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Alan Moore

1953 - Today

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Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Batman: The Killing Joke, and From Hell. He is widely recognised among his peers and critics as one of the best comic book writers in the English language. Moore has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, Brilburn Logue, and Translucia Baboon; also, reprints of some of his work have been credited to The Original Writer when Moore requested that his name be removed.Moore started writing for British underground and alternative fanzines in the late 1970s before achieving success publishing comic strips in such magazines as 2000 AD and Warrior. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Moore has received more than 5,968,114 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 53 in 2019). Alan Moore is the 25th most popular comic artist (down from 21st in 2019), the 1,040th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 998th in 2019) and the most popular British Comic Artist.

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  • 58.77

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  • 52

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  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Alan Moore ranks 25 out of 174Before him are Go Nagai, Steve Ditko, André Franquin, Quino, Leiji Matsumoto, and Milo Manara. After him are Winsor McCay, Will Eisner, Don Rosa, Georges Wolinski, Jean-Jacques Sempé, and Hirohiko Araki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Alan Moore ranks 61Before him are Ségolène Royal, Jean Tirole, John Zorn, Kristalina Georgieva, José María Aznar, and Tony Shalhoub. After him are Kate Capshaw, Sergei Ivanov, Frances Conroy, Cha Bum-kun, Rick Moranis, and Jadranka Kosor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Moore ranks 1,040 out of 7,765Before him are Alexander II of Scotland (1198), Bob Hope (1903), Samuel Butler (1612), Roger Daltrey (1944), George Vancouver (1757), and Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916). After him are Thomas Graham (1805), Jack Phillips (1887), Geraldine McEwan (1932), John Horton Conway (1937), Charles Spearman (1863), and Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among comic artists born in United Kingdom, Alan Moore ranks 1After him are Quentin Blake (1932), David Lloyd (1950), Dave Gibbons (1949), Jamie Hewlett (1968), Raymond Briggs (1934), John Byrne (1950), Mark Millar (1969), Ronald Searle (1920), Garth Ennis (1970), Warren Ellis (1968), and Dave McKean (1963).