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Comic Book Author
Alan Moore

I have now decided to update the world of what is outside of their boxes that they hide in. And this is starting with the essential graphic novels that you need to buy/to add to your collection.

First up for people that don't know Alan Moore wrote some of the best story arcs ever that sprawled across DC, Marvel and Vertigo's universes. Alan Moore wrote such classics as the Killing Joke in the Batman Franchise and wrote such groundbreaking graphic novels such as Watchmen and V for Vendetta.

Why Should I even care?
I'm glad you asked that question. Because these story lines have been presented in a lot of popular TV and Movies without giving them credit. A small example of this would be NBC's Heroes. Although it hit a snag this year after the Writer's Strike, they stole some story lines from Watchmen. I don't have a problem when other shows borrow ideas but they jacked pretty much the entire story line and then claimed they had never read the book. Fools! If you come from a comic based background you've read it. The whole story line when the bad guy at the end of Season 1 wants to blow up New York city to "unite" the world by the tragedy. I heard people yelling thats genius! It was already taken in almost twenty years prior in Watchmen. But I'm not bitter.

V for Vendetta is captivating. Although a close second to Watchmen it has great ideas that comment on real life heavily while making a different kind of anti-hero. V is on one mission only. And that is paying back everyone who destroyed his life. The way Moore portrayed the government in the story was also great. It controlled people by fear, since it's such a powerful emotion, people give up their own free will slowly without even noticing. Also a well crafted idea in the story was how the government agents are broken up into symbolic representation of the five senses into 5 different branches.

Simply put, Alan Moore has a unique voice and is the best thing to come out of the 80's since slap bracelets.