Tony Moore

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Tony Moore at Comic-Con 2011 in New York

Michael Anthony "Tony" Moore (born December 20, 1978 in Lexington , Kentucky ) is an American comic artist whose works mainly belong to the genres of science fiction and horror . He gained fame primarily through his drawings in the comics Fear Agent , The Exterminators and especially through his drawings in the first six editions of The Walking Dead .

Live and act

Moore studied drawing, painting and printing technology at the University of Louisville . During this time he worked with comic book writer Robert Kirkman , whom he has known since childhood, on the comic series Battle Pope . When the duo received an offer to produce the Mattel- licensed Masters of the Universe , he left university without a degree to pursue his work as a cartoonist. A short time later, Moore and Kirkman published the comics Brit and The Walking Dead in the comic publisher Image . For The Walking Dead he drew the first six issues and also the covers up to and including the 24th issue. For his work on this series, he was nominated for the Eisner Award in the categories “Best New Series” and “Best Cover Artist” .

Because of the increasing popularity of the comic, which benefited significantly from the adaptation in the form of a television series of the same name , the value of Moore's drawings for the first editions of The Walking Dead rose rapidly. In the March 2013 episode of the UK reality show VH1 For What It's Worth , the value of Moore's artwork on page 7 of the first issue of the comic series was estimated by experts at $ 20,000.

In 2005 he devoted himself to his own comic series The Exterminators , which he invented with Simon Oliver and published by DC-Verlag or DC-Imprint Vertigo , and Fear Agent , which he started with Rick Remender and published by Dark Horse Verlag . He also drew the covers for several comic series, including Claudio Sanchez's The Amory Wars and Rob Zombies Spookshow International . He also worked on Marvel's Ghost Rider and Punisher from 2010 to 2011 . He also drew Marvel's Venom series from 2011 to 2012 , also written by Remender.

Lawsuit against Robert Kirkman

On February 9, 2012, Moore filed a lawsuit against his former work colleague and writer of their joint comic The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, alleging that he had fraudulently manipulated him, urged him to quit and surrender his rights for the Comics series - and ultimately also for the resulting television series - persuaded. The promised payments would never have been made. This charge arose after Kirkman ironically replied in an episode of the Q&A Nerdist Podcast , when asked how best to find a draftsman to illustrate his stories, that it was best to do so "with deceitful and deceitful intent" ("trickery and deceit") ) happen. He then explained how a shame it was that so many draftsmen were ripped off by authors.

Moore's lawyer Devin McRae interpreted this joke differently: He asserted that behind it "there is some truth in all humor" ("in all humor there''s truth") and that he thinks that "Mr. Kirkman clearly speaks from experience" ("Mr. Kirkman is clearly speaking from experience"). Kirkman called the ad ridiculous and replied that seven years ago they both had legal representation ("We each had legal representation seven years ago") and that now he was violating the same contract that he initiated and agreed to ("He is violating the same contract he initiated and approved") and accused him of wanting to "misrepresent the remuneration paid to him so far and in the future for the work for which he was hired" ("he wants to misrepresent the fees he was paid and continues to be paid for the work he was hired to do ").

Finally, Kirkman counterclaimed Moore.

On September 24, 2012, they declared in a joint statement that they had reached an amicable agreement (“they have reached an amicable agreement”) and “all parties have settled the entire matter to everyone's mutual satisfaction” ").

Works

Comic series

  • 2000–2002: Battle Pope (# 1–5, 8, 10–13)
  • 2002: Kieron Dwyer's LCD
  • 2002: 9–11 Volume 1: "Untitled"
  • 2003: Masters of the Universe : Icons of Evil - Beastman
  • 2003: Brit
    • 2003: Brit
    • 2003: Brit Cold Death
  • 2003-2004: The Walking Dead (# 1-6)
  • 2005: Western Tales of Terror # 5: "Know When to Hold 'Em"
  • 2005-2011: Fear Agent
    • 2005–2006: Re-Ignition (# 1–4)
    • 2007: Fear Agent: The Last Goodbye (# 1–4)
    • 2008–2009: I Against I (# 22–27)
    • 2010–2011: Out of Step (# 28–32)
  • 2006: 24Seven Volume 1: "Fear and Loathing in NYC"
  • 2006–2008: The Exterminators (# 1–7, 9–10, 13–14, 24–25, 28–30)
  • 2007: The Goon: Noir # 3: "The Honey Pot"
  • 2007–2008: XXXombies (# 1-4)
  • 2009: Ghost Rider # 33–35: "Trials & Tribulations"
  • 2010: Punisher (# 11-14, 16, 19-20)
  • 2011–2012: Venom (# 1–2, 4–5, 13–14)
  • 2012-2013: Deadpool (# 1-6)

Cover drawings

  • 2004: Rob Zombie's Spookshow International (# 7)
  • 2004–2005: The Walking Dead (# 7–24)
  • 2004: Tales from the Bully Pulpit
  • 2004: Western Tales of Terror (# 1)
  • 2005–2006: Sea of ​​Red (# 1–3, 8–10)
  • 2005: Battle Hymn (# 5)
  • 2006–2007: Fear Agent (# 5–11)
  • 2006: Army of Darkness (# 8)
  • 2006: The Last Christmas (# 5)
  • 2007–2008: The Amory Wars v1 (# 1–5)
  • 2007: Pilot Season: Ripclaw
  • 2007: Tales of the Fear Agent: Twelve Steps in One (# 1)
  • 2008: Ghost Rider (# 18)
  • 2008: Fear Agent (# 21)
  • 2008: The Amory Wars v2 (# 1–5)
  • 2009: Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth (# 2)
  • 2010: Victorian Undead (# 1)
  • 2011: Key of Z (# 1)
  • 2011–2012: Venom (# 6–8, 10–12, 15, 18–19, 21–22)
  • 2013: American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell (# 1)

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Filmography

  • 2008: Nerdcore Rising (documentary)

Web links

Commons : Tony Moore  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jonah Weiland: 2004 Eisner Award nominees announced. (Eng.) Comicbookresources.com, April 8, 2004, accessed May 2, 2014 .
  2. ^ Jonah Weiland: 2005 Eisner nomination announced. (Eng.) Comicbookresources.com, April 14, 2005, accessed May 2, 2014 .
  3. ^ For What It's Worth. TV program VH1 , March 28, 2013, accessed on May 3, 2014 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Tim Molloy: 'Walking Dead's' Robert Kirkman Joked About Tricking Illustrators - Then Got Sued by His. Entertainment and media news site TheWrap.com, February 12, 2012, accessed May 4, 2014 .
  5. ^ A b c Tim Molloy: Walking Dead Writer, Artist Settle Lawsuits. Entertainment and media news site TheWrap.com, September 24, 2012, accessed May 4, 2014 .
  6. ^ GCD :: Story Search Results. Grand Comics Database, accessed May 4, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Moore, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moore, Michael Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comic book artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Lexington , Kentucky, United States