Ether way Moore is egocentric and needs to see how things are in reality
I don’t think he wants to change the system. He simply has his own set of principles. It’s more to do with how Hollywood as an entity has attacked him and dishonored his work. It’s about respect. The whole thing with League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the lawsuit that Fox dragged him into was a big breaking point. Then there was the time the Wachowskis and/or Warner Bros. tried to use his name to hype up the V for Vendetta movie. And his issue with Watchmen is probably more to do with the comic and ownership. After DC swindled him, it’s hard to hold it against him that he’s been embittered against them.
Alan Moore doesn’t hate indies. He supports them and he’s published mags that help new creators that are struggling to put their work out there. All he does now is indie/alternative when it comes to comics. (Like the aforementioned Cthulhu fish rape comics.) DC and Marvel would love to have a chance to work with Moore again. He has no interest in those kinds of comics. It’s his choice. He doesn’t need them. They may not need him, either, but they would want him. Marvel went out of their way to reprint his Miracleman stuff fairly recently.
I may not agree with Moore’s beliefs and every single cause he champions, and I may not particularly enjoy his recent comics as much as his older ones, but I can sympathize with his views on the corporations that have wronged him. I also don’t think he’s quite as angry old man as people seem to think. Some of his interviews in print don’t really do a good job of showing his tone of voice. A lot of the excerpts picked up by many of your standard comics news sites just look for controversial quotations. I’ve listened to some interviews/podcasts with him and he sounds like a normal person with a good deal of self-awareness.
Best Wonder Woman comic I read in the long time
Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia
I’ve been thinking about getting into Wonder Woman with some more of the TPBs. I picked up Wonder Woman by George Perrez Book One months ago but haven’t read it yet. I’ve heard Greg Rucka has done an awesome job on WW in the past and I’ve been tempted to pick up the first two TPBs of Rebirth WW.
The best Wonder Woman runs are definitely the Rucka one from the early 2000s and the Azz/Chiang run from a few years ago. I’ve only read the FCBD issue of Rucka’s new run, but I’m gonna probably buy it as a trade someday. I’m a Rucka fan.
The Greg Rucka wonder woman is good. I think the Year One story is better than the current storyline, but it’s all worth reading
This is the way both mediums have been commercialized over the years. Back then, comic books sold on the strength of the stories it told and the artwork that came with it. Similarly, films we’re watched multiple times due to a compelling plot and amazing visuals/cinematography. They made bank on their own merits.
Historically, Moore has gone independent a couple if times. He worked on AD 2000 before and that was an indie publication years ago iirc lololol
Going indie is old hat for Alan Moore.
Being British and from an older generation of writers, he has been very critical of the way modern writers can/are manipulated by money. He sought to empower writers by sticking to his guns and improving his craft over the years. He’s influenced Neil gaiman and Joss whedon among others to write compelling material that they can be proud of instead of going for a cash grab with no growth.
There’s a reason why his work on books like the killing joke is highly regarded. The guy is a hermit.
Steve Ditko will out-hermit Alan Moore any day of the week. Case in point, you know enough about Alan Moore to actually have this conversation.
Read Venom #150 last week. 150? Um okay. They had to toss in the Venom Origin mini to get that number… Anyway, aside from Eddie calling his symbiote “My love” constantly in the main story which was just weird I enjoyed it. The Michelenie / Ron Lim back up story stole the show for nostalgia’s sake. There’s a story about how Flash lost the symbiote too.
unfortunately, i know very little about ditko.
will make an effort to do research on him soon.
moore on the other hand ,really made a fan out of me and got me reading most of his work that i could get my hands on since i found his storytelling very engaging and progressive.
omg, i just finished secret empire #3 and it is riveting.
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pym/ultron was very disturbing and the attack on the atlantean temple just raised the stakes. again.
the dialogue is top notch especially the “amazing star lord” line lololol
my thoughts on thanos #7
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thanos has hit rock bottom and he is pathetic: eating rats [well space rats in this case] and getting kicked around by scavengers. fucking trash scavengers.
almost reminds me of how he was portrayed in thanos:rising which was a very revealing take on the character.
so good.
jeff lemire is ridiculous right now.
this and his current run on old man logan [considering he’s picking up after bendis on the latter title] is really great
I’m trippin off the fact Nick Spencer legit has Sam Wilson acting like Harriet Tubman smuggling people everywhere.
One reason I didnt like his Sam Wilson Cap book because it was so heavy handed. We get it nigga, you feel for black people.
I listen to the podcasts on Spidermancrawlspace.com all the time. They used to do a lot of interviews with Spider-Man artists and writers. That rarely happens these days but they do review current Spider-Man comics and tell you everything, and I mean everything that happens in them. So since I am a fan of Spider-Man but don’t like Amazing Spider-Man at the moment, I listen in, listen to how bad it is and it keeps me on top of things. FOR FREE!
http://www.spidermancrawlspace.com/
The guys there are pretty cool. They had a live feed on one of their podcasts. I talked to them live on YouTube. They even called me by my name, Anthony! I mean, there were only 13 of us watching it live but it was fun! Spidey Friends, GO FOR IT! Lol!
The reason I bring this up is because every now and then they do a bit called “Ditko News.” They tell you what’s going on with Steve Ditko. There’s almost nothing to talk about. It’s basically him turning down and rejecting interviews or slamming doors in reporter’s faces. We do know that he is getting paid by Disney for the use of his stuff, and it’s for a lot of money. Because a neighbor accidentally got one of his checks one the time. This allows him to lead his quiet life.
Though yeah he’s a total recluse. No wife, no children, that we know of anyway. He doesn’t do interviews at all. Every now and then he surfaces with a strange and confusing online rant about how bad comic books are today. He still creates comics but no one knows how to get them. It’s not like he’s going to go to Diamond and have them distribute his work. You have to be part of some bizarre inner circle of friends to even get his comics.
Well hey I’m sure those Hollywood checks and other royalties means he can do whatever he wants these days.
It’s funny that in Moore’s Watchmen comic, Rorschach is based on Steve Ditko’s The Question character. Only Moore had Rorschach speak exactly how Ditko speaks in his confusing conspiracy laced dialog. It’s like he channeled Ditko through Rorschach instead of The Question.
Compared to Ditko, Alan Moore is Kim Kardashian.
Hmm, very interesting. Can’t be bothered about the podcast though, I get bored easily.
Steve Ditko’s wierdness has piqued my interest, I must say. To the batcave!
Ditko is heavily into objectivism. His work on Charlton Comics has this on full display.
Stop shitting on Moore if you read garbage like Bendis.
Loeb, Howard Mackie and Bendis are the most awful writers that were allowed to put their hands on mainstream comics ever.
I mean there’s probably worse authors, but those motherfuckers had long lasting runs on prestigious series and some people even think their shit is good.
Also Frank Miller is hella overrated.
What the fuck are you talking about? No one was talking about Alan Moore’s work. The discussion was about him as a person.
Agreed.
As a talented artist Moore is great, as a person not so much.
NO. Fuck Moore.
He a shitty person and for that he loses respect.
Alan Moore is old af, he’s British [no offense to any Brits, but their sarcasm is well-known] and he has the professional pedigree to back up his attitude.
IF [big IF] and when he dies, he’ll be remembered for his body of work and for being difficult to tolerate as a human being lolololol
I’m curious. What are the things Alan Moore has done to make him such a despicable human being?
He’s not despicable. He’s just a grumpy old asshole.