Richard Moore (comics)

Richard Moore (born Fredrick William Morehead in French Camp, CA, July 17, 1966) is an American writer and artist of comic books. His published titles include Far West, Boneyard and Deja Vu.

Biography

Overview

Moore's first published work were contributions to stories within Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, published in the late 1980s, along with one issue of Ninja High School.

Moore's first original work was Far West, a four-issue limited series published in 1998 by Antarctic Press.^[1] Far West was the first work Moore lettered by himself. A sequel to Far West was published in 2008.

Moore published Boneyard, a quarterly title, through NBM Publishing which won the 2005 gold medal for all-ages graphic novels from Foreword Magazine^[2])

Some of his adult-only work includes one-shot titles from different publishers such as Genus and Milk!. Moore also contributed to the hugely popular first issue of the gay title Genus Male.

His most recent work includes Fire and Brimstone, Chip and Chip: Second Crack.

Early illness

Moore's early adulthood was plagued by severe bouts of manic-depression which went either undiagnosed or were diagnosed improperly. Moore suffered with roller-coaster emotions, uncontrollable rage and deep depressions none of which he could control and which led to a life he has described as "hell". In exasperation, Moore and his girlfriend Jackie who is now his wife, rejected the poor quality of assistance provided by physicians and researched a diagnosis for themselves. They documented symptoms and researched bipolarism until, with enough proof in hand, they were able to receive appropriate corrective medication for the disorder. Moore was at this time in his early twenties and was only then able to feel as if he had control over his emotions and actions. Moore's years of inattention have left him mistrustful of medical practitioners.

One profound side-effect of Moore's particular mindset is that he is a self-admitted workaholic who puts in 18 hours a day at the drawing table turning out many projects that he hopes to see published in one form or another in the coming years. These include children's literature, film scripts, novels and of course more comics. To unwind from these hours of work, Moore experiments with painting and sculpture.

Bibliography

• Far West Vols. 1-3
• Deja Vu -Two issues and The Pond One shot
• Boneyard - 28 issues, NBM Publishing
  • Hog's Breath Inn -web comic spinoff/backup to Boneyard
• The Pound - One-shot, Antarctic Press
• Insane Children's Letters to God -tpb
• Fire and Brimstone - 5 issues, Antarctic Press
• Chip vols. 1 and 2 - 5 issues, Antarctic Press
• Ninja High School #64 (Story and art), Antarctic Press
• Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #523, #528, #534,#536,#542

Adult contributions

• Horny Tails -adult trade paperback, Amerotica (NBM Publishing)
• Short Strokes vol. 1 and 2
• Richard Moore's Blue Grind -adult one-shot
• Milk!
• Genus
• A-bomb
• Genus Male
• Poundcake
• Sizzle (NBM Publishing, includes characters from his various series)

Notes

References

External links

• Moore's NBM Publishing page