Guide Note: Alan Moore is a British writer responsible for the popular comic book series Watchmen as well as V for Vendetta, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and From Hell.
Fast Facts:
- Spouse: Melinda Gebbie
- Close friends with Neil Gaiman
- Moore's Watchmen is the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award
- Has won nine Eisner Awards
- Has no interest in the movie adaptations of his comic books, feeling that his work stands on its own
- Moore has stipulated that the money earned from the movie adaptations should go directly to the artist(s) of the particular series
- Helped create John Constantine, the title character from Vertigo Comics' Hellblazer