In 1982 the very first publication of Warrior featured a strip written by Moore entitled V for Vendetta. He also wrote for the comic book magazine Warrior and in the early 80s began writing for MarvelUK. Moore came onto the British comic book scene in the late 1970s writing for the acclaimed science fiction anthology 2000AD, home of Judge Dredd. Alan Moore has officially entered the conversation.Īdvertisement Alan Moore – Author, Beard Grower Ladies and gentlemen we have now reached such a point. Rogers’ Law the theory that as a discussion about comic books progresses, it becomes inevitable that someone or something will eventually bring up the work of Alan Moore, regardless of the original topic. “The theory that as an online discussion progresses, it becomes inevitable that someone or something will eventually be compared to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis, regardless of the original topic”īuilding upon Godwin’s work I would like to take this opportunity to posit my own thesis, which I have drawn from my own observations concerning the world of comic books and superheroes. The Online Oxford Dictionary defines Godwin’s Law as

Check out the previous articles here, here, here and here. In part 5 of Eoin Rogers’ series on the history of comic books, he looks at the role Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing played on the world of comics and how it formed the basis for adult comic book stories.

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