Moore's first comic-book work was the 2000
superhero parody
Battle Pope, which he co-created with his childhood friend, writer
Robert Kirkman. Self-published under the Funk-O-Tron label, it was adapted into a season of eight animated webisodes that appeared on
Spike TV's website in 2008. While working on Battle Pope, Kirkman and Moore were asked to produce work for the
Mattel-licensed
Masters of the Universe property. Shortly afterward, they launched
Brit and
The Walking Dead at
Image Comics. Although Moore ceased regular interior art on
The Walking Dead with #6, he continued to contribute to the title as cover artist through issue #24, and illustrated the covers for the series' first four collected volumes. Moore was nominated for two
Eisner Awards for his work on
The Walking Dead, (2004: "Best New Series", and 2005: Best Cover Artist.) Because of the popularity of the series, which increased considerably when it was adapted into a
television series of the same name, Moore's original artwork for the series' early issues has gone up in value. On the March 28, 2013, episode of the
VH1 reality television series ''For What It's Worth'', Moore's original artwork for Page 7 of issue #1 was professionally appraised to be worth $20,000. Moore has since co-created
The Exterminators with
Simon Oliver at DC/Vertigo, and
Fear Agent with
Rick Remender at Dark Horse Comics, and has contributed covers to numerous titles, including
Claudio Sanchez's
The Amory Wars and
Rob Zombie's
Spookshow International. He has also contributed to
Marvel Comics' titles
Ghost Rider (with
Jason Aaron), and
Punisher (with Rick Remender). He also was the artist for the
Venom series from 2010 to 2012, also written by Remender. On February 9, 2012, Moore filed a lawsuit alleging that in 2005, Kirkman deceitfully engineered him into surrendering his rights to
The Walking Dead comic book and eventual TV series in exchange for payments that never materialized. Kirkman said in a statement the following day that he and Moore "each had legal representation seven years ago and now he is violating the same contract he initiated and approved and he wants to misrepresent the fees he was paid and continues to be paid for the work he was hired to do." Kirkman in turn sued Moore. On September 24, 2012, the two released a joint statement saying they had reached a settlement "to everyone's mutual satisfaction." directed by Matt Stawski, though the final renderings were painted by longtime Stawski collaborator, artist Serge Gay Jr. In 2020, Moore wrote, designed, storyboarded, and directed the animated music video for the album's title track,
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