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[philippos42]

As in-your-face, abusive, & damn-the-Comics-Code-we'll-flirt-with-obscenity-laws-instead as The Killing Joke was, it's actually mild compared to Alan Moore's Marvelman. And there's a proposal that Moore did that involved giving that treatment to the JLA and the Marvel Family--to the whole DC stable in fact. Granted, it was supposed to be an averted

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[lizbee]

Even Moore deplores his influence on comics culture, which is why he writes fluffier things these days. Or so I have read.

[thehefner]

I've heard similar about Frank Miller, which makes his current Millerness either painfully ironic. Whether it's ironic in a crazypants oblivious or purposefully subversive way remains to be seen.

Similarly, I fear what THE DARK KNIGHT is going to do to superhero movies in general, especially with Tom Rothman's plans to do "dark" takes on Superman, among others. After all, being "dark" was clearly what made TDK a success, not any actual quality in film making or performance or marketing.

[looking2dastars]

It's ironic, really, given how much of Alan Moore's good, positive, inspiring work is now being used to redefine Green Lantern and how many people think that "The Sinestro Corps Wars" is the best cross-over that anyone has done in years.

Also, I seem to recall some accusations that Alex Ross ripped-off elements of "Twilight of the Gods" to create the Kingdom Come universe... which does make an odd kind of sense, actually.

[philippos42]

Now there's a duo that would have mortal creative differences.

Adams considers himself a one-man New Wave, & has the arrogance of that. Moore's sort of--I dunno--nuts.