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The author of such groundbreaking works as Watchmen, Miracleman, and much more, Alan Moore is considered by many to be the best writer in the history of the comic book form. Moore's 1986 epic Watchmen, along with Miller's Dark Knight are arguably the most important individual works of the modern comics era and have influenced subsequent generations of creators and their projects up to the present day.

Moore got his start in comics in the early 1980's, working for a variety of British publishers including Marvel UK (Captain Britain, The Daredevils, and others)and Fleetway (such as The Balad of Halo Jones for 2000 AD), and for Dez Skinn's Warrior magazine, where he created Miracleman and V for Vendetta.

Beginning with the January 1984 cover-dated issue #20 of fading DC title Saga of the Swamp Thing, Moore introduced his brand of sophisticated drama for adults to the mainstream American audience. The success of Moore's run on Swamp Thing ultimately led to the formation of DC's Vertigo imprint, which over the past decade has been one of the cornerstones of the modern comics scene.

With the 1986-87 DC series Watchmen, Moore established that level of sophisticated drama, complex characterization, and intricate plotting as the new face of comics. Written as sort of a capstone for the superhero comic, the project also provided the genre with a new beginning, forcing creators and publishers to look at their venerable heroes in new ways.

Moore has worked on a variety of other comics projects over the past 15 years, such as Big Numbers, A Small Killing, and From Hell (recently adapted in the Johnny Depp / Heather Graham film). In the mid-1990's Moore worked on a number of Image projects such as 1963, Spawn, and Jim Lee's Wildcats. He subsequently moved on to Rob Liefeld's Awesome universe with Supreme and many others, and currently has the ABC line at DC/Wildstorm which includes titles such as League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Avatar has published three issues (0, 1, and 2) of a project originated at Liefeld's Awesome, the highly-regarded Alan Moore's Glory. Avatar has also released Alan Moore's Magic Words, Alan Moore's The Courtyard, Alan Moore's Another Suburban Romance, Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures, and an updated new edition of Alan Moore's A Small Killing.

Avatar has a number of Moore and related projects coming in 2004, beginning with Nightjar, the continuation of a horror saga began by Moore and Bryan Talbot some 20 years ago (the original installment of which finally appeared in print for the first time in Yuggoth Cultures #1) and continued today by Antony Johnston and Max Fiumara.

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Alan Moore's Hypothetical Lizard cover by Sebastian Fiumara

The eagerly anticipated Alan Moore's Hypothetical Lizard begins in December from Avatar, and the Hypothetical Lizard section has a peek at the cover to issue #1, plus other assorted artwork. Cover art by Sebastian Fiumara, color by Greg Waller.

Alan Moore's HYPOTHETICAL LIZARD #1
Retail Price: $3.99 US
Cover: Sebastian Fiumara
Story: Alan Moore
Art: Lorenzo Lorente
Readership: Mature Readers
Format: B&W, 40 pages, monthly 1 of 4

One of Alan Moore's greatest works and his most critically acclaimed novella of all time is now painstakingly adapted to comic books. Moore's frequent collaborator Antony Johnston has carefully preserved the story as it is presented in sequential form with stunning grey-painted art by new sensations Lorenzo Lorente and Sebastian Fiumara, all under the watchful eye of Moore himself. This four issue masterpiece launches with an extra large first issue. What would you pay to learn the innermost secrets of wizards? Young prostitute Som-Som has made the ultimate sacrifice; literally sworn to secrecy by cosmetic surgery, the two halves of Som-Som's brain have been severed, leaving her able to hear and see... but not speak or act. Now Som-Som's unique attributes will put her firmly in the center of an impossible dilemma, as an old friend return to The House Without Clocks, and a deadly game of domination begins... Available in regular and wraparound covers by Fiumara.
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