[4] The only recordings of him that exist are older photographs and a short film in the NDR archives showing Moers at an exhibition in 1994.

[15] As of 2024 there are eight books in the series (of which five have been translated to English): Moers' style is overall strongly influenced by the tradition of the grotesque.

The Zamonia novels are in themselves easy to understand and partly influenced by everyday language, and therefore belong more to popular literature.

[17] Among the obvious references are the dedication of entire novels; with Ensel und Krete, inspired by the Grimm's fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel, and The Alchemaster's Apprentice, behind which Gottfried Keller's novella Spiegel, das Kätzchen is hidden.

[10] In addition, elements from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, William Goldman's The Princess Bride or Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 are evident.

For example, the translator of most of the works into English, John Brownjohn, describes how many names had to be Latinised and the large number of anagrams had to be re-imagined.