Guardian.co.uk:
From Wall St to Athens and Occupy sit-ins worldwide, protesters are wearing masks inspired by V for Vendetta. Here, its author discusses why his avenging hero has such potency today.
The comic-book writer Alan Moore is not usually surprised when his creations find a life for themselves away from the printed page. Strips he penned in the 1980s and 90s have been fed through the Hollywood patty-maker, never to his great satisfaction, resulting in both critical hits and terrible flops; fads for T-shirts, badges and shouted slogans have emerged from characters and conceits he has dreamed up for titles such as Watchmen and From Hell. "I suppose I've gotten used to the fact," says the 58-year-old, "that some of my fictions percolate out into the material world."
While he may have protested any credit, or even an acknowledgement, Alan Moore was one of the prime movers of "Invasion!", Arrow's 100th episode.
It's not you, it's him: Alan Moore reveals that he plans to retire from comics after finishing his last few projects. Instead, he looks to film and novels.
I'll criticize batman to will all those animated movies. They need to slow that crap down and at least do other characters. Hell movies on other teams the justice league be nice. Like how can other characters be popular if you don't use them. Also the live action series should have them popular at least a little bit.
Those shorts they used to do as a showcase on the animated movies were awesome and a great introduction/reintroduction to characters. Really sad they don't do them anymore to build up the awareness of the other characters, as you say.
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The film Hercules by Paramount Pictures and MGM is coming to theaters on July 25th in the USA. You may have seen the trailers running this week on television portraying The Rock in the title role. But underneath a standard blockbuster-type summer film lies an almost standard-these-days story of creators’ interests gone wrong.
