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Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore

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by Parkin, Lance

p376 budgets of these films – Observer12

  p376 2005 – ‘eighteen months’ before AV06.

  p376 index fingers – Observer12

  p376 three parts – Moore, PC

  p378 unfair advantage; really proud – Moore, PC

  p379 Arts Lab thinking – Moore, PC

  p380 different stamps – Works, p193

  INTRODUCTION

  ‘A Letter from America’, in Heartbreak Hotel #1, 1988, Script and Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  The Ballad of Halo Jones, 1984, Script: Alan Moore, Art by Ian Gibson. Halo Jones™ REBELLION A/S, © REBELLION A/S, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  CHAPTER ONE

  First Comic-Con Convention Booklet, 1968 © Phil Clarke

  ‘Dark They Were and Golden Eyed’, advert published in Cyclops, 1970, Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  Photo reproduced by kind permission of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo

  CHAPTER TWO

  ‘Lounge Lizards’, cover for #3 of the Northampton Arts Group magazine, 1973, Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  Anon E. Mouse #2 from ANoN #2, 1974, Script and Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  ‘Stalin’, in Arcade #4, Winter 1975, Script and Art: Spain Rodriguez

  Cover of 2000AD® #11, May 1977, Art: Brian Bolland. 2000AD®2000AD IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK. © REBELLION A/S

  ‘Yoomin’ in Back-Street Bugle, 1978, Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  ‘Malcolm McLaren’, in NME, November 1978, Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  Roscoe Moscow in Sounds, 1980, Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  Maxwell the Magic Cat in the Northants Post, 1986, Script and Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  CHAPTER THREE

  Falconbridge, 1981, Script and Art: David Lloyd, © 2013 David Lloyd

  V for Vendetta, 1982, Script: Alan Moore, Art: David Lloyd, DC Comics

  ‘Our Factory Fortnight’, The Bojeffries Saga, 1991, Script: Alan Moore, Art: Steve Parkhouse, © Alan Moore and Steve Parkhouse

  Photograph, courtesy of Alan Moore

  CHAPTER FOUR

  ‘Script Robot Alan Moore’ in 2000AD #322, June 1983, Droid art by Robin Smith © REBELLION A/S, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  Art and script of Page 1, Panel 1 of The Killing Joke, published 1988, Script: Alan Moore, Art: Brian Bolland, DC Comics. Batman and all related characters are trademarks of DC Comics. Batman created by Bob Kane

  CHAPTER FIVE

  Reinventing Comics, 2000, Script and Art: Scott McCloud, ©Scott McCloud

  Swamp Thing #29, 1984, Script: Alan Moore, Art: Steve Bissette and John Totleben, DC Comics

  Promotional artwork for Comics Cavalcade, 1986, Art: Dave Gibbons, DC Comics

  Pacific Comics Order Form, 1984

  CHAPTER SIX

  Maxwell the Magic Cat in the Northants Post, 1986, Script and Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  ‘Grit’ in The Daredevils #8, 1983, Script: Alan Moore, Art: Pencils by Mike Collins, inks by Mark Farmer

  CHAPTER SEVEN

  Titan Books advertisement, 1988

  ‘A Letter from America’, in Heartbreak Hotel #1, 1988, Script and Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  CHAPTER EIGHT

  Big Numbers #1, 1990, Script: Alan Moore, Art: Bill Sienkiewicz, courtesy of Alan Moore

  Violator v Badrock, 1995, Script: Alan Moore, Art: Brian Denham and Jon Sibal, Image Comics

  ‘Risen’, 1993, Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  From Hell, 1991, Script: Alan Moore, Art: Eddie Campbell, © Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell

  Glycon, 1993, Art: Alan Moore, courtesy of Alan Moore

  Ectoplasm, 1994, courtesy of Alan Moore

  CHAPTER NINE

  Provisional artwork from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 2000 © Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill

  CHAPTER TEN

  Big Numbers #1, 1990, Script: Alan Moore, Art: Bill Sienkiewicz, courtesy of Alan Moore

  Anarchy, c.2011

  Tony Bennett at Knockabout, Stephen Bissette, Joe Brown, Mike Collins, Scott Dunbier, Dave Gibbons, Igor Goldkind, Oliver Harris, Bernie Jaye, Anthony Johnson, Curtis E. Johnson, Barbara Kesel, David Lloyd, Steve Moore, Don Murphy, Jeremy Seabrook, Dez Skinn, Ben Smith at Rebellion, all at Top Shelf.

  Richard Bensam, Ross Byrne, Gary Gray, Maggie Gray (no relation), Gareth Kavanagh, Hannah Means-Shannon, Gary Spencer Millidge, Gábor Németh, Phil Sandifer, Smoky Man, Laura Sneddon, Dave Thompson

  Captain Blue Hen (and his team-mates Joe Murray, Kita Roberts, Paul Stitik, Dave Williams), Halina Adams, Mark Clapham, Petra Clark, Jonn Elledge, Jim Figard, Ginny Garnett, Mark Jones, Chris La Casse, Jasmine Lellock, Kyle Meikel, Lars Pearson, Henry Potts, Eddie Robson, Jim Smith. The staff at the Morris Library at the University of Delaware.

  My editor Sam Harrison at Aurum, along with Jessica Axe, Fran Higgins, Melissa Smith, Lucy Warburton, Steve Gove.

  My agent Jessica Papin.

  Alan Moore

  Pádraig Ó Méalóid

  Brie Parkin

  4D War Cycle 70–9, 139

  9/11 324–3

  1963 260–9, 264, 293, 355–4

  2000AD 7, 11, 41, 57–60, 61, 71–72, 73, 76, 77, 81, 82, 98, 101, 102, 105, 105, 107, 133–2, 135–4, 137, 138, 143, 147, 158, 165, 171, 174, 180, 186, 187, 188, 208, 257, 359

  A1 99

  AARGH! 189, 235, 244, 245, 248, 251, 323

  Abelard Snazz 73, 98

  Abslom Daak 71, 81, 133

  Absolute Watchmen 185, 316–17

  Acker, Kathy 244, 363

  Act of Faith 376

  Action 59, 77

  Action Comics 212, 217

  Adams, Neal 29

  adult comics, heralded coming of 205–6, 209

  The Adventures of Luther Arkwright 99, 101, 249

  AIDS panic 243–4, 322–3

  Air Pirates Funnies 341

  Akerman, Malin 331

  Alan Moore’s Exit Interview 352

  Alan Moore’s Shocking Futures 210

  Alan Moore’s Twisted Times 210

  Alan Moore’s Writing for Comics 131

  Allan, Angus 75, 132

  Alternative Newspaper of Northampton 49, 51, 158, 366

  American Gothic 154

  American Splendor 3

  America’s Best Comics (ABC) 113, 130, 296, 297, 299, 316, 317, 318, 350, 357, 362

  anarchy 11, 90, 246, 325, 371, 373

  The Anatomy Lesson 148–9

  Anglo, Mick 20, 82, 171, 375

  Animal Man 236

  Anon E. Mouse 49–51, 50, 62, 67

  Anonymous 370, 371–73

  Another Suburban Romance 51–3

  Anti-Nazi League 11

  Aparo, Jim 166

  apocalyptic themes 187, 366

  Arcade: The Comics Revue 55–6

  Archie 29

  Arkham Asylum 255

  Arts Lab movement 42–5, 46, 48–9, 379

  Ashby, Richard 45, 46

  Astounding Weird Penises 299

  Atlas Comics 17

  Avatar 101, 131, 175, 358, 360

  The Avengers 180, 264

  The Avenging Hunchback 64

  Awesome Comics 129–30, 294–5, 296

  Axel Pressbutton 64, 80, 81, 82, 102, 103, 133, 136, 163, 164, 171, 172, 173

  The Back-Street Bugle 61–62, 63, 64, 66, 366

  Badlander 137

  Baikie, Jim 31, 138, 295

  The Ballad of Halo Jones 7, 9, 10, 156–7, 174, 176, 180, 368, 380

  Barber, Chris 265

  Barker, Clive 255

  Barr, Mike W. 143, 212

  Batman 2, 15, 29, 149, 166, 190, 212, 226, 230, 236, 240, 339

  Batman: Year One 209, 241

  Batman and the Outsiders 177

  Batman Annual 176

  Batman movies 193, 241, 255, 303, 306–7, 330

  Batman TV series 193, 241

  Battle 77, 188

  Bau
haus 53, 66, 69, 132, 196, 265

  ‘Bax the Burner’ 76

  Beano 188, 256

  The Bedside Mad 16

  Before Watchmen 217, 219, 336, 356, 360

  Bell, Steve 43

  Bellamy, Frank 30

  Berger, Karen 150, 154, 160, 166, 169, 236, 237, 316, 319, 354, 358, 359

  Bermejo, Luis 29

  Big Numbers 6, 12, 110, 112, 128–9, 130, 248, 251, 252, 254–5, 256, 261, 264, 266–7, 267, 271, 307, 342, 369–70

  Birmingham Arts Lab 43, 48–9, 99

  The Birth Caul 5, 37, 274, 299, 300

  Bisley, Simon 237, 255

  Bissette, Stephen 106, 124–5, 128, 130, 131, 148, 150, 154, 154–5, 169, 170, 175, 218, 249, 257, 260, 261, 333, 355, 356, 358

  Bizarro World 165

  black comedy 134, 186, 188, 195

  The Black Dossier 318, 319, 350–1, 357, 374–5

  ‘Black Legacy’ 69, 70

  Black Orchid 236

  ‘Black Sun Rising’ 71

  Blackhawk 17, 227

  Blade 308

  ‘Blinded by the Hype’ article 141–42, 143

  Blue Beetle 168

  Boissevain, Serge 84

  The Bojeffries Saga 3, 73, 95–7, 98–9, 103, 136, 171, 172, 186

  Bolland, Brian 31, 59, 80, 119, 128, 131, 133, 143, 147, 166, 212, 240, 244, 277, 350

  Bolton, John 83, 116, 147

  Bowie, David 42, 43, 49, 255

  ‘The Bowing Machine’ 242

  ‘Brasso with Rosie’ 3

  Bristow, Bruce 224

  ‘British Invasion’ 143, 168, 236–7

  Brooker, Faith 242

  Brought to Light 53, 110, 129, 181, 240, 245, 324

  Brownhill, Bill 243–4

  Brownjohn, Pete 265

  Bunting, Mick 46

  Burns, Charles 255

  Burroughs, William 45, 305, 347

  Burton, Richard 83

  Burton, Tim 193, 241, 255, 306

  Bush, Glyn 52, 54

  ‘Business as Usual’ 70

  Byrne, John 116, 127, 234–5, 255, 256

  Camelot 3000 143, 212, 221

  Campbell, Eddie 13, 68, 74, 118, 123, 126–7, 208, 242, 249, 268, 307, 309–10, 328–9, 334, 354, 355, 371

  Campbell, Ramsey 236, 255

  Captain America 15, 16, 18

  Captain America 180, 264

  Captain Atom 168

  Captain Britain 133, 138–9, 148, 162, 165, 172, 173, 176, 177

  Captain Carnage 195

  Captain Marvel 14, 15, 20, 21, 162

  Captain Marvel 14, 20

  Captain Victory 168

  The Cardinal and the Corpse 273

  Carson, Kit 175

  Cast of Characters 313, 314

  CBS Theatrical Productions 174, 175

  censorship 151–54, 225–8, 338–9

  Century 1910 340

  Century 1969 358

  Century 2009 375–6

  Cerebus the Aardvark 221, 222, 292

  Chabon, Michael 19, 24, 54

  Challenger 169

  Challengers of the Unknown 144

  Charley’s War 77

  Charlton superheroes 166, 167–8

  Chaykin, Howard 170, 229, 233

  Chown, Michael (‘Pickle’) 48, 52, 53, 132

  Christensen, William 101

  Christic Institute 239–40

  Chronocops 118, 133

  Claremont, Chris 116, 127, 255

  Clarke, Phil 29, 30

  Clause 28 battle 243–4, 323

  Cobweb 186, 296, 317, 318

  Cohen, Larry 313

  Colan, Gene 18

  Collins, Mike 74

  Columbia, Al 254

  Comedian 193, 200, 201, 303, 339

  Comic Cavalcade Weekly 167–8

  comic marts 140

  comic shops 139, 140, 206, 256

  comic-to-novel development 213

  Comicon 30, 31, 32

  Comics Code Authority (CCA) 146, 150, 151, 152–3, 225, 228, 338–9

  comics conventions 29, 30, 143, 162, 169–70, 175, 225, 229, 239, 330

  The Comics Journal 170, 172, 173, 175, 180, 226, 230, 233, 237, 349, 355, 356

  The Complete Bojeffries Saga 96

  Conan the Barbarian 30

  Connery, Sean 312, 313, 329

  Constantine, John 212, 272, 286

  Contract with God 78, 220

  Coulthart, John 278, 350, 374

  counterculture 2, 31, 32, 41, 42, 46, 49, 225, 341

  ‘The Courtyard’ 364

  Crichton, Michael 211

  The Crimebusters 26

  Crowley, Aleister 191, 272, 280, 284, 285, 375

  Crumb, Robert 244, 248

  Dan Dare 30, 81, 143, 302

  Daredevil 54–5, 139, 359

  The Daredevils 12, 135, 139, 140, 141–42, 189

  The Dark Knight Returns 189, 190, 193, 206, 207, 212, 221, 222, 230, 232, 235, 236, 359

  Dark Star 64

  Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed 32, 55

  Davis, Alan 74, 118, 135, 138, 139, 156, 157, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 172–3, 176–8, 179, 180, 237, 295, 357

  DC Comics 3, 14, 17, 19, 21, 54, 78, 81, 101, 115, 143, 144, 145, 146, 150, 152, 154, 155, 162, 163, 165–8, 170–71, 178, 180, 181, 190, 210, 211–17, 218–20, 221–26, 230–35, 236, 237, 238, 257, 258, 259, 297, 298–9, 316–18, 334–5, 335–6, 350, 351–2, 354, 356, 357–8, 362

  DC Universe 149–50, 166, 168

  dispute with Alan Moore 211, 213–14, 217, 218, 219–20, 222–5, 229, 232–3, 234, 237

  non-superhero books 241

  rating system 225, 226, 227, 228, 235, 237

  DC Thomson 47, 48, 78

  DC Universe 238

  Deadly Fun Hippodrome 53–6

  Delano, Debbie 208, 239, 244, 248

  Delano, Jamie 48, 52, 118, 165, 176, 220, 236

  Depp, Johnny 301, 308–9

  Detective Comics 177, 180, 212, 339

  Diamond 225

  Dillon, Steve 69, 73, 76, 81, 82, 133, 136, 237

  Ditko, Steve 18, 19, 117, 142, 166

  Doctor Strange 29

  Doctor Who Monthly 71, 128, 139, 158

  Doctor Who Weekly 4, 41, 69–70, 79, 81, 82, 107, 133, 143–4

  Dodgem Logic 176, 235, 249, 299, 367–8

  Don’t Let Me Die in Black-and-White 12, 350

  Doom Patrol 236, 259

  DR & Quinch 98, 156, 165, 174, 176, 186

  Dr Manhattan 113, 193, 197, 199–200, 287, 288, 303, 304

  Dreiberg 195, 198, 203–4

  Dunbier, Scott 294, 295, 297–8, 318, 320, 351, 354, 358

  Dystel, Oscar 220

  Eagle 30, 134

  Eagle Awards 116, 137

  EC Comics 14, 29, 146

  Eclipse Comics 172, 173, 176, 177–8, 179, 180, 181, 210, 221

  eighties alternative comedy 98

  Eisner, Will 14, 16, 24, 29, 78, 207, 217, 220

  Eisner Award 251, 293

  Ellis, Warren 107, 115, 149, 237, 257, 360

  Embryo 33, 34, 42, 44, 46, 235, 278

  Emerson, Hunt 43, 74, 256

  The Emperors of Ice Cream 53, 265–6

  Empire Strikes Back Monthly 71

  Enigma 220

  Ennis, Garth 107, 236

  Eno, Brian 45, 51, 108, 135, 271

  Epic Illustrated 174

  E.T. movie 137–8

  Evanier, Mark 25, 151

  Ewins, Brett 65, 143, 236

  Excalibur 180

  Falconbridge 84, 85, 93

  Fantagraphics 170, 176

  Fantastic 29

  Fantastic Four 17, 18, 19, 25, 54, 134, 175, 180, 234, 264

  fanzines 29, 30, 32–5, 42, 55, 140, 256

  Farmer, Mark 74

  Fashion Beast 175, 238, 307

  Fawcett 14, 16, 20

  The Fear 339

  ‘The Final Solution’ 73

  Firewall 297

  The First American 186, 296

  Fitch, Alex
129

  Fleisher, Michael 223

  Fleming, Ian 34

  Flesh 133

  For The Man Who Has Everything 3

  Forbidden Planet comic shop 139, 140, 206

  Foreman, Dick 61–63, 265

  Fortean Times 272, 275, 282, 324

  Fourth World 54, 302

  Frantic 82

  Fraser of Africa 30

  Freud, Sigmund 347

  From Hell 13, 109–10, 111, 126–7, 184, 249, 251, 254, 255, 263, 264, 266, 268–70, 271, 272–3, 281, 293, 299, 301, 307, 308–10, 313, 324, 334, 342, 355

  ‘Full Script’ method of writing comics 115, 116–18, 118–25, 126

  Future Shocks 60–9, 72, 98, 111, 118, 128, 133, 134, 137, 186, 210, 266

  Gaiman, Neil 60, 74, 101, 112, 115, 150, 157, 158, 205–6, 217, 220, 234, 236, 244, 250, 254, 255, 257–8, 259, 272, 273, 338, 344–5, 354, 360

  Gebbie, Melinda 130–1, 249–50, 256, 264, 265, 280, 281, 295, 337, 338, 341, 343, 344–5, 350, 354, 367, 374

  Gems, Johnny 175

  Geppi, Steve 225, 230

  Gibbons, Dave 31, 59, 69, 74, 80, 82, 102, 106, 118, 122, 124, 133, 143–4, 165, 167, 168, 181, 183, 184, 185, 189, 192, 193, 194, 200, 205, 209, 210, 211, 214, 215, 216, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 228, 234, 237, 244, 247, 316, 329, 336, 338, 350, 356, 358

  Gibson, Ian 59, 156–7, 174, 237, 357

  Gilliam, Terry 303, 304, 329, 331

  Giordano, Dick 152–3, 154, 162, 163, 166–7, 168, 170, 178, 229, 230, 234, 235, 237

  Give Me Liberty 189

  Glory 294, 295, 296

  Gold, Mike 224

  ‘Golden Age’ of comics 24

  Goldkind, Igor 207, 209

  Gollancz 242, 251

  Goode, Matthew 331

  Goodwin, Archie 163, 172, 173

  Gordon, Lawrence 302

  Gorillaz 299

  grammar school system 26–8

  Grant, Alan 61, 71, 188, 236, 255

  Grant, Kenneth 280

  graphic novels, advent of 207, 209, 216, 220–21

  Gray, Maggie 7, 9, 49

  Gray, Mick 272

  Great Yarmouth 19–20

  Green, Alex 48, 52, 53, 54, 132

  Green Arrow 165, 227

  Green Lantern 17, 144

  Green Lantern Corps 4, 165, 295

  Greig, Noel 42–3

  Greyshirt 296

  Grice 195, 200

  Griffith, Bill 55, 59

  Grit! 189, 197

  Groth, Gary 170, 226, 267

  Gulacy, Paul 220–21

  Gull, William 268, 270, 273, 281, 308

  Haley, Jackie Earle 331

  Hall, Tom 46

  Hamm, Sam 303, 304, 306

  Harlem Heroes 143

  Harwood, Dave 71–74

  Haskins, David J. 5, 53, 54, 132, 196, 280, 281, 282

  Hawkman 17

  Haynes, Jim 42

  Heartbreak Hotel 208

  Helfer, Andy 224

 

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