Alan Moore

...in a universe of quantum doubt. Moore's and Gibbons's use of recurring iconography to invest some images with deeper layers of meaning was consciously recalled in the work of William Burroughs. And at the dark heart of the tale lies...

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Through it all, Moore and Gibbons weave several subplots, including the history of the Watchmen, a fictional pirate storyline ("Tales of the Black Freighter") and faux clippings from the heroes' storied pasts that flesh out back stories.

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...and later an "apocalyptic" writer. His influence was seen in the work of his admirers including Angela Carter, Martin Amis, Will Self, Iain Sinclair, Alan Moore, M. John Harrison and Christopher Priest. Tending, in the early years, to rely...

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...education. He began his storied career in the late '70s, writing a strip called "Maxwell the Magic Cat" for the Northants Post, near his native Northampton, England, before working on the popular "2000 AD" comic. His breakthrough...

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...Veidt" and that it can also be used as a counterpoint to other parts of the story, such as Rorschach's capture and Dr. Manhattan's self-exile on Mars. Moore named William S. Burroughs as one of his main influences during the conception of...

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...the Burroughs, a coherent interpretation). Though tricky in that you can never be sure whether Alan Moore is being satiric or sincere, the graphic novel at least comes equipped with a clean narrative. Strip away all the noise, and WATCHMEN is...

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...newspaper -- was a towering presence in the graphic novel's creative process. "I'd say Burroughs is one of my main influences," Moore explained. "With Watchmen I was trying to put some of his ideas into practice; the idea of repeated...

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