Parting Shot: Alan Moore Responds to Frank Miller on the Occupy Movement

This is so awesome. Thank you for telling it like it is Moore!

One more reason to love Alan Moore

"As far as I can see, the Occupy movement is just ordinary people reclaiming rights which should always have been theirs. I can’t think of any reason why as a population we should be expected to stand by and see a gross reduction in the living standards of ourselves and our kids, possibly for generations, when the people who have got us into this have been rewarded for it; they’ve certainly not been punished in any way because they’re too big to fail. I think that the Occupy movement is, in one sense, the public saying that they should be the ones to decide who’s too big to fail."

Thank you, Alan Moore! :D

"I’m sure if it had been a bunch of young, sociopathic vigilantes with Batman make-up on their faces, he’d be more in favour of it."

That sounds awesome. Where can I sign up for that? Would make me actually give a flamin' frag about these occupy ____ protesters.

I found this part of the interview interesting...

"It’s about what I’d expect from him. It’s always seemed to me that the majority of the comics field, if you had to place them politically, you’d have to say centre-right."

I think that's worth discussion in and of itself. I would find an analysis of this notion more interesting than whether or not Frank Miller is a dick...especially since I think there are a lot of people out there who seem to think superhero comics are a left-leaning world of social change and progress.

I hope that people will at least read Moore's interview, by the way, which is quite nuanced and even-handed.

"Anything after the horse and buggy, I’m a bit suspicious of. I can see that for some people having a Kindle would be a real benefit. I can also see the state of my home, which is pretty much surrendered to books. Me and Melinda, we make our living space around the books. But I kind of like that."

Geez Louise, it's nice to read an opinion on e-readers from someone in literature who actually accepts that some people might have good reason to differ from him on the subject, without calling them philistines for wanting a Kindle or Luddites for not wanting one.

I hate to say it, as someone who really does like Miller's art, but my hunch is that Moore is probably right that Miller would fully endorse a gang of violent Batman wannabes, especially one that attributed their behavior to Miller's work.

That is, I admit, just a hunch.

Alan Moore, you're still the guy who supports someone who committed treason and endangered fellow soldiers. **** off.

Wait...Batman wears make-up?!

You have blown my mind once again, Mr. Moore.

But seriously this is pretty entertaining to see.

Alan More i love you so much right now. Honest, thank you for this. It was upset, then just sad about loosing Frank. And everything you say here is right.