B. Clay Moore
B. Clay Moore is an American comic book author, best known for the series "Hawaiian Dick". Career. Moore first achieved notoriety as the writer and co-creator of "Hawaiian Dick", first published in 2002 by Image Comics. Since then, he has co-created "Battle Hymn", with Jeremy Haun, and The Expatriate, with Jason Latour for Image Comics, and "The Leading Man", also with Jeremy Haun, for Oni Press. Moore has also written for Harris Publications, Devil's Due, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Slave Labor Graphics, Top Cow Publications, Archie Comics, Lion Forge, Viz Publications, and Pennyfarthing Press , among others. A new "Hawaiian Dick" series debuted in November of 2007, with art by Scott Chantler, and covers by "Hawaiian Dick" co-creator Steven Griffin. The book was sub-titled "Screaming Black Thunder," and ran for five issues. Also in 2007, Moore scripted a three-issue JSA Classified story arc, featuring art by Ramon Perez, and published '76, with art by Ed Tadem, and also featuring the work of writer Seth Peck and artist Tigh Walker. Moore also contributed a story to "Marvel Comics Presents", featuring the Marvel character Stingray, with art by Lee Weeks. His three-part "Superman  Confidential" arc the same year featured art by Phil Hester and Ande Parks. In 2008, Warner Brothers optioned the unpublished graphic novel, Billy Smoke, from Oni Press, for development as a feature film. Moore co-created the property with artist Eric Kim. Matthew Fox was attached to star in the film, but the film has yet to enter production. Billy Smoke remains unpublished as of 2016. Moore's debut for WildStorm Productions was "", a 2008 six-issue mini-series that was collected into a trade paperback in early 2009. Carlo Barberi provided the art. In 2010 WildStorm announced the forthcoming  The Further Adventures of the Whistling Skull, an upcoming creator-owned title with artist Tony Harris, originally set to debut in 2011. In September 2012, DC Comics announced the book would be appearing under the title "", and the book was ultimately released with a cover date of February, 2013. In late 2015, it was announced that Hawaiian Dick had been optioned by NBC for development as a network television series, with Johnny Knoxville (who had previously been attached to a film adaptation of Hawaiian Dick optioned by New Line Cinema in 2004) on board as a producer. The fourth Hawaiian  Dick series, "Aloha, Hawaiian Dick", was published by Image Comics in 2016. A new four-issue series called "Savage", co-created by Moore and artist Lewis LaRosa, published by Valiant Comics, debuted in November, 2016. Moore had previously written a single issue of Bloodshot for Valiant Comics in 2014. Moore currently lives in Shawnee, Kansas. Moore is the son of John E. Moore, a former Lieutenant Governor of Kansas.