WatchmencreatorAlan Moorehas annunciate a new series of phantasy novels . Though he retired from comic writing , the celebrated Divine of some of the most well - known graphical novels has more stories to narrate . He will be penning a new novel serial publication and a short story collection .

Alan Moore has been a published storyteller since the seventies . He is considerably bonk for his lifelike novel likeWatchmen , V For Vendetta , Batman : The Killing Joke , andThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , all of which have been adapt into films . His other deeds includeFrom Hell , Promethea , andThe Courtyardamong others . Moore has realise twenty - three Eisner awardsand he is a penis of the 2014 class of The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame .

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As account byThe Guardian , Alan Moore has announced that he will be writing a ingathering of short history titledIlluminations . He will also penLong London , a phantasy fin . Both prose kit and boodle will be release by Bloomsbury . The short story collection is slated for publishing in 2022 , while the phantasy novel serial will begin publishing in 2024 .

A sum-up from The Guardian submit thatLong Londonwill :

move from the “ scale - shock and unravelled ” London of 1949 to “ a rendering of London just beyond our cognition , ” encompass murder , magic trick and fury . Bloomsbury said it “ forebode to be heroic and unforgettable , a tour - de - power of magic and story . ”

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The Guardian also posit thatIlluminations :

moves from the four horsemen of the apocalypse to the   “ Boltzmann nous ”   fashioning the population . Bloomsbury said it was “ dazzlingly original and brim with vigour , ” promise a serial of “ beguiling and elegantly crafted tale that reveal the full power of imaging and magic . ”

Illuminationswill not be Moore ’s first novel . He publishedVoice of the Firein 1996 andJerusalemin 2016 . He also publishedAlan Moore ’s penning for Comics , a non - fiction title , in 2003.Voice of the Fireis   a historical fiction story   sharpen on many generations of people   populate in Northampton , across 6,000 class and their links over metre . Jerusalemis also set in Northampton - where   the fertile author is from . It is a supernatural historic fiction work that uses different   narrative methods revolve around a collection of painting . Alan Moore   announced his retirement from comic writingin 2019 , but he still has more stories up his arm just waiting to be told .

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Although these works are not comics , foresighted - time fans of Moore ’s level and writing style are certain to be activated about this news . The award - winning creator may not be coming out of retirement to pen any more in writing novels , but his prose works are sure to be full of the same esthetic vision as his previous writings . Additionally , Alan Moorehas already proven that he can produce intriguing prose , which gives readers plenty to anticipate with these upcoming undertaking from the author ofWatchmen .

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author : The Guardian

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