Alan Moore

Illuminations by Alan Moore review – a savaging of the superhero industry

A short-story collection from the Watchmen creator takes aim at the comics industry and populist fascism in America

David M Higgins

14, Oct, 2022 @6:30 AM

Watchmen author Alan Moore: ‘I’m definitely done with comics’

As he releases his first short story collection, the revered writer talks about magic, the problem with superhero movies and why he will never write another graphic novel

Sam Leith

07, Oct, 2022 @9:00 AM

Dredd zone: the anarchic world of comic-book artist Steve Dillon

His groundbreaking work on such seminal characters as Judge Dredd, Preacher and Punisher is being celebrated with a posthumous show of his remarkable legacy

David Barnett

30, Jun, 2022 @1:00 PM

The Show review – Alan Moore brings vaudevillian dazzle to Northampton noir

Moore has created a Chandlerian shoal of red herrings, drawing viewers into a dark and dense mystery set in the very centre of England

Phil Hoad

13, Oct, 2021 @2:00 PM

‘I’m bursting with fiction’: Alan Moore announces five-volume fantasy epic

Watchmen and V for Vendetta writer lands six-figure deal for fantasy quintet Long London and short story collection

Alison Flood

03, May, 2021 @5:01 AM

Top 10 horror novels | Gabriel Bergmoser

From Stephen King to Oscar Wilde and Tana French, novelist Gabriel Bergmoser chooses Halloween reading that does more than simply shock and scare

Gabriel Bergmoser

28, Oct, 2020 @12:00 PM

Watchmen is by far the best adaptation of the comic – but should fans watch it?

HBO’s take on the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons comic succeeds where all others have failed, but it is yet another DC project made without Moore’s approval

Sam Thielman

23, Dec, 2019 @1:46 PM

Watchmen: such a masterpiece it's almost too much to bear

The adaptation of the DC comic is like eating a steak after months of chewing the gristle off mince

Joel Golby

07, Dec, 2019 @11:00 AM

Alan Moore drops anarchism to champion Labour against Tory 'parasites'

Comics legend, who has voted only once in his life, makes passionate appeal to help defeat ‘rapacious’ rightwing party in general election

Alison Flood

21, Nov, 2019 @12:40 PM

Auteurs assemble! What caused the superhero backlash?

They’ve conquered the box office. Now it’s payback time. As they are attacked by film-makers like Martin Scorsese, are TV and movie superheroes fighting a losing battle against reality?

Steve Rose

23, Oct, 2019 @4:03 PM

Watchmen review – the perfect superhero story for our tattered times

Set in an alternative America where white supremacists are on the rampage, this HBO adaptation of Alan Moore’s classic graphic novel is both thrilling and uncomfortably resonant

Lucy Mangan

21, Oct, 2019 @9:10 PM

Goodbye, Alan Moore: the king of comics bows out

The pioneer of serious superheroes – who is retiring – has transformed the genre over 40 years of rebellious invention