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This is not anarchy, Eve. This is chaos.

Alan Moore

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Alan Moore
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: November 18
Comics Artist
Comics Writer
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Curt Vile
Jill de Ray
Translucia Baboon
The Original Writer
Vendetta
Anarchy
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