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 About the Author (by the Author)   Benjamin Andrew Moore was born in Ottumwa, Iowa some twenty-five years ago. Perhaps in a dumpster. Perhaps in a hospital. Nobody knows for sure. In fact, much like Jesus Holy Christ himself, there's not a whole lot of information available regarding Mr. Moore's early years. Also, wasn't Jesus born in a dumpster? I'm pretty sure he was. Wrapped in swaddling trash.  ("Dumpster Diving") The summer after Ben graduated from high school, if indeed you can call that place a high school, he created a semi-popular, thrice-weekly webcomic called Worthless-Online that published for two years and 230 strips. (You may have heard of it.) As the artist, lead-writer, main blogger, graphic designer, editor-in-chief, and head cheerleader, he worked tirelessly with a group of six uniquely talented co-writers (both individually and at once) and together they developed characters, ideas, story arcs, and more. (Do yourself a favor and read A History of Worthless for the complete...uhm, history of Worthless-Online.)  (Tales Through Time! Issue #1, click here for comic) In August of 2004, Ben transferred from his hometown community college, if indeed you can call that place a community college, to The University of Iowa, where he studied Cinema and Comparative Literature and made a handful of fantastic short films, one of which (below) was shown at the Wild Rose Film Festival and almost won him a school grant of some kind. Key word being “almost.” (Check out a majority of his films and videos here.) (The Return of... Issue #4, click here for comic)  (Mall Monkeys Parody Strip #2, click here for comic)  (A Worthless Halloween 2 Issue #8, click here for comic)     (Centerstage Comics (prototypes), click here for #1) (The Jorge Gaze, Part One) (The Jorge Gaze, Part Two) (The Jorge Gaze, Part Three) Then, in August of 2008, Ben moved cross-country from Chicago to New York to attend to The New School MFA Creative Writing program. (At the time of this publication, he's in his second semester of his last year and loving every minute of it. Check out the Misc. Page for just a few of his fantastic short stories.) In September of 2009, Ben got an internship at Marvel Comics, a dream come true for someone who's loved comic books since childhood and has the signed Joe Madureira drawing of Wolverine framed above his bed to prove it. His duties as a proofreading intern include sitting around all day long reading comic books, which is basically what he was doing already, only now he can put it on his resume. Extraneous Tidbits: Ben was an extra in the best Batman movie ever, otherwise known as the academy-award-winning The Dark Knight. You can see him about sixteen minutes in:  No? Not obvious enough for you? Well, I guess we'd better zoom in then:  NO? Still don't believe me? Thank God this zoom button doesn't wear out:    (The comparison shots) Now you see it, huh? Just look at that pretty face inside the red circle. You almost can't take your eyes off it. Ben was also an extra in Eagle Eye (uck), but there's no photographic evidence to prove this unfortunate fact. That's okay, though, because it was a terrible movie anyway. Did you know it was supposed to be Hitchcockian? Like North by Northwest but for twenty-something Shia LaBeouf wannabes? Yeah, right, like Hitchcock would make a stupid movie about a female robot of death. ATTENTION PERSONS WHO HAVE MONEY: If you'd like to hire Ben for the purposes of writing or drawing or filming something, which you probably do because he's really good at all those things, or if you just want to contact him |
