Alan Moore gives Wachowski Bros, DC the finger!

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Alan Moore, co-creator of the "V For Vendetta" comic, has publicly disassociated himself from the upcoming Warner Brothers movie project based on the comic book and written and produced by the Wachowski Brothers. And as a result, he has cut his remaining ties with DC Comics, including future volumes of the "League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen."

Read all about it: http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=13

Personally, I think Moore has been letting Hollywood produce utter travesties of his work for too long. I hope this will put a stop to any further ghastly debacles like Constantine, although the move comes too late to prevent the Whatacrockski Bores from butchering V For Vendetta, arguably the finest dystopic vision to appear in comic book form.

 

[Leto]

Ok, so basically how we will access to LoEG outside UK ?

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

No idea yet. Maybe we can send cheques to Mr Alan Moore, Esq., C/O The Northampton Post Office?

 

[Leto]

Good idea.
Glad Rich is back. Although from a professional eye, the format is not really adapted to his new turn : the column on the right side is painful to read. But I love the FedEx/FedCo reference.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Yea, it's more like a straight lift from a print layout. Crazy amounts of scrolling.

 

[Brian G Turner]

For someone working with corporate bodies, he seems remarkably naive about doing business.

For example, he slams the apparent ineptitude of the "V for Vendetta" production - yet he clearly makes a pointing of avoiding any constructive part in the project:

Earlier in the year, Moore received a call from "V For Vendetta" writer/producer and "Matrix" director Larry Wachowski, but told him politely, "I didn't want anything to do with films and had no time this year, being in the middle of work, my day job, writing, I wasn't interested in Hollywood."

A 90 minute film is never going to accurately reflect an entire graphic novel - especially when the original creator refuses to get involved.

He also complains about DC labelling of Watchmen and continued ownership of rights - but, really, it was naive to simply sign them over on condition of reversion of ownship to himself and Dave Gibbons once "out of print".

Overall, Moore seems to have been very happy to sell himself out to his own advantage - but when the organisations buying his rights try and work them, he then complains about issues not being as he wanted.

The guy is a talent, and he obviously is getting screwed to some degree - as most artists inevitably will. However, from the article, it's difficult not to read something amateur - even prima donna - in his approach to making business decisions.