Alan Moore To Make First Comic Convention Appearance In 25 Years

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Watchmen creator to give a talk on writing comics and a Q&A session… but you’ll have to donate some old comics to see him

Watchmen creator Alan Moore is to make his first official comic convention appearance as the guest of honour at the first ever Northants International Comics Expo (NICE) over the weekend of 22-23 September at Wickstead Park.

For nearly 30 years Alan Moore has been universally acclaimed as the most ground-breaking and literate comic writer in the world. His early days in UK comics such as 2000AD and Warrior led to the creation of enduring stories such as The Ballad Of Halo Jones and V For Vendetta . He redefined the idea of superhero icons in The Killing Joke , Marvelman and most notably Watchmen , which is still the only graphic novel on TIME magazine's 100 Greatest Novels list. From there he has created an eclectic body of work such as From Hell , Lost Girls and The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman . He is renowned as both an entertaining and enlightening speaker by those lucky enough to have experienced one of Alan Moore's rare readings or talks, and NICE 2012 is delighted to announce that he has graciously accepted the invitation to be Guest of Honour at our inaugural 2012 event.

Dave Golder
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