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Post by chaykinstevens on Nov 21, 2017 13:34:10 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.) Although I have yet to read any of his Doctor Who comics. Has it been collected/reprinted in any fashion? Black Legacy and Business As Usual were reprinted in the American baxter series of Doctor Who #14 & 15 respectively in 1985. Star Death, 4-D War and Black Sun Rising were reprinted in the Daredevils #5-7 in 1983. |
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Post by brutalis on Nov 21, 2017 17:23:18 GMT -5
I was into Moore before it was cool to be in to Moore. Found Moore 1st in 2000 AD and the Captain Britain stuff. Then found printings of his Maxwell the Magi Cat and then Miracleman and followed him into his DC run and Watchmen. There are some things I am still in need of catching up on from the Mad Englishman across the water but even his weakest efforts make for some interesting reading.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2017 19:07:46 GMT -5
Although I have yet to read any of his Doctor Who comics. Has it been collected/reprinted in any fashion? Black Legacy and Business As Usual were reprinted in the American baxter series of Doctor Who #14 & 15 respectively in 1985. Incdentally, these strips were reprinted by Marvel in the US without Alan Moore's permission, and it was these reprints in Marvel's US Doctor Who comic that caused Alan Moore to refuse to do any work for Marvel ever again. (Which worked out quite nicely for DC obviously!) |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Nov 21, 2017 19:28:15 GMT -5
Without question the best writer to ever grace comics. Even though I don't share his disdain for modern comic culture, I do share some of it. He's not the "crazy old man" that mainstream sycophants like to paint him, that's for sure.
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Post by bran on Nov 22, 2017 6:07:43 GMT -5
I discovered Moore through Watchmen. It was very entertaining to read a comic book where super-hero genre is a character inside the story, much like any other actual character that appears. Yet at the same time meticulous buildup and inevitable meltdown of super-heroes is not the purpose of the book - merely the side effect. He delivers the goods - story, hooks, suspense, mystery, characters, proper resolution and all that. That pirate story inside the story was the stroke of genious, loved it. That story, and much of Watchmen was, I had a feeling, written from the guts. As for the age - that would be a crying shame, if he retires. Jodorowsky wrote some of his best comics in his 70s. If for no other reason Moore has to continue to keep up with Jodo. Funny they're both outspoken when it comes to Hollywood/mainstream comics/movies. ...and speaking of witch: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock_(comics) [where is that face-palm emoticon?] |
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Post by mikelmidnight on Nov 22, 2017 12:44:03 GMT -5
I was into Moore before it was cool to be in to Moore. Found Moore 1st in 2000 AD and the Captain Britain stuff. Then found printings of his Maxwell the Magi Cat and then Miracleman and followed him into his DC run and Watchmen. There are some things I am still in need of catching up on from the Mad Englishman across the water but even his weakest efforts make for some interesting reading.
You beat me to it ... I got hooked with Warrior #1 and then went backwards to Captain Britain. I remember being so stunned when he got the Swamp Thing assignment!
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