Mania has a nice interview up with Alan Moore, discussing the much-debated Marvelman saga, which came back with a vengeance at San Diego Comic Con this year when Marvel announced they had purchased the rights to Marvelman.
While Neil Gaiman and Marvel had certainly expressed enthusiasm about the deal, what about Alan Moore, whose dark designs infused the character with new energy? Here’s a highlight:
Neil will be able to finish his Marvelman story because he has a completely different relationship with Marvel than I have with them—or rather, don’t have. The main thing is that I will feel happy to know that Mick Anglo is finally getting the recompense he so richly deserves. And, I will have distanced myself from a lot of the deceit and ugliness that surrounded the relaunching of Marvelman as a character.
You can read the rest of the interview here.
September 4th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I love alan moore.His work is incredible,mind blowing and revolutionary all rolled up in 1.But…Is he ever happy????
September 8th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Exactly what I was going to address, Mike. It’s like Moore is spending the last half of his career distancing himself from past projects. Well….then get busy on some new ones, Alan! Surely not ALL publishers are rapacious capitalist robber barons!
September 12th, 2009 at 11:55 am
so what are the odds Alan Moore bites the big one before the end of the year?