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Alan Moore

アラン・ムーア

Aran Mūa

Aliases: Curt Vile / Jill de Ray / Translucia Baboon / Brilburn Logue / The Original Writer
Pen Names: Curt Vile（Early pseudonym）, Jill de Ray（Used for Maxwell the Magic Cat）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1953-11-18 （Northampton）
Nationality
United Kingdom, England
Languages
English
Religion
Glycon worship
Residence History
Northampton, England

Career

Occupations
Comics writer, Novelist, Short story writer, Musician, Magician, Occultist
Active Years
1978-2024
Affiliations
Northampton Arts Lab
Influenced By
William S. Burroughs, William Blake
Influenced
Neil Gaiman, Damon Lindelof

Education

Northampton School for Boys
General education
Period: 1965-1970
Country: United Kingdom
Entered after 11-plus exam, expelled for LSD possession

Awards

Hugo Award
1988
Work: Watchmen
Category: Best Other Forms
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Winner
Eisner Award Best Writer
1988
Work: Watchmen
Organization: Comic-Con International
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Watchmen

1986 Superhero 416 pages

Explores superheroes in a world on the brink of nuclear war.

Nuclear warMoralityPower
Adaptations
  • [Film] Watchmen / Zack Snyder (2009)
Translations
  • Watchmen

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Non-linear narrativeSymbolism
Recurring Motifs
OccultAnarchyNorthampton

Legacy

Pioneering comics writer, Hugo Award for Watchmen.

In Popular Culture

  • Films adapted, Guy Fawkes mask symbol of protests

Quotes

  • The one place gods definitely exist is in the human mind.
    Source: From Hell (1991)

Trivia

  • Glycon worshipper
  • Lifelong Northampton resident