Perhaps the most widely respected comic writer of the modern era,
Alan Moore’s contribution to the comics world is incalculable.
Creator of some of 2000 AD’s most popular series, including Abelard
Snazz, The Ballad of Halo Jones, D.R. & Quinch and Skizz, he has
also worked on A.B.C. Warriors, Ro-Busters, Rogue Trooper, Ro-Jaws’
Robo-Tales, Tharg the Mighty, Time Twisters and several one-off
strips.
Outside of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, Moore is best known for his
work on the classic Watchmen, which redefined the superhero genre
in 1986, but this is simply touching the surface of a career which
has included 1963, A1’s Warpsmiths, Bojeffries Saga and Maxwell the
Magic Cat, AARGH!, Batman, Big Numbers, Brought to Light, Captain
Britain, Deathblow, Flesh and Bones, From Hell, Glory, Green
Lantern Corps, Lost Girls, Miracleman, A Small Killing, Snakes and
Ladders, Spawn, Supreme, Swamp Thing, Superman , V For Vendetta,
WildC.A.T.S. and Youngblood.
Moore is now owner and chief writer of the America’s Best Comics
line, distributed by WildStorm, and including Promethea, Tom
Strong, Tomorrow Stories, Top Ten and The League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen, which has been made into a major Hollywood movie.
Alan Davis is one of the most respected pencillers currently
working in the comics industry. Debuting in 2000 AD with the
space-based prison drama Harry 20 on the High Rock, he followed
with the immortal D.R. and Quinch, which remains one of the
Galaxy’s Greatest’s most popular series. Davis also contributed to
short stories and Judge Dredd, before heading for America and
almost instant acclaim. His US career has included Avengers, Batman
and the Outsiders, Captain Britain, ClanDestine, Detective Comics,
Excalibur, JLA, Killraven, Miracleman, Star Wars and X-Men. He has
recently taken up the reins on Uncanny X-Men. Mark Farmer has
worked on a number of stories for 2000 AD during the 80s and 90s,
including D.R. & Quinch and Judge Dredd. Since then he has become
known as an inker on a variety of titles for DC and Marvel.
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