I don't deny DC is self-serving, as any corporate "person" (Citizens United, hah) would be. I'm drawing a parallel between what DC is doing and what Moore would've done eventually. The cash grabs would be morally equivalent since I see Watchmen as irrevocably derivative of characters DC owned, no matter how Elseworlds…

It is about Moore's behavior. There's been enough corroboration of craziness in his behavior regarding DC that an argument for instability can be made. I wouldn't go that far, just that he's become tiresome.

It is about Moore's behavior. There's been enough corroboration of craziness in his behavior regarding DC that an argument for instability can be made. I wouldn't go that far, just that he's become tiresome.

Moore seems to have thought so when he produced that Supreme dreck for Liefeld. Also, another example of Moore's derivative work. He plunders Superman's silver age concepts, yet howls about DC using Watchmen. The horror!

Moore seems to have thought so when he produced that Supreme dreck for Liefeld. Also, another example of Moore's derivative work. He plunders Superman's silver age concepts, yet howls about DC using Watchmen. The horror!

Moore got rich off Watchmen. It's been awhile, but he'll admit that he made somewhere around 8% of the profits, plus a huge lump sum. Eight points is far better than even top Hollywood actors pull on a contract. Don't feel too sorry for him.

Moore got rich off Watchmen. It's been awhile, but he'll admit that he made somewhere around 8% of the profits, plus a huge lump sum. Eight points is far better than even top Hollywood actors pull on a contract. Don't feel too sorry for him.

Even Moore admits that a lot of the visual imagery in those "many 'silent' dialogue-free passages" are due to Gibbons. For example, the smiley face, based on an actual crater, in that sequence involving Dr Manhatten's clockwork on Mars. That was not in Moore's script.

Even Moore admits that a lot of the visual imagery in those "many 'silent' dialogue-free passages" are due to Gibbons. For example, the smiley face, based on an actual crater, in that sequence involving Dr Manhatten's clockwork on Mars. That was not in Moore's script.

Didn't Moore's first spat with DC concern his attempt to make Plastic Man gay? I'm probably misremembering that. But yeah, he seemed on a crusade to pepper comics with gay stereotypes during the 80s.

Didn't Moore's first spat with DC concern his attempt to make Plastic Man gay? I'm probably misremembering that. But yeah, he seemed on a crusade to pepper comics with gay stereotypes during the 80s.

It's an auto-erotic device.

It's an auto-erotic device.

I have a feeling "absurd cult of personality" will be repeated often this summer. Moore's incessant whining (up till the announcement of the new series anyway; I've stopped paying attention) will damage his grandiose vision of his place in comics history. I'm so tired of hearing him complain.

I have a feeling "absurd cult of personality" will be repeated often this summer. Moore's incessant whining (up till the announcement of the new series anyway; I've stopped paying attention) will damage his grandiose vision of his place in comics history. I'm so tired of hearing him complain.

Kinda reminds you of a man named Stan.

Kinda reminds you of a man named Stan.

This was hashed out many times in threads related to the initial announcement. As a reformed or deprogrammed  member of The Church of Moore, I still maintain that Moore doesn't have much ground to stand on. He used Charlton characters as templates, rendering Watchmen derivative. No matter how good the series was, that…

This was hashed out many times in threads related to the initial announcement. As a reformed or deprogrammed  member of The Church of Moore, I still maintain that Moore doesn't have much ground to stand on. He used Charlton characters as templates, rendering Watchmen derivative. No matter how good the series was, that…

You could say we had everything we needed from Batman or Superman decades ago. So why are we still reading stories about them?