Moore Sounds Off

The New York Times has a profile piece up today about Alan Moore. And in true and expected form, he lets loose with some classic Moorish quotes. Among them:

"I don't want anything more to do with these works because they were stolen from me — knowingly stolen from me."

Paul Levits and David Lloyd also chime in on this now infamous squabble between Moore and DC Comics.

Mr. Lloyd, the illustrator of "V for Vendetta," also found it difficult to sympathize with Mr. Moore's protests. When he and Mr. Moore sold their film rights to the graphic novel, Mr. Lloyd said: "We didn't do it innocently. Neither myself nor Alan thought we were signing it over to a board of trustees who would look after it like it was the Dead Sea Scrolls."

It's interesting to read his own opinion on his creative legacy and where he sees himself in the scheme of things. His ire toward Hollywood and DC is clearly undiminished with time. But he does offer a hint of optimism and pride in his work in the end.

But Mr. Moore suggested that his comic-book writing has already defined his identity. He recalled an encounter with a fan who asked him to sign a horrific issue of his 1980's comic "The Saga of the Swamp Thing"; the admirer then disclosed that he was a special effects designer for the television series "CSI: NY." "Every time you've got an ice pick going into someone's brain, and the close-ups of the little spurting ruptured blood vessels, and that horrible squishing sound, that's him," Mr. Moore said. "So that's something I can be proud of. This is my legacy."