Alan Moore is a writer perhaps best known for the groundbreaking comic Watchmen. Other notable works include his novel Voice of the Fire and comics such as V for Vendetta, From Hell, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Moore is also a practicing magician, of the occult variety. Although he was always interested in the occult from a theoretical perspective in January of 1994 he says “All of a sudden, it suddenly got a little less of a remote academic topic for me,” (Arthur Magazine interview).

Moore has also provided vocals for musical projects with David J from Bauhaus and written and performed occult performance art works.

In 2009 he founded the print magazine Dodgem Logic, which he edits.

Recent News

Alan Moore’s audiobook is available for pre-order Unearthing, a spoken word biography of Moore’s frequent collaborator (but otherwise unrelated) Steve Moore, is available for pre-order. The soundtrack is by Crook&Flail, and the album has guest appearances by Faith No More’s Mike Patton, Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite, Jesu’s Justin Broadrick, and Hella’s Zach Hill. There’s also a 3:22 minute preview available.

Moore has stated that he is no longer working with the Gorillaz on a libretto for an opera with them.

Was Alan Moore on LOST?

Moore is editing the magazine Dodgem Logic

Marvel comics has bought the rights to Marvelman/Miracleman

Official Sites

Dodgem Logic

Unofficial Sites

Alan Moore Fansite

Alan Moore interview index exhaustive collection of interviews

Wikipedia entry on Alan Moore

Documentaries

The Mindscape of Alan Moore

Free comics by Alan Moore

First issue of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing available for free download

Other stuff by Alan Moore

Above: Alan Moore’s tribute to Robert Anton Wilson.

Six word story by Alan Moore

“March of the Sinister Ducks” song with David J from Bauhaus.

Alan Moore interviews Brian Eno

Moore’s response to KAOS 14

Some info on his performance art works

Moore’s post-From Hell correspondence with Dave Sim

Summary of Moore’s Twilight of the Superheroes proposal

The proposal itself

Annotations

Annotations for Alan Moore comics

Misc

Above: Watchmen envisioned as a Saturday morning cartoon

Alan Moore: the Manga Schoolgirl Years

Alan Moore on the Simpsons – screen caps and summary

Warren Ellis laments two of Alan Moore’s lost works

Funny comic about Alan Moore

The Real Watchmen – Watchmen was originally proposed as a series called “Who Killed the Peacemaker?” and was to feature the Charleton Comics characters DC had recently acquired. This site speculates as to what Watchmen would have looked like in the event those characters had been used. (The Charlton characters were integrated into the regular DC universe instead)

Side by side comparisons of the Watchmen characters and their Charlton counterparts

Comic Book Resources on Watchmen’s origins Confirms that before even the “Who Killed the Peacemaker?” proposal, Moore was plotting to use Archie characters instead of Charlton characters. There are some Archie analogs in Watchmen: Hangedman/Hooded Justice and Fly/Mothman. (DC eventually bought the Archie superheros and made them into their Impact! line of comics)

Salon’s review of From Hell

The Fate of Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis speculates that Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis were not really dead.

Is Ozymandias from Watchmen based on David Bowie?

Watchmen: an Oral History Includes quotes from Lost creator Damon Lindelof

Something awful remixes Watchmen

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and LOST More speculation.

The first Technoccult dossier on Moore. Painfully badly written vintage Technoccult.

Interviews

Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie Interview at The University of Northampton’s Magus: Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Work of Alan Moore conference 2010

Vice Magazine interview Dec. 2009

Wired interview Dec. 2009

Mustard interview Nov 2009

Previews interview Sept. 2009

Disinfo podcast interview with Alan Moore March 2009

Alan Moore interview in the LA Times Sept. 2008

Alan Moore’s advice for young artists July 2008

Forbidden Planet interview July 2008

The Word interview February 2008

Interview with Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie about Lost Girls Aug. 2007

Interview from March 2006

List of writers Alan Moore thinks are underrated (Feb 2005)

The Craft interview from Feb 2005. Recommended

Alan Moore on psychogeography March 2004

Arthur Magazine interview August 2003

Interview from 1998

See Also:

Robert Anton Wilson

Grant Morrison

NOTE

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