Alan Moore – The Watchmen
The Watchmen (DC Comics).
In the late ’80s, British comic book writer Alan Moore was the hottest fan-boy epiphany since Frank Miller. Moore set out to subvert the costume-hero mythology of his childhood in the Swamp Thing series, Miracleman (1985), V for Vendetta (1988-1989), and most effectively in his 1987 magnum opus, Watchmen.
Moore has largely shied away from superheroics since, collaborating with Bill Sienkiewicz on the Big Numbers series, and his sixteen-part, Eddie Campbell-illustrated take on Jack the Ripper, From Hell (1991).
Outside of the comics frame, Moore has published his unproduced script for