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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
So, uh, Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing etc) with some positive words on the comic book movie craze and pop culture in general...
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He definitely makes some interesting points. I'm not surprised that Moore, who's initial idea behind Watchmen was to brutally murder all the Charlton Comics characters that DC had just acquired, thinks like this.
It is a bit strange that Moore, who wrote comics that largely only adults would get, is now campaigning against adults enjoying comic books. He also fails to mention that most of the creators of the early comics were actually Jewish, and many of the heros were actually misfits (for example, the Hulk, X-men, Batman, etc). So I'm not sure his point about Aryan supermen really holds up.
The idea that comics and animation were originally just for children, simply isn't true. Much of the early animation and comics were aimed at an adult audience. It wasn't until the 1960s (in the camp-era) when everything became censored, that things started to change. For example, comic books were very popular with soldiers during WWII:
https://www.military.com/undertherad...se-comics.html
I agree with Moore, that comic books are about escapism, but I don't see anything wrong with that.