Alan Moore writes Shadowhawk's origin

[arbre_rieur]

These pages are from the origin of the Image character Shadowhawk. I'm curious if anyone can guess who the author is just from the writing, mainly because I want to know if the answer's as obvious as I suspect it is. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a story where a writer's tics and style stick out more.

Obviously, please don't answer if you already know.

It is indeed Alan Moore. I can see why someone would think Morrison, but between the bizarre idolization of Crowley, the vague air of pedantry, the awkward insertion of obscure references or factoids to segue the conversation ("Do you know the local fellahin believe them to be demons?"), and even stuff like the final line, I'd say it more strongly points to Moore. Then again, reading the credits box before the story might have influenced my perception.

This was from the Shadowhawks of Legend one-shot, in which Jim Valentino got a bunch of other writers to flesh out his creation's backstory. Aside from Moore, among the other contributing writers were Kurt Busiek and Stan Sakai (whose contribution, perhaps unsurprisingly, was samurai-related).

For the record, pallas_athena was first to guess correctly, though others did as well. Good job, folks.


















publisher: image comics, title: shadowhawk, creator: alan moore