''The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore'' is a book written by George Khoury, published by

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in 2003. An updated "Indispensable Edition" was released in 2009.

The book contains a long interview of Alan Moore about his life and comics career. It includes tributes by

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and Mark Buckingham, Rick Veitch, David Lloyd, John Totleben,

Dave Gibbons David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story "For the Man ...

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, Ian Gibson, Garry Leach,

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, Scott Dunbier, Sam Kieth,

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, and Kevin O'Neill. There is an extensive bibliography. It contains the following full works by Moore: *"Shrine of the Lizard" (a prose story reprinted from the 1971 fanzine ''Weird Window'' #2) *three strips from Roscoe Moscow *five strips of ''

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'' *"Nutters Ruin" (a 1979 strip, reprinted from ''Speakeasy'' #43) *"The Avenging Hunchback" (reprinted from ''Darkstar'' #19) *"Kultural Krime Komix" (reprinted from ''Darkstar'' #20) *"Old Gangsters Never Die" (a short comic adaptation of the song included with the 45-rpm record with art by Lloyd Thatcher) *a never realised Judge Dredd script *The Halo Jones page from 2000 A.D. #500 *"Lust" (reprinted from ''Seven Deadly Sins'') *a one-page strip reprinted from ''Heartbreak Hotel'' #1 *"Dr. Omaha presents Venus in Fur" (reprinted from ''Images of Omaha'' #2) *"Bob Wachsman Tummler" (reprinted from ''American Splendor'' #15) *"Belly of Cloud" (never realised script) *"I Can Hear the Grass Grow" (reprinted from ''Heartbreak Hotel'' #3) *"In Pictopia" (recolored by

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and reprinted from ''Anything Goes'' #2) * The 2009 "Indispensable Edition" replaces "In Pictopia" with the story "The Riddle of the Recalcitrant Refuse" from ''Mr. Monster'' #3

Publication

*''The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore'' (by George Khoury, 224 pages,

, 2003, ) *''The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore - Indispensable Edition'' (by George Khoury, 240 pages,

, 2009, )

References

External links

Publisher profile for ''The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore, The Alan Moore Books about comics

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