Richard Moore (born July 17, 1966, in

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as Fredrick William Morehead) is an American writer and artist of

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s. His published titles include ''

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'' (

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), ''

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'' (

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) and ''Deja Vu'' ( Radio Comix).

Biography

Overview

Moore's first original work was ''

'', a four-issue

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published in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

–

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

. A sequel to ''Far West'' was published in 2008. Moore published ''

'', a quarterly fantasy humor title, from 2001 through 2009 with

. ''Boneyard'' won the 2005 gold medal for all-ages graphic novels from ''ForeWord Magazine''. Some of Moore's adult-only work includes

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titles from different publishers such as ''Genus'' and ''Milk!''. Moore also contributed to the first issue of the gay title ''Genus Male''. Other works by Moore include ''Fire and Brimstone'', ''Chip'' and ''Chip: Second Crack''.

Awards

* 1999 Winner,

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— Television Animation Division * 2005 Gold Medal, All-ages Graphic Novels, from ''ForeWord Magazine'' — ''Boneyard''

Bibliography

* ''

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'' #64 (Antarctic Press, Aug. 1998) — ''Far West'' preview * ''

'': ** Vol. 1, 4 issues (

, Nov. 1998–May 1999) ** Vol. 2, 2 issues (Antarctic Press, Feb. 2000–Apr. 2000) ** one-shot (Antarctic Press, 2008) * ''Deja Vu'': ** ''Deja Vu'' vol. 1 ( Radio Comix, Nov. 2000–Jan. 2001) ** ''Deja Vu: The Pond'' one-shot (Radio Comix, Mar. 2001) * ''

'' - 28 issues (

, 2001–2009) ** ''Hog's Breath Inn'' —

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spinoff of ''Boneyard'' * ''The Pound'' one-shot (Radio Comix, 2000) * ''Fire and Brimstone'', 5 issues (Antarctic Press, June 2008–Feb. 2009) * ''Insane Children's Letters to God'' (

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, 2009) * ''Chip'': ** Vol. 1, 2 issues (Antarctic Press, March 2010–May 2010) ** ''Chip: Second Crack'', 3 issues (Antarctic Press, Sept. 2010 - 2011)

Erotic comics

* ''Genus'' various issues (Radio Comix, 2000–) * ''Horny Tails'' (NBM Publishing/ Amerotica, 2001) * ''Poundcake'' (Radio Comix, 2004) * ''Short Strokes'', 2 issues (NBM, 2005) * ''Richard Moore's Blue Grind'' one-shot (Antarctic Press, 2006) * ''Milk!'' (Radio Comix) * ''A-Bomb'' (Antarctic Press) * ''Genus Male'' (Radio Comix) * ''Sizzle'', various issues (

) — includes characters from Moore's various series

References

Notes

Sources consulted

External links

Moore's NBM Publishing page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Richard American comics writers American comics artists 1966 births Living people People from French Camp, California