Comments on: “All The Writers Were Instructed to ‘Write This Like Alan Moore’” http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Ned http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-753091 Ned Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:20:01 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-753091 No one thinks more highly of Alan Moore than Alan Moore. No one thinks more highly of Alan Moore than Alan Moore.

]]> By: Someguy http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-753042 Someguy Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:31:19 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-753042 I don't believe this at all. I mean it's not like comic book artists were ever encouraged and even hired based on the fact that they were Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, or Marc Silvestri clones...oh wait... I mean it's not like the Dark Knight spawned a number of copycats who thought that 'dark = money' and completely missed the philosophical and political point of the film...oh wait... Well it's not like innovative musical acts that make money are ever converted into cynical formulas and then foisted onto artists that are then told to "sound like _______"...oh wait... Yup. I just can't believe anyone working in management would ever completely misunderstand the root of the success of Alan Moore and instead just try to get the writers to ape his style in a cynical quest to maximize profit. SG I don’t believe this at all.

I mean it’s not like comic book artists were ever encouraged and even hired based on the fact that they were Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, or Marc Silvestri clones…oh wait…

I mean it’s not like the Dark Knight spawned a number of copycats who thought that ‘dark = money’ and completely missed the philosophical and political point of the film…oh wait…

Well it’s not like innovative musical acts that make money are ever converted into cynical formulas and then foisted onto artists that are then told to “sound like _______”…oh wait…

Yup. I just can’t believe anyone working in management would ever completely misunderstand the root of the success of Alan Moore and instead just try to get the writers to ape his style in a cynical quest to maximize profit.

SG

]]> By: Tue Sorensen http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-753032 Tue Sorensen Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:53:28 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-753032 There is no question that Alan Moore's works have been hugely, hugely influential. Everybody talks about him and most consider him the best comics writer ever. If his appraisal of the situation is not verbatim correct, I have little doubt that he is generally describing the situation of his influence very much as it is. Remember, he did the entire America's Best Comics imprint to make amends for having turned the comics industry down a too-dark path. There is no question that Alan Moore’s works have been hugely, hugely influential. Everybody talks about him and most consider him the best comics writer ever. If his appraisal of the situation is not verbatim correct, I have little doubt that he is generally describing the situation of his influence very much as it is. Remember, he did the entire America’s Best Comics imprint to make amends for having turned the comics industry down a too-dark path.

]]> By: Rachele http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-752992 Rachele Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:13:44 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-752992 Neil and Garth have been able to extend their careers and blossom into the genuinely talented writers that they are. It’s just irritating to have one’s stylistic quirks and outlook misunderstood and made into a formula. Neil and Garth have been able to extend their careers and blossom into the genuinely talented writers that they are. It’s just irritating to have one’s stylistic quirks and outlook misunderstood and made into a formula.

]]> By: DeBT http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-752960 DeBT Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:00:06 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-752960 I'd say that any writer told to "Write This Like Alan Moore" would quickly find themselves approaching insanity. Check out how the first page of The Killing Joke of a zoom out shot of falling rain on a puddle was described: http://fourcolorheroes.home.insightbb.com/killingjokescript.html I’d say that any writer told to “Write This Like Alan Moore” would quickly find themselves approaching insanity. Check out how the first page of The Killing Joke of a zoom out shot of falling rain on a puddle was described:
http://fourcolorheroes.home.insightbb.com/killingjokescript.html

]]> By: Kyle http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-752932 Kyle Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:04:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-752932 Also, there's a big difference between a writer trying to write like Moore and being TOLD by editorial that he has to write like Moore. I've yet to find any proof to back up what Moore claims. Also, there’s a big difference between a writer trying to write like Moore and being TOLD by editorial that he has to write like Moore.

I’ve yet to find any proof to back up what Moore claims.

]]> By: Joe S. Walker http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-752894 Joe S. Walker Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:20:53 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-752894 "I’d say the main effect of my influence in the US has been to unleash a lot of pretentious and posturing comics upon the world..." As if he hadn't turned out so many himself. “I’d say the main effect of my influence in the US has been to unleash a lot of pretentious and posturing comics upon the world…”

As if he hadn’t turned out so many himself.

]]> By: a http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-752887 a Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:38:54 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-752887 Grant was only talking about his first arc of Animal Man, he mentions it in a biography someone did of him. It definitely shows there (in a Miracleman sort of way), but The Coyote Gospel and onwards are completely his own style. Grant was only talking about his first arc of Animal Man, he mentions it in a biography someone did of him. It definitely shows there (in a Miracleman sort of way), but The Coyote Gospel and onwards are completely his own style.

]]> By: Will http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-752860 Will Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:09:26 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-752860 Grant Morrison says in Supergods that his Animal Man run was his "best impression of Alan Moore". Grant Morrison says in Supergods that his Animal Man run was his “best impression of Alan Moore”.

]]> By: Ricardo Amaral http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-752852 Ricardo Amaral Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:41:26 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-752852 It's been a while Alan speaks more than he should. And he has progressively become more and more sounding like a man with serious persecution issues. It’s been a while Alan speaks more than he should. And he has progressively become more and more sounding like a man with serious persecution issues.

]]> By: JW http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/08/10/all-the-writers-were-instructed-to-write-this-like-alan-moore/comment-page-1/#comment-752840 JW Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:27:30 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32936#comment-752840 Considering that Alan Moore feels that everyone is continually stealing his work, even though his own work is so derivative of the work of others at times, I see this as most likely a figment of his imagination. I'm sure that writers were encouraged to emulate the explorations into horror that Moore pursued, but "write like Alan Moore" instructions? Yeah, right. Considering that Alan Moore feels that everyone is continually stealing his work, even though his own work is so derivative of the work of others at times, I see this as most likely a figment of his imagination. I’m sure that writers were encouraged to emulate the explorations into horror that Moore pursued, but “write like Alan Moore” instructions? Yeah, right.

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