Alan Moore

Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels, Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell.[6] He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire. He also performs one-off “workings” (a word, which in ritual magic means a pre-planned series of magical acts), which combine ritualistic and performance art elements with spoken word prose poetry, read by Moore, with, or as, the Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels. As a comics writer, Moore is renowned for bringing more mature and literary sensibilities to a medium often dismissed as juvenile and trivial. As well as including literary influences, adult themes and challenging subject matter, he also experiments with the form of comics, employing effects unique to the medium and creating different ways to combine text and image. Moore is a practising magician and worships a Roman snake deity named Glycon.