A Different Kind of Comic

Works like Halo Jones broke many of the stereotypes previously attached to female characters within comic book land. With the help of artist Ian Gibson, the two collaborated to create a lead female that was void of the big bust, big gun, or distressed victim character (Jahanzee).  They instead created a woman that seemingly belonged to the world she lived in and was made of her time, surroundings, and choices (Knight).  Halo Jones would only be the beginning of Moore’s vivid (and still going) career.  He would go on to poignantly point out the flaws of government, create story lines that fed themselves on continuation, and changed the world of comics.  Moore has been credited as starting what can be referred to as a revolution within comics and graphic novels in the 1980s (Knight).  Although he waited until 1996 to release his first novel, Voice of the Fire, the novel is the epitome of imagination and exploration.  Moore continually enterprises on his own spiritual inspiration of magic and more often than not some element can be found within his writings (O Mealoid).  Following the same style as Halo Jones; the majority of his characters reflect a composition of their world, and their choices.  They are rarely contrived and almost always a representation of their situation.

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Jehanzee.  "The Objectification of Women in Comic Books." Fantasy.  Lightspeed, Aug. 2008.  Web. 28 April 2013

Knight, James.  “Alan Moore.”  Vice.  Vice Media, May  2010.  Web.  29 April 2013.

Lamont, Tom.  “Alan Moore: why I turned my back on Hollywood.”  The Guardian.  Guardian News and Media, December 2012.  Web.  28 April 2013.

Moore, Alan, writer.  The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones.  Art by Ian Gibson.  United Kingdom: Titan Books Ltd, 2003. Print.

O Mealoid, Padraig. "Interview: Alan Moore on Providence, Jerusalem, League and more - Part 1." The Beat.  Comicsbeat.  16 Apr. 2013.   Web.