Before Watchmen

Li'l Jay · 28 May 2006

Li'l Jay wrote:

Everything is easier to make sense of once you let yourself realize that Alan Moore is both a genius and a douche.

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Screechy · 31 Jan 2005

He's a douchenius.

Simon · 26 Oct 2006

Screechy wrote:

He's a douchenius.

It's possible that Moore was, at one point, a genius. Now he's morphed into a dickhead. :lol:

Screechy · 31 Jan 2005

Serious question: Is anything that Alan Moore has written since Watchmen as good or better than Watchmen?

Rafael · 03 Dec 2006

Screechy wrote:

Serious question: Is anything that Alan Moore has written since Watchmen as good or better than Watchmen?

Trevor would no doubt come here to sing From Hell's praises.

I would say that, while obviously not nearly in the same galaxy in terms of his influential Watchmen was, I like a lot of his ABC work as much, or more, than Watchmen.

Rafael · 03 Dec 2006

Li'l Jay wrote:

Everything is easier to make sense of once you let yourself realize that Alan Moore is both a genius and a douche.

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I'm not sure I agree anymore.

The needle may have gone from Douche to full on Asshole, already.

Simon · 26 Oct 2006

Screechy wrote:

Serious question: Is anything that Alan Moore has written since Watchmen as good or better than Watchmen?

Not even close, for my money. I haven't read all of his stuff, but I've read enough of it to know he never really hit those heights again. I liked a lot of what I read, but none of it was anywhere near as good as Watchmen, IMO.

And stuff like Lost Girls really just drives home the point that he's now descended into hackery.

Rafael · 03 Dec 2006

Simon wrote:

Screechy wrote:

Serious question: Is anything that Alan Moore has written since Watchmen as good or better than Watchmen?

Not even close, for my money. I haven't read all of his stuff, but I've read enough of it to know he never really hit those heights again. I liked a lot of what I read, but none of it was anywhere near as good as Watchmen, IMO.

And stuff like Lost Girls really just drives home the point that he's now descended into hackery.

Hackers implies not giving a fuck, like John Byrne.

Lost Girls was not hackery. It was deeply weird with a strangely shallow point, but I have no doubt Moore believed deeply in it.

The Neonomicon on the other hand...

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

Ocean Doot wrote:

Fraxon! wrote:

I'm so glad Alan doesn't have anything to say about the comic industry. :roll:

From that interview:

Yeah, I know that people think I've been terribly mean to the poor little American comics industry. It's so unfair when you think about it, isn't it, that you've got a barely-educated fuck from the English midlands picking upon this huge multinational corporation. You know, I ought to be ashamed of myself.

Alan Moore just pwned Fraxon.

I, for one, am sick of comic book creators bullying Marvel and DC. It would be nice if the comic companies could win one for a change.

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

Flameboy · 26 Dec 2006

Screechy wrote:

Serious question: Is anything that Alan Moore has written since Watchmen as good or better than Watchmen?

Promethea, Swamp Thing & Tom Strong are all better than Watchman.

Rafael · 03 Dec 2006

"Bareky- educated fuck of the [insert country] midlands" is my favorite insult of the day.

Screechy · 31 Jan 2005

Didn't Swamp Thing precede Watchmen?

Rafael · 03 Dec 2006

Flameboy · 26 Dec 2006

Moore's Swamp Thing ended when Watchmen ended.

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

Simon wrote:

Screechy wrote:

Serious question: Is anything that Alan Moore has written since Watchmen as good or better than Watchmen?

Not even close, for my money.

I have it on good authority that your money isn't in hand, and therefore worthless.

Rafael · 03 Dec 2006

Flameboy wrote:

Moore's Swamp Thing ended when Watchmen ended.

Swamp Thing ended one month before, actually.

Junkie Luv · 17 Apr 2005

Ocean Doot wrote:

Fraxon! wrote:

I'm so glad Alan doesn't have anything to say about the comic industry. :roll:

From that interview:

Yeah, I know that people think I've been terribly mean to the poor little American comics industry. It's so unfair when you think about it, isn't it, that you've got a barely-educated fuck from the English midlands picking upon this huge multinational corporation. You know, I ought to be ashamed of myself.

This is quite fantastic.

Flameboy · 26 Dec 2006

Rafael wrote:

Flameboy wrote:

Moore's Swamp Thing ended when Watchmen ended.

Swamp Thing ended one month before, actually.

Please update Alan Moore's Wiki.

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

Junkie Luv wrote:

Ocean Doot wrote:

Fraxon! wrote:

I'm so glad Alan doesn't have anything to say about the comic industry. :roll:

From that interview:

Yeah, I know that people think I've been terribly mean to the poor little American comics industry. It's so unfair when you think about it, isn't it, that you've got a barely-educated fuck from the English midlands picking upon this huge multinational corporation. You know, I ought to be ashamed of myself.

This is quite fantastic.

It is some epic PWNage, fo' sho'.

Flameboy · 26 Dec 2006

Who thinks that Moore has "been terribly mean to the poor little American comics industry"? I've never heard or read any of the most ardent Moore haters say something like that.

Rafael · 03 Dec 2006

Flameboy wrote:

Who thinks that Moore has "been terribly mean to the poor little American comics industry"? I've never heard or read any of the most ardent Moore haters say something like that.

I think that may be a reference to those who point out that Moore hasn't read an American comic book since 1990 and he doesn't have a problem with declaring all of it is shit.

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