Skizz

Skizz was a series by Alan Moore and Jim Baikie which originally ran in 2000AD #308-330 (1983). It told the story of an alien named Interpreter Zhcchz, of the Tau Ceti Imperium, who crash lands on Earth and is given sanctuary by schoolgirl Roxanne O'Rourke butpursued by the British Government and in particular, the sadistic and paranoid Mr. Van Owen, who believes that 'Skizz' (Roxy's name for the alien, whose own name is unpronounceable to her) is the scout for an alien invasion. Very much a reflection of Thatcher's Britain at the time, Skizz is an often funny and heartwarming but at other times bittersweet tale, which ends in a dramatic confrontation between the alien's protectors (including Roxy, mentally deficient unemployed pipe fitter Cornelius Cardew and Cornelius's mate Loz), Van Owen and the Police. Van Owen shoots and apparently kills Cornelius, an act which results in an angry mob descending on him while the Police do nothing (the Inspector having been at school with Cornelius), but before they can exact their revenge an alien spacecraft arrives to rescue Skizz, leaving everyone dumbfounded. While they are all distracted Cornelius, only wounded after all, then resurfaces and hurls the deranged Van Owen to his death from a rooftop.

Skizz was popular enough to warrant two follow up series', "SkizZ II:Alien Cultures" in 2000AD #767-775 and "Skizz Book III" in #912-927, but these were both written and drawn by Baikie without Moore's involvement.