Legendary comic writer and novelist Alan Moore is most often associated with Watchmen, but there's another adaptation of one of his stories that is by far the best. Over the years, there have been well over a dozen adaptations of Alan Moore's comics and novels. From several adaptations of Watchmen, including a film from Zack Snyder and a limited series from HBO, to V for Vendetta and Swamp Thing, Hollywood loves Alan Moore.
Unfortunately, Hollywood has had several problems with adapting Moore's comics. Several adaptations of his work, like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, were downright bad. Others, like Synder's take on Watchmen, were flawed. On top of it all, Moore himself has denounced several adaptations of his own works, going as far as to refuse to be credited, or to insist on being credited as "The Original Author," ostensibly to distance himself from the adaptations.
Still, there have been some good adaptations of Moore's work over the years. HBO's take on Watchmen is widely regarded as the best Alan Moore adaptation, mostly due to the way it interpreted the original comics. HBO's Watchmen, however, isn't actually the best adaptation of the writer's work. That accolad...