Dave Gibbons has always been unable to write.
David Chester `` Dave '' Gibbons ( born 14 April 1949 ) is an English comic book artist , writer and sometimes letterer . He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore , which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story `` For the Man Who Has Everything '' . He was an artist for the UK anthology 2000 AD , for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977 .