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    Monday, November 25, 2013

    Comic Book Writer Alan Moore Bashes Older Comic Book Fans


    Thats right famed comic book writer Alan Moore hates comic book fans over the age of 14. in a recent interview with The Guardian he goes into detail his hatred for superheros and how older comic book fans are emotionally unstable:
    "I haven't read any superhero comics since I finished with Watchmen. I hate superheroes. I think they're abominations. They don't mean what they used to mean. They were originally in the hands of writers who would actively expand the imagination of their nine- to 13-year-old audience. That was completely what they were meant to do and they were doing it excellently. These days, superhero comics think the audience is certainly not nine to 13, it's nothing to do with them. It's an audience largely of 30-, 40-, 50-, 60-year old men, usually men. Someone came up with the term graphic novel. These readers latched on to it; they were simply interested in a way that could validate their continued love of Green Lantern or Spider-Man without appearing in some way emotionally subnormal. This is a significant rump of the superhero-addicted, mainstream-addicted audience. I don't think the superhero stands for anything good. I think it's a rather alarming sign if we've got audiences of adults going to see the Avengers movie and delighting in concepts and characters meant to entertain the 12-year-old boys of the 1950s."
    If anyone has read his work on Watchmen would know that its the farthest thing from a 9 year olds comic book. It was recent for adults and if you think its for children you may some issues...aka Alan Moore.

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