Alan Moore

[missingmarch]

So, I own the following -

The Swamp Thing volumes - I enjoyed this a fair amount.
Watchmen - I definitely enjoyed this.
The Promethea volumes - Really, really enjoyed this.
V for Vendetta - Enjoyed this a lot.
Top 10 1 & 2 - absolutely loved this.
the new marvel collections of Miracleman, 1 & 2 - This wasn't bad, but it wasn't as spectacular as the 25 years of hype I'd been hearing would have suggested.
Supreme: The Return - well written, but I didn't really care about it.
the two WildCATS collections of his - I thought that these were mostly awful. I read Joe Casey before I read these, and this felt like both a stylistic and narrative step backwards.
Lost Girls - What the unholy **** did I read.

So, what am I missing? What should I pick up next? At his best - in my opinion of what I've read, Top 10, Watchmen, V, Promethea - he writes some of the most incredible stuff I've ever read in this medium. What else of his is at that level?

I know that most of the stuff he writes is superhero stuff - something I usually completely avoid - but I'll read anything that's good.

[awayne83]

LOEG and From Hell are probably the most notable you haven't gotten too

[missingmarch]

LOEG and From Hell are probably the most notable you haven't gotten too

Oh ****, I forgot about those. Yeah, I have League 1-3 and the Black Dossier. I enjoyed those well enough.

[JohnnyGoodboy]

None of his stuff comes close to what he was doing on Swamp Thing that run are some of the greatest comics ever produced IMO.

[Judge Dredd]

My favorite Moore book is Ballad of Halo Jones, up there with V for me. Halo Jones is a great sci-fi adventure about a girl who just goes and sees what is out there and has crazy adventures, goes to war, and all kinds of sci-fi fun. It was suppose to have more volumes, but he had a falling out like he does with everyone it seems, but great art by Ian Gibson. The Complete Future Shocks are a good read from a young Alan Moore was from 1980 - 1983 so right before Swamp Thing. D.R. & Quinch is another good early Moore book, but it is very different from anything else he wrote, it is a comedy series about two delinquent aliens, he does not seem to be a fan he said it has no lasting social value, it is just a goofy sci-fi book, but Neil Gaiman praised it. I enjoyed it, but I generally like the goofy sci-fi humor 2000 AD was doing at the time.

[Automatic Sam]

Top 10: SMAX is one my favorites from Mr. Moore. It's really kind of goofy, but just a whole lot of fun all around.
Also didn't see The Killing Joke on that list. That's a classic.
You may also want to check out Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Some series that I did NOT enjoy and recommend you only read if you're wanting be a Moore completionist:
Tom Strong. I know this gets a lot of praise in some corners, but I found it to be merely average.
Neonomicon. While its predecessor (The Courtyard) was a truly psychologically disturbing work of horror, Neonomicon relies more on a sexual type of horror and did not sit right with me. It make me feel sick for all the wrong reasons. I was looking forward to reading Providence until I read this, and now I'm not sure I ever will.
Tomorrow Stories: Just a weird compilation of tales with some recurring characters and themes. Not really good at all.

If it's just "great comics" you're looking for, may I kindly recommend Lone Wolf and Cub, All Star Superman, Sandman, Scalped, Hickman's Fantastic Four.

[TomSlick]

Tom Strong!

[Ari Gold]

I liked Tom Strong.

[vark]

1963, and the Majestic one shot.

oh, and Crossed +100.

[t hedge coke]

Cobweb is the best thing Alan Moore's done. Cobweb was the stuff.

[Hellboydce]

Neonomicon and Providence from avatar press

just noticed someone else mentioned these

[Mister Mets]

You may be missing his DC superhero work. He's considered one of the best Superman writers ever on the strength of three stories (For The Man Who has Everything, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?, and Last Rites.) His Green Lantern Corps stories introduced some major concepts for the series. Batman: The Killing Joke is a classic. Night Olympics is one of the strongest Green Arrow stories.

Also worth seeking out online is "In Pictopia" a 13 page satire/ deconstruction of grim and gritty superheroes.

[Mr`Orange]

Neonomicon and Providence from avatar press

just noticed someone else mentioned these

I didn't enjoy Neonomicon but Providence has been really good.

Also has Moore done any Marvel work, not Marvel UK but the main company? Because I can't seem to see anything by him so it makes me wonder what his issue is with them and what caused it.

[Hellboydce]

I didn't enjoy Neonomicon but Providence has been really good.

Also has Moore done any Marvel work, not Marvel UK but the main company? Because I can't seem to see anything by him so it makes me wonder what his issue is with them and what caused it.

i'd be more surprised if there was someone he didn't have an issue with

[The Lucky One]

Captain Britain. Some of his earliest comic work, well worth reading (though the trade collecting it is unfortunately OOP).