The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore

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The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore is a book written by George Khoury, published by TwoMorrows Publishing in 2003.

Contents 1 Contents 2 Publication 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

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It contains a long interview of Alan Moore about his life and comics career. It contains tributes by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham, Rick Veitch, David Lloyd, John Totleben, Dave Gibbons, Brian Bolland, J.H. Williams III, Ian Gibson, Garry Leach, Hilary Barta, Chris Sprouse, Scott Dunbier, Sam Kieth, Todd Klein, and Kevin O'Neill. There is an extensive bibliography.

It contains the following full works by Moore:

• "Shrine of the Lizard" (a prose story reprinted from the 1971 fanzine Weird Window #2)

• three strips from Roscoe Moscow

• five strips of Maxwell the Magic Cat

• "Nutters Ruin" (a 1979 strip, reprinted from Speakeasy #43)

• "The Avenging Hunchback" (reprinted from Darkstar #19)

• "Kultural Krime Komix" (reprinted from Darkstar #20)

• "Old Gangsters Never Die" (a short comic adaptation of the song included with the 45-rpm record with art by Lloyd Thatcher)

• a never realised Judge Dredd script

• The Halo Jones page from 2000 A.D. #500

• "Lust" (reprinted from Seven Deadly Sins)

• a one-page strip reprinted from Heartbreak Hotel #1

• "In Pictopia" (recolorised by José Villarubia and reprinted from Anything Goes #2)

• "Dr. Omaha presents Venus in Fur" (reprinted from Images of Omaha #2)

• "Bob Wachsman Tummler" (reprinted from American Splendor #15)

• "Belly of Cloud" (never realised script)

• "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" (reprinted from Heartbreak Hotel #3)

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• The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore (by George Khoury, 224 pages, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-1893905245)

[edit] See also

• List of published material by Alan Moore

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Publisher profile for The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore

v • d • e Alan Moore Related people Melinda Gebbie • Leah Moore Early British works Maxwell the Magic Cat • Miracleman • V for Vendetta • The Bojeffries Saga • Skizz • The Ballad of Halo Jones • Captain Britain (including Jaspers' Warp) • Doctor Who (including Special Executive) • D.R. and Quinch • Future Shocks • Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths DC Comics Sodam Yat • Mogo • Swamp Thing • Watchmen • Batman: The Killing Joke • Superman: For the Man Who Has Everything • Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? • Twilight of the Superheroes Image/Awesome Comics 1963 • Glory • Judgment Day • Spawn • Violator • WildC.A.T.S. • Voodoo • Spawn/WildC.A.T.S. • Supreme • Youngblood America's Best Comics The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen • Promethea • Tom Strong • Terra Obscura • Tomorrow Stories • Top Ten • Top 10: The Forty-Niners • Smax • Albion Miscellaneous Brought to Light • Big Numbers • A Small Killing • From Hell • Lost Girls Comics based on Moore's prose Alan Moore's Songbook • Another Suburban Romance • The Courtyard • A Disease of Language • Hypothetical Lizard • Magic Words Books Voice of the Fire • The Mirror of Love • Writing for Comics • The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases Film adaptations The Return of Swamp Thing • From Hell • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen • Constantine • V for Vendetta • Watchmen Spoken word CDs March of the Sinister Ducks • The Birth Caul • The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels • Brought to Light • Snakes and Ladders • The Highbury Working • Angel Passage Other The Mindscape of Alan Moore • Husbands and Knives