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16 June 2011

Alan Moore: “I’ve disproved the existence of death“

The comic book author talks about writing a 750,000 word prose novel about Northampton.

By Helen Lewis

Alan Moore can’t be accused of playing it safe. In his 40-year career, he has written a genre-busting superhero comic (Watchmen); a graphic novel in which the hero is a terrorist (V for Vendetta); and one of the most beautiful — but scandalous — pieces of pornography ever produced (Lost Girls).

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