Leah Moore (born 4 February 1978) is a British

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writer and columnist. The daughter of comics writer

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke' ...

, she frequently collaborates with her husband, writer

John Reppion John Mark Reppion (born 1978) is an English comics writer. He is married to Leah Moore, the daughter of Alan Moore, and he has worked with both on the comic ''Albion''. John Reppion and Leah Moore have co-writing credits on '' Wild Girl'', a 6- ...

, as Moore & Reppion. She is a

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and

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, having graduated from

Manchester University The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

in 2001. She was a tutor on the

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's Graphic Novel residential courses in 2014 and 2016.

Biography

Moore was born to comics writer

and Phyllis Moore on 4 February 1978 in

Northampton Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is sit ...

. Her father is well known in the comics industry, and Leah Moore grew up familiar with it.

Career

Moore began writing for comics with stories for

America's Best Comics America's Best Comics (ABC) was a comic book publishing brand. It was set up by Alan Moore in 1999 as an imprint of WildStorm, an idea proposed to Moore by WildStorm founder Jim Lee when it was still under Image Comics. History ''America's ...

in 2002. Together, Moore & Reppion have scripted comics and graphic novels for the likes of '' 2000 AD'',

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

Education,

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Dynamite Entertainment Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book publisher founded in 2004 by Nick Barrucci in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, known for publishing comic book adaptations of licensed feature film properties, such as ''Army of Darkness'', '' Terminator ...

, Electricomics, IDW, and

Self Made Hero SelfMadeHero is an independent publishing house which specialises in adapting works of literature, as well as producing ground-breaking original fiction in the graphic novel medium. SelfMadeHero's books are distributed in the UK by Abrams & Ch ...

. Moore & Reppion were consulting writers for some of the mysteries featured in

Frogwares Frogwares is a Ukrainian video game development studio headquartered in Kyiv with subsidiary offices in Dublin, Ireland. The studio and its subsidiaries develop adventure games for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch as ...

Games multi platform adventure '' Sherlock Holmes - Crimes & Punishments'', 2014. Moore was the Project Manager and a contributing editor for the digital comics publishing and reading platfor
Electricomics
from 2013 to 2016. Moore has written for

(

Gail Simone Gail Simone (born July 29, 1974) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC Comics, DC's ''Birds of Prey (comics), Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female write ...

's ''Swords of Sorrow'', ''

Red Sonja Red Sonja is a sword-and-sorcery character created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973, partially inspired by Robert E. Howard's character Red Sonya of Rogatino. A warrior from the Hyborian Age of Ear ...

''), '' Heavy Metal'', ''2000 AD'' (''Summer Special'' ''2018'')'','' and

Shelly Bond Shelly Bond (born Roeberg) is an American comic book editor, known for her two decades at DC Comics' Vertigo (DC Comics) imprint, for which she was executive editor from 2013 to 2016. Career Bond became interested in comic books as a film studen ...

'
Black Crown Publishing
(''Femme Magnifique'', ''Black Crown Quarterly''). She has also written columns and articles for ''

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'' online, ''

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'', and ''Comic Heroes'' magazine.

Personal life

Moore lives in

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

with Reppion and their children.

Bibliography

Comics

*'' Wild Girl'' (with co-author

, and art by

Shawn McManus Shawn McManus (born June 30, 1958) is an Americans, American artist who has worked extensively over three decades for DC Comics and other companies, notably for DC's Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo imprint including the ''Fables (comics), Fables'' ...

and J.H. Williams III,

Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC C ...

, 2006). *''

Albion Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. The oldest attestation of the toponym comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than "Britain" today. The name for Scot ...

'' (plotted by

, with co-author

, and art by

Shane Oakley Shane Oakley is a British illustrator and comic book artist from Stoke-on-Trent, England. Biography Oakley began his career contributing to the alternative comics review ''Deadline Magazine'' in the 1980s, where he created '' Fatal Charm'' with ...

, Wildstorm, 2006). *Accent Anthologies (with co-author

): *''Witchblade'': "Shades of Gray" (with co-author

, and art by Stephen Segovia,

Top Cow Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, an imprint (trade name), imprint of Image Comics. It was founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992. The company is known for publishing titles such as ''Cyber Force (comics), Cyberforce'', ''The Darknes ...

, 2007) *''Raise the Dead'' (with co-author

, and pencil by Hugo Petrus and inks by Marc Rueda, 4-issue mini-series, Dynamite Entertainment, 2007, tpb, 120 pages, February 2008, ) *''

Savage Tales ''Savage Tales'' is the title of three American comics series. Two were black-and-white comics-magazine anthologies published by Marvel Comics, and the other a color comic book anthology published by Dynamite Entertainment. Publication history M ...

'': "Battle for Atlantis" (with co-author

, and art by

Pablo Marcos Pablo Marcos Ortega, known professionally as Pablo Marcos
at the

Gene Simmons House of Horrors'': "Into The Woods" (with co-author

, and art by Jeff Zornow,

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...

, 2007, tpb, 192 pages, April 2008, ) *''Space Doubles'': "Project: Obeah" (with co-author

, and art by Jeremy Dale and Jason Roth, Th3rd World Studios, 2007) *''Nevermore'': " The Black Cat" (with co-author

, and art by James Fletcher, Eye Classics,

, October 2007, ) * "Deadeye" (with co-author

and art by

Matt Timson Matt Timson is a British comic book artist who resides in Leicester. Biography Timson has done a lot of work (especially covers) for British small press comics including ''Solar Wind'', '' The End Is Nigh'' and '' FutureQuake'', as well as worki ...

, in '' Popgun'' No. 1, ''Popgun'' No. 2,

Image Comics Image Comics is an independent American American comic book, comic book publisher and is the third largest direct market comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry by market share. Its best-known publications include ''Spawn (comics) ...

, 2007/2008) *''

Darkness Darkness is the condition resulting from a lack of illumination, or an absence of visible light. Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low luminance because the hue-sensitive photoreceptor cells on the retina a ...

vs. Eva'' (with co-author

and art by Edgar Salazar) *''

Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...

Comic Book Tattoo ''Comic Book Tattoo '' is an Eisner and Harvey Award–winning anthology graphic novel made up of fifty-one stories, each based on or inspired by a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, published by Image Comics in 2008. Rantz Hoseley, ...

'' (with co-author John Reppion),

, 2008. *''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'': "The Whispering Gallery" (with co-author

and art by

Ben Templesmith Ben Templesmith (born 7 March 1984) is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series ''Fell (comics), Fell'', with writer Warren Ellis, and IDW Publishing, IDW's ...

one-shot One shot may refer to: Film and television * One-shot film, a feature film shot in one long take with no edits, or manufactured to look like so * ''One Shot'' (2005 film), a Sri Lankan action film directed by Ranjan Ramanayake * ''One Shot'', a ...

) *''The Complete

Dracula ''Dracula'' is an 1897 Gothic fiction, Gothic horror fiction, horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is Epistolary novel, related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens ...

'' (with co-author

and art by Colton Worley, 5-issue limited series, Dynamite Entertainment 2009) *''The Trial of Sherlock Holmes'' (with co-author

, Dynamite Entertainment 2009) *''The Complete Alice In Wonderland'' (with co-author

, Dynamite Entertainment 2010). * ''The Thrill Electric'' with co-author

and art by WindFlower Studio, October 2011. *''

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obser ...

– The Liverpool Demon'' (with co-author

), Dynamite Entertainment, 2013 *''Black Shuck'' (with co-author

), 2000 AD, 2014. *''Storm Warning - "The Relic"'' (with co-author

), 2000 AD, 2015. *''Sway'' (with co-author

), Electricomics, 2015. *''Damsels'' (with co-author

), Dynamite Entertainment, 2015. *''

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary ''Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' is a collection of ghost stories by British writer M. R. James, published in 1904 (some had previously appeared in magazines). Some later editions under this title contain both the original collection and its su ...

Vol 1'' (with co-author

), Self Made Hero, 2015. *''

Vol 2'' (with co-author

), Self Made Hero, 2016. *''Damsels Vol 2'' (with co-author

), Dynamite Entertainment, 2016. *''Black Shuck - Sins of the Father'' (with co-author

), 2000 AD, 2016. *''Storm Warning - "Over My Dead Body"'' (with co-author

), 2000 AD 2018. *''Conspiracy of Ravens'' (with co-authors

and Sally Jane Thompson), Dark Horse, 2018. *''Sherlock Holmes - The Vanishing Man'' (with co-author

), Dynamite Entertainment, 2019. *''Storm Warning - "Green and Pleasant Land"'' (with co-author

), 2000 AD 2019. *''

The Doors The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most influential and controversial rock acts ...

Morrison Hotel ''Morrison Hotel'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Doors, released on February 9, 1970, by Elektra Records. After the use of brass and string arrangements recommended by producer Paul A. Rothchild on their previous album, ' ...

'', Z2 comics, 2021. *''

Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal—alo ...

- Death By Design'' (with co-author John Reppion),

Heavy Metal Magazine ''Heavy Metal'' is an American science fantasy comics magazine, first published in 1977. The magazine is known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy, science fiction, erotica, and steampunk comics. Following a brief hiatus in 2023, it plans to ...

, 2019. *''Kyle Thomas - Guardian of the Realm'' (with co-author

), Penguin Michael Joseph, 2022. *''

Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981 by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, with guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil joining right after. The band has sol ...

- The Dirt Declassified'', Z2 comics, 2022. *''

Little Earthquakes ''Little Earthquakes'' is the debut solo album by the American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, featuring the singles " Silent All These Years", "China", "Winter" and " Crucify". After Atlantic Records rejected the first version of the album, Amos b ...

'', Z2 comics, 2022. *''

Joan Jett Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress. Often referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music#J, Godmother of Punk", she is regarded as a Pop icon, rock icon and ...

and the Blackhearts - I love Rock n Roll / Bad Reputation, Z2 comics, 2022. *''Queens of the Lost World'' (with co-author

and artist Silvia Califano) Opus Comics, 2023.

Books

* ''#WOMAN: Remapping the Territory Our Way'' (contributor), Rich Witch Films & Publishing, 2018. *''The Outcast Hours'' (contributor), Solaris, 2019.

References

External links

*
July 2006 interview about ''Albion'' and future projects
by

Forbidden Planet ''Forbidden Planet'' is a 1956 American science fiction action film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack and directed by Fred M. Wilcox (director), Fred M. Wilcox from a script by Cyril Hume that was based on a film story by ...

Dynamite Entertainment announcement of their signing up
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