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“My reaction [to the prequels] is a certain degree of weary contempt,” says Moore. “It’s gone beyond anger. It’s almost tragically comical. It’s commerce over art. I’m proud of the work I did on Watchmen, but it’s surrounded by such a toxic cloud of memories. I wish I didn’t have to go through them. I don’t even have a copy of the book in the house.”
ALAN MOORE ON WATCHMEN’S “TOXIC CLOUD” AND CREATIVITY V. BIG BUSINESS
The saddest thing I’ve read in a while.
”’It seems a bit desperate to go after a book famous for its artistic integrity. It’s a finite series,’ says Moore. ‘Watchmen was said to actually provide an alternative to the superhero story as an endless soap opera. To turn that into just another superhero comic that goes on forever demonstrates exactly why I feel the way I do about the comics industry. It’s mostly about franchises.’”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzegibPoiN1qzt7h7o1_500.jpg)
“My reaction [to the prequels] is a certain degree of weary contempt,” says Moore. “It’s gone beyond anger. It’s almost tragically comical. It’s commerce over art. I’m proud of the work I did on Watchmen, but it’s surrounded by such a toxic cloud of memories. I wish I didn’t have to go through them. I don’t even have a copy of the book in the house.”
ALAN MOORE ON WATCHMEN’S “TOXIC CLOUD” AND CREATIVITY V. BIG BUSINESS
The saddest thing I’ve read in a while.
”’It seems a bit desperate to go after a book famous for its artistic integrity. It’s a finite series,’ says Moore. ‘Watchmen was said to actually provide an alternative to the superhero story as an endless soap opera. To turn that into just another superhero comic that goes on forever demonstrates exactly why I feel the way I do about the comics industry. It’s mostly about franchises.’”
