Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore
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superhero movies 306–6, 330
Superman 14, 15, 21, 29, 64, 80, 81, 91, 167, 168, 170, 212, 217
Superman annual 174
Superman movies 193, 302
Supreme 3, 263, 293, 294, 296, 299
Swamp Thing 2, 3, 11, 25, 106, 111, 125, 128, 130, 131, 144, 145–50, 153–6, 160, 165, 170, 174, 175, 176, 177, 186, 207, 208, 210, 212, 219, 220, 227, 228, 234, 236, 238, 245, 272, 286, 288, 305, 314, 340, 347
Swan, Curt 223
Swordstone 124
Taboo 249, 250, 255, 256, 343, 355
Talbot, Bryan 43, 66, 86, 99–100, 101, 131, 180, 244, 249, 350
Talcum Powder 64
Tales of the Black Freighter 190, 209–10, 329
Ten Little Liggers 187
Thatcherism 137, 202–3, 247, 251, 322, 323
The Thing 19, 25
‘This Vicious Cabaret’ 196
Thompson, Dave 43
Thomson, Iain 112
Thor 264
Thorpe, Dave 138, 176
Three-Eyes McGurk and his Death-Planet Commandos 64, 187
Thriller 143
Tijuana Bibles 340–41
Time Twisters 60, 98, 137, 156, 210
Timely Comics 16
Timm, Bruce 295
Titan Books 207, 238, 244
Tom Strong 296, 299, 339, 340, 359, 362
Tommy Tomorrow 165
Tomorrow Stories 296
Top Shelf 99, 318, 343, 344, 348, 352, 358, 360
Top Ten 296
Totleben, John 125, 130, 148, 150, 154, 169, 170, 175, 249, 350
A True Story 3
‘Truther’ conspiracy theory 324
Twilight 211–12
Twin Peaks 260
The Uncanny X-Men 116, 127
underground comix 43, 55, 59, 66, 81, 143, 188, 250, 341
Underland 254
Unearthing 30, 299, 373–4, 380
Usborne, Alex 307
Uslan, Michael 306
V for Vendetta 3, 10–11, 12, 48, 84, 86–7, 88–97, 96, 102, 103, 110, 111, 125, 128, 132, 135, 136, 137, 159–60, 161, 170, 171, 172, 176, 186, 196, 202, 207, 210, 217, 234, 237, 238, 245, 246, 256, 295, 301, 302, 304–5, 319–24, 325–7, 333, 334, 339, 345, 354, 362, 373
V for Vendetta masks 370–71, 373
Valentino, Jim 258, 259–60
Varley, Lynne 170
Varty, Suzy 43
Veitch, Rick 169, 220, 225, 260, 295, 298, 355
Vertigo 220, 257, 362
Vigilante 166
Villarrubia, José 338, 374
Violator v Badrock 262
violence 2, 59, 77, 81, 83, 156, 186, 188, 189, 190, 195, 196, 227, 237, 240, 245, 256, 336, 339–40
Virgin Books 256
Viz 255–6
Voice of the Fire 5, 114, 242, 254, 266, 291, 299, 318, 377, 466
Voyage to Arcturus 363–4
Wachowskis, the 319, 320, 322
Wagner, John 59, 132, 141, 237, 255
Wallace, Alf 29
War Child 124
Warner Books 222, 232, 357
Warner Bros 316
Warner Communications 81
Warner Pictures 330
Warner Publishing 79
Warpsmith 99, 103, 136, 171
Warrior 4, 80, 81, 83, 86, 87, 93, 95, 96, 98–105, 107, 116, 125, 126, 134, 135, 136, 137, 142, 157, 158, 159–60, 161–64, 163, 165, 168, 171–74, 173, 178, 180, 228
Watchmen 2, 3, 9, 68, 112, 113, 114, 122–3, 127, 131, 144, 181, 183–4, 189, 190–206, 197, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214–17, 218–19, 220, 221, 222–4, 227, 230, 231, 232–5, 237, 238, 241, 247, 256, 257, 288, 324, 334, 339, 357–8, 359–60, 380
contract 214–16, 218–19, 220, 221, 233, 234
graphic novel 216, 220, 222, 238, 330
marketing 231, 232–3
Moore-DC Comics dispute 219, 220, 221, 222–4, 232–3, 234
movie 216, 301, 302–4, 329–33, 356
sequels proposal 223–4, 228, 351
smiley badge 184, 190, 200, 207, 213
UK publicity tour 238
Wayne, Bob 216
Wein, Len 143, 144, 145, 147, 150, 154, 170, 219, 220, 222, 232
Wertham, Fredric 151, 152
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? 3, 211
Who Killed the Peacemaker? 166–7, 181
Wieringo, Mike 115
WildC.A.T.S. 259, 263
Wildstorm 130, 294, 296, 297, 298, 318
Williams, J.H. 122, 272, 295
Wilson, Patrick 331
Wilson, S Clay 250
Windsor Smith, Barry 30
Wizard 266
Wolfman, Marv 169, 228, 229, 237
Wolk, Douglas 2, 284, 286, 288
Wolverine 180
Wonder Woman 193, 296, 302
Wood, Wally 13, 14
Wrightson, Bernie 145
writing comics
artist–publisher disputes 217
artist–writer collaboration 105–6, 115–16, 117–18, 123–8
artist–writer disputes 130
cinematic parallels 116–17, 127, 332–3
compartmentalised production 117–18
Full Script method 115, 116–17, 118–25, 126
Marvel Method 115, 117
merchandising rights and licensing deals 155, 168, 213–14, 224, 257
new writers 60–1
payment and royalties 107, 135–6, 155–6, 160, 212, 257
rights ownership 16, 80–1, 168, 176, 177, 214–15
schedules 105–6, 130–1, 155
writer–publisher dynamic 158–9, 217–18
X-Men 17, 180, 221, 225, 234, 247, 258, 259, 295, 308
Young Marvelman 136
The Young Ones 98
Youngblood 294–5
Yronwode, Cat 172, 175, 177–8, 179, 181
Yuggoth Cultures 101, 280
Zarate, Oscar 244, 251, 338
Zirk 163
Zulli, Michael 257
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