Alan Moore is an English author known primarily for his work in comics including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Batman: The Killing Joke, Superman: Whatever Happened
Moore in 2008
The town centre of Northampton, the town where Moore has spent his entire life and which later became the setting of his novel Jerusalem
Guy Fawkes serves as physical and philosophical inspiration for the titular protagonist of V for Vendetta.
The threat of nuclear war during the Cold War influenced the setting and tone of Watchmen.