed fan and even find I agree with a lot of what he says, in interviews/speaking engagements, though not necessarily everything. i think he is a titan of a talent and one of if not the best writers to handle superhero comics. Not everything he has done has been my cup of tea; but, I love the stuff from 2000 AD and Marvel UK, the Warrior material (and the finished product), his Superman stories and lesser DCU stories (especially the Mojo story in Green Lantern), Swamp Thing (to a point; I'm not a horror guy, but, his stories are so good), From Hell, the ABC line, and Supreme. I love LOEG, though some chapter more than others. He's not without problems in his writing (rape being rather heavily used as a plot element, some ideas borrowed from other works); but, the man knows how to tell a story.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 18, 2017 21:49:57 GMT -5
I'm a big, big Alan Moore fan. He's probably my favourite writer in comics. Sure, I've enjoyed lots of other writers' stuff too, but nobody else makes me exclaim, "wow, this is f***ing brilliant!" as often as I do when I'm reading Moore's stuff. I love so much of his work, from his early 2000AD and Star Wars Monthly stories, through his DC phase with Killing Joke and those Superman stories, then such seminal comics as Marvelman, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen, up to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and From Hell (the latter of which might well be his crowning glory). Really, I've not read any Moore that I haven't at least enjoyed and most of his stuff simply blows me away with how good it is.
I also think he's a very sensible, astute and principled man. Plus, he's in the grand tradition of great English eccentrics and God bless him for that.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 18, 2017 21:54:36 GMT -5
Already???
How time flies.
A wonderful writer, who may have singlehandedly changed the entire field of American comic-books in the 1980s. Without him, there would probably have been no interest in DC giving Neil Gaiman’s Sandman a chance, and there would have been no Vertigo. The entire movement of more mature comics might have died stillborn and left us with nothing but superhero fisticuffs.
Plus his stories are usually so much fun. “For the man who has everything” and “Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow” remain my favourite Superman stories ever.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2017 22:45:52 GMT -5
He may be single-handedly responsible for opening my eyes up to the possibilities of the medium of comics and broadening my horizons beyond the traditional serial super-hero books I grew up with. Though I am still trying to fathom just what the first chapter of Voice of the Fire is supposed to be. There are several things he has done that I am grateful for among them this little gem...  and this...  an adaptation of his spoken word performance excerpted here: -M |
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Post by berkley on Nov 19, 2017 2:33:10 GMT -5
I would say, Alan Moore is the greatest writer the medium has produced. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that his writing was more adept and wide-ranging than the best of the previous generation (e.g. Gerber, Englehart), since he had their example to build on, but I think that even the best work of the top names of the next generation (e.g. Morrison, Ellis), who had the advantage of building on his example, hasn't surpassed him. I'm sorry to see him leaving comics, but I look forward to whatever new creative endeavours he moves on to in the future.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 19, 2017 4:18:08 GMT -5
Can't add much to this love fest. Love (most of) his work. Besides some of the other stuff mentioned, Top 10 is a personal favorite.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2017 10:36:54 GMT -5
Forget Watchmen or DC stuff, for me Alan Moore means one thing... Doctor Who! Mainly his DWM back-up strips that were every bit as good as the main strips. (Black Legacy and Star Death being my favourites.) I thought his Captain Britain stuff was fairly good too. Back then the quality of his writing was top notch and he was always destined for better things.
So plenty of love for one of my childhood heroes... Happy Birthday Alan!
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 19, 2017 11:31:47 GMT -5
And his approach to Superheroes. You can't get darker than what he did with MiracleMan. On the other hand, Tom Strong was a great motif of noble Golden Age (or even Pulp) heroes.
Opposite ends of the spectrum, both excellent.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2017 12:08:47 GMT -5
And his approach to Superheroes. You can't get darker than what he did with MiracleMan. On the other hand, Tom Strong was a great motif of noble Golden Age (or even Pulp) heroes. Opposite ends of the spectrum, both excellent. His Tom Strong stuff is surprisingly good and I'm already hooked on it and thinking about talking my friends of what direction that I go from it. Any suggestions members? |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 19, 2017 13:08:50 GMT -5
I'm a huge fan of Moore's work and think he is consistently the best writer comics has produced. And his influence on the writers that came after him is inestimable.
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 19, 2017 19:55:12 GMT -5
And his approach to Superheroes. You can't get darker than what he did with MiracleMan. On the other hand, Tom Strong was a great motif of noble Golden Age (or even Pulp) heroes. Opposite ends of the spectrum, both excellent. His Tom Strong stuff is surprisingly good and I'm already hooked on it and thinking about talking my friends of what direction that I go from it. Any suggestions members? Definitely Top 10 and his Supreme issues. Both were cut short, but what he did was worth the read. All the ABC stuff is good. I only couldn't get into Peomethea. |
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