I saw chemtrails with my own two eyes at the USGP two years ago. Every time one of the cars passed by on the back straight, it would release a trail of lizard-based-make-you-gay-gas. Needless to say, it’s the one time I wore my mask.

For sure. And I can see how the public's reception of Rorschach vs. his intent for the character would be disheartening and embarrassing.  I'd feel the same way. Rorschach was supposed to be disgusting and disturbing and people take him as aspirational. Of COURSE he hates that.

The actual interview has a much clearer picture of what Moore meant instead of the AV Club’s poor summary and Lizardo’s rebuttal to that summary alone:

Kinja has a hilarious core of commenters who rather than engage with non-hateful disagreement, simply dismisses the reply that contradicts their position:

...I’m starting to give up two graphs in, Matthew. 

From Hell is the absolute worst. They took a meticulously researched, historically accurate and plausible take on the Ripper and made it a stupid fantasy. I knew it was going to be a disaster when I realized they combined the policeman and psychic characters, and made those psychic powers real instead of charlatanry.…

On one hand, in total fairness to him, I suspect he was referring generally to times when the Queen hadn’t just died, which was a bit of an outlier as these things go.

Why are people still asking Alan Moore what he thinks of adaptations of his work? He hates them all, except for that one episode of JLU. That’s it.

Again, I ask people to not look at him as “Alan Moore” the figure in modern comics history but look at him as a human being who worked for DC for about five or six years back in the 1980s’ and has always spoken out about the unjust and sinister tactics deployed that he became alarmed by. Until people read and read and…

Is it self hatred or is it the very understandable reaction of someone who was literally lied to and assured that he and co-creator Dave Gibbons would legally have publishing rights reverted to them within a specific amount of time? All of this is documented and easily researchable. Why is Moore deserving of such…

It’s unfortunate the usual “cranky old Alan Moore” narrative is used here by supposed pop culture enthusiasts when Moore, regardless of your opinion of him or not, was purposely lied to and misled about the publishing rights of his work reverting to him after five years by the corporate owners of DC Comics. I don’t…

Those were reconfiguring old characters into a new context in order to make an artistic statement. It wasn’t a boring, lazy rip off of the same work or an ‘adaptation’ that was nothing of the sort. Do you even know the difference?

AVClub would rather keep regurgitating this “OMG! Can you beleive what Alan Moore thinks about comics?!!” over and over for cheap and easy clicks than actually produce worthwhile content. 

Alan Moore is easily in the top five comic book writers ever so he and his opinions on comics, his own work, narratives, and pop culture deserve a great deal of respect. The first thing you can say about his opinions on the matter of movie/TV adaptions of his work is that he is absolutely not wrong. Most are garbage…

Those both had a lot to do with Alan Moore though, comics are a collaborative medium.

Is there an article about Watchmen somewhere every day?  Does he spontaneously Tweet about it unprompted?

What is the point of the “daily reminder” snark?

the From Hell movie is such an unmitigated shit-pile. if anything on Earth deserves another chance at an adaptation, it’s that. get some real bleak, uncompromising fucker like Ben Wheatley or Jeremy Saulnier at the helm and do it justice

“Zack Snyder’s Watchmen, James McTigue’s V For Vendetta, and The Hughes Brothers’ From Hell.”

Yeah, it’s weird he doesn’t like three shitty movies. What a crank.

Why contact in the first place? He doesn't have to be civil especially when he made it abundantly clear he doesn't wish to be bothered. Maybe don't be a fuck head