Ngaphambi kuka-Alan Moore singaphambilini omunye wabadali bamahlaya edume kakhulu futhi ehlonishwa ngokujulile ngaso sonke isikhathi. Uma sithi unabaQaphi, uV weVendetta noma uKilling Joke ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe, singashesha ukwazi ukuthi sikhuluma ngobani ngokumemezela igama lakhe nesibongo, umculi omkhulu.
Ngesonto eledlule, engqungqutheleni ebiseLondon ukuze wethule umsebenzi wakho wakamuva ubuciko, iJerusalema, uMorey umemezele ukuthi unamakhasi angama-250 kuphela okufanele awabhale ukuze ashiye ngokuqinisekile umhlaba wamahlaya futhi aqale uhambo lwakhe kwamanye amaphrojekthi ngezinye izindlela.
UMoore uzoqedela uCinema Purgatorio nokuthi kungaba yini incwadi entsha, i-League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, ukuqedela isikhathi sakhe ngamahlaya, leyo ngxoxo emholele ekutheni azinze futhi ahlale emlandweni wale ndlela yokudala ukuthi Ziningi izindaba ezihlinzekiwe kule minyaka edlule.
Isizathu salokhu kube ukuthi unethezeke kakhulu phakathi nendawo futhi yilokhu kuphela okuzomthola izindaba zabo ziyahlupheka, into yena nabalandeli bakhe abangayifuni. Isizathu esihlakaniphile sokuzinikela kolunye uhlobo njengamabhayisikobho, lapho azithola efana nonochwane lapho konke kubonakala kukusha kuye. Inselelo ezokunikeza isifiso esisha sokuyakha, noma ngabe uya kude nalawo mahlaya akunikeze okuningi.
Kwakunama-DC Comics lapho u-Alan Moore ahamba khona ngama-80s ukuya hlala "othandweni" kubanikazi beBatman. Umbhali obengathanda ukuthi igama lakhe lisuswe kuyo yonke imisebenzi angasenayo, ezofaka iWatchmen neV yeVendetta, nayo ephethwe yiDC Comics.
Singaphambili elinye lamazwi aphikisayo ngempatho i-Hollywood enikeza amahlaya (nangokulwa nabashicileli) futhi waqinisekisa kuleyo ngqungquthela yabezindaba ukuthi iJerusalema, umsebenzi wakhe omusha, ngeke uguqulwe ube yifilimu ngaphandle kwalapho kusebenza iphrojekthi.