Alan Moore: What a Crazy Mofo

**JingMerchant!** · Posted On: 6/24/2012 11:56am

No Alan Moore thread, would be complete without mentioning this :-

One of my lames-to-fame is, I once stood behind Alan Moore in a queue, at petrol station.

**lordbd** · Posted On: 6/24/2012 12:10pm

Miracleman is pretty much the only work by Alan Moore that I haven't read. Need it to come out as a collected edition!

**Vorpal** · Posted On: 6/24/2012 7:24pm

Alan Moore bitches about his characters being written by someone else while penning LOEG at the same time. He's retarded.

**Hiro Protagonist** · Posted On: 6/25/2012 3:36am

Originally Posted by It is Fake

I give Alex Ross the most credit because it was his version of "Marvels" and was a 40 page hand writen project before Waid came in.

Left to his own devices Waid wrote this ****:

Ugh. Had forgotten about that one.

Never a DC or a Marvel nerd myself, more of a King Features guy, always.
Yes, I wept with joy when they made the Prince Valiant/Flash Gordon crossover this winter.

If ever DC, then only the Batman Authorials (The Long Halloween), or, Vertigo (Northlanders). What I observe from a distance is that DC seems to employ authors of very varying quality. Some, like Jeph Loeb, for example, really seem to understand the topic they are writing about. Some, like Grant Morrison, don't seem to do so, at all.

To return to Moore, though, I think he's still worth a read, simply because he tries to treat all his topics in a sophisticated way. Doesn't always mean he'll produce a masterpiece, but at least he's not as repetitive as others. - At least to me.

**WoodyCorpus** · Posted On: 6/26/2012 1:56am

Hmmm, anyone else read Promethea? His views on the occult are ... Interesting.

**Mordschlag** · Posted On: 6/29/2012 9:07pm

Let's not forget one of his most amazing pieces of work:

It's like he is speaking to your soul.

**lordbd** · Posted On: 6/30/2012 9:08am

Originally Posted by WoodyCorpus

Hmmm, anyone else read Promethea? His views on the occult are ... Interesting.

I'm not really into occult philosophy per se but I really enjoyed Promoethea. If nothing else it gives a sort of metaphorical window into how Moore views his own creative process. The art was really pretty amazing too (hurray JH Williams III!).

@Mordschlag: If you like some of the stories from the Yuggoth collection, definitely read this....

However, We all know that this is Alan Moore's best comic, and the only "modern" comic that is both written AND drawn completely by Moore.

**WoodyCorpus** · Posted On: 7/03/2012 11:29am

Originally Posted by lordbd

I'm not really into occult philosophy per se but I really enjoyed Promoethea. If nothing else it gives a sort of metaphorical window into how Moore views his own creative process. The art was really pretty amazing too (hurray JH Williams III!).

The art was idd phenomenal.

**Mordschlag** · Posted On: 7/03/2012 7:48pm

Yeah I do believe I'll pick that up. He does Lovecraft well.

**hicarbon07** · Posted On: 7/05/2012 7:59am

my conspiracy theorist father posted one of his(moore's) quotes involving welfare society and people that drain society.i had to enlighten him that he just quoted the author of some of those "stupid fucking comic books"he used to ride my ass about when i was a teen.
also,that's big talk coming from a guy that makes money making up stories.most people actually have to leave the house and go to work...what an asshole.
i think that great talent often turns one into a total nutter.