“…Graphic novelist abandons the superhero genre …
.. saying that today’s comic-book characters are more bullies than representatives of ‘a wellspring of the imagination’
With Watchmen’s Dr Manhattan, Rorschach and friends, Alan Moore created superheroes who defined an era, but the comic book legend has said that he is now over the superhero genre.
Speaking to London music newspaper the Stool Pigeon, Moore said that although he was “interested in the superhero in real life” …
… pointing to the “interesting number” of protestors these days who dress as V … the mask-wearing protagonist of his graphic novel V for Vendetta …
… he is no longer attracted to the comic-book version.
“I’ve had some distancing thoughts about them recently.
I’ve come to the conclusion that what superheroes might be – in their current incarnation, at least – is a symbol of American reluctance to involve themselves in any kind of conflict without massive tactical superiority,” Moore said.
“I think this is the same whether you have the advantage of carpet bombing from altitude or if you come from the planet Krypton as a baby and have increased powers in Earth’s lower gravity.”
The graphic novelist said that, when he was a child, superheroes represented “a wellspring of the imagination”.
“Superman had a dog in a cape!
He had a city in a bottle!
It was wonderful stuff for a seven-year-old boy to think about,” Moore explained.
“But I suspect that a lot of superheroes now are basically about the unfair fight.
You know: people wouldn’t bully me … if I could turn into the Hulk.”..”
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