Illuminations - Limited Edition

Born on November 18, 1953 in a working class area of Northampton, England, the son of a brewery worker and a printer.
Moore began publishing his poetry and essays in various fanzines during the late 1960s and eventually set up his own fanzine named Embryo. During the 1970s, Moore became a cartoonist, and his work began appearing in Sounds and NME under the pseudonym Curt Vile, Jill De Ray, and Translucia Baboon. He moved on to contribute to Doctor Who Weekly and 2000 AD and begun creating several popular series such as The Ballad of Halo Jones and D.R. & Quinch.
Gaining wider recognition as contributor to the British anthology magazine, Warrior, Moore began his most important early series, Miracleman and V for Vendetta, and was awarded the British Eagle for Best Comics Writer awards for both these works in 1982 and 1983.

His first American series was Saga of the Swamp Thing. His 1986 work, Watchmen is his masterpiece, and helped redefine the comic book medium, changing the tone of comics to date. Many readers and critics consider Watchmen to be the best comic ever produced.

By the end of the 1980s, Moore was publishing his own graphic novels while also contributing to Batman and Superman stories. Also towards the late 1980s, Moore set up his own publishing imprint called Mad Love Publishing.

During the 1990s, Moore produced another imprint called America’s Best Comics and series including The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Promethea, Tom Strong’s Terrific Tales, Tomorrow Stories and Top Ten.

Often against his wishes and without his blessing, his books have provided the basis for a number of Hollywood films, including From Hell (2001), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), V for Vendetta (2005), and Watchmen (2009).

In honour of his 60th birthday in 2013, the comic app Sequential released a free Alan Moore updated comic biography.