This is relevant to my interests.

V for Vendetta.

>>9040
yeah that was actually pretty awesome.
i watched the film way before i read it, so different. much moe depth in the story, although i only understood everything reading the second time through.

has anything he's written ever been terrible? Every time i read something he's written i enjoy it.

on topic: miracleman, swamp thing, etc.

maus is in the house

what did you guys think of lost girls?

i thought it was just plain weird, good writing/character development etc. but just weird.

>>9055
Have you read Youngblood?

>>9039
I first came across Alan Moore when he wrote the "Last Superman Story" back in the 80's before John Byrne took over the series. One of the best Superman stories ever. Then, I began reading the swamp man, but as the second series did not have Wrightson doing the art I began to lose interest for a few months, Then I glanced at one when he introduced John Constatine and got hooked. He knows how to make things scary and believable at the same time.

Honestly, the only thing of his I've enjoyed was From Hell. I could barely even finish Watchmen. So, so, so overrated.

>>9066
tried to read it, but couldn't get past the god-awful art. did not fap.

>>9082
Fuck, that looks a lot like the area of Northampton I live in when I'm not at university...

>>9138

Jo?

>>9161
No.

>>9130
I think watchman falls under the whole "seinfeild isnt funny". Superhero deconstructions are so common that theyve become cliche, and the gritty and dark storytelling has become so overused that lots of people now hate it. But back when it came out those things were new and original.
But even considering that, if oyu look past those things youl still find a great story.

>>9250
Yes, deconstruction has become more common, but the work itself hasn't changed. It's good enough to read once and not regret reading it. But it's not good enough to read again. Good stories are the ones that you want to read again. Great stories are the ones you keep reading again and again, and this isn't either.

I really dug The Ballad of Halo Jones. Haven't read anything I didn't like (a lot). I have heard mixed reports about Lost Girls. Recently got around to reading Miracleman. Mind=blown. I didn't think much of Neil Gaiman's contribution. So, OP. Alan Moore is good.

>>9250

The swords-'n-sorcery fantasy genre is cliche now too. Does that mean Tolkien was cliche and common for basically ushering in the genre?

Not that Watchmen was nearly as culturally pervasive as Lord of the Rings, but you get the idea.

>>9266
I was trying to reason with
>>9130

I only enjoy about half of the things I've ever read by Moore. And for the record, V for Vendetta is just plain bad.

>>9063
OP here, just finished maus, it was actually pretty awesome.
really sad at some points though, didnt help that i was reading it before/after i visited auschwitz.
i bawww'd.

>>9621
Shut your mouth you whore.

Someone want to explain this shit to me then?

>>9963

Smells like a steaming pile of fanon to me.

>>9963

lollerskates

any thoughts on promethea? I've only read a few, but so far it's awesome.

What about Extraordinary Gentlemen?
I've almost read through "The New Traveller's Almanac" from vol. 2 and, despite initial boredome, am finding it awesome!

The Internet, you may have noticed, appears to have become awash with word of Watchmen 2 over the past day or so, courtesy primarily of a post from Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool. Johnston has uncovered plans to develop a sequel project to the Watchmen comic book, which is the best-selling DC publication ever.

The idea, reports the site, of a Watchmen 2 had been held off by previous DC head honcho Paul Levitz, who believed it would be against the wishes of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. But Levitz is no longer in that role, and thus the belief is that Dan DiDio, senior vice-president/executive editor at DC, is now investigating the idea of Watchmen spin-offs, with a prequel mini-series in the offing.

Contractually, it seems that Gibbons and Moore have to be offered the project first, but if they turn it down, it can still go ahead. Soundings, Johnston reports, have been taken from those who may be interested in taking on the challenge.

The full story, which goes into some detail, can be found here ( http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/02/03/get-ready-for-watchmen-2/ ), and right now, the world seems to be awaiting some kind of formal response from all concerned.

One offshoot of the story, though, is that some speculated another movie may then be in the offing. That, however, won't be happening. Over at Deadline Hollywood, Nikki Finke quotes an insider as saying "There is no truth to anything related to a movie sequel. Not a chance by a longshot."

The ultimately disappointing grosses from the Watchmen movie, considering how much it cost to make, outright killed any chance of that happening. And that's before the legal spat between Fox and Warner Bros, which, no doubt, covers potential sequels, is taken into account.

We await further developments with trepidation. And kudos, of course, to Bleeding Cool for breaking the story.

>>11360
Yeah I heard about that, if they go through anyone want to join in a DC boycott?

I wouldn't panic until more information about an actual storyline comes in. There's enough loose ends to build a second story on if done right, but it's a pretty big if.

>>11360

There was a point in my life where I would have cared about this.

promethea was pretty damn cool, if yopu ask me. moore walks you through his freaky religion what with the kaballah and all. super trippy story, lesbians, gods, crowley and faust, freaky technology... its all there! would read again. this ones on my list for my girlfriend to read...

>>11365
I like Promethea a lot too.

Watchmen Babies would make for a good parody fan game.

I love Swamp Thing. The last book Moore did (Reunion) is the weaker of the series, but the American Gothic story is damn amazing, as both a Constantine story and a Swamp Thing story.