Alan Moore on "The Killing Joke"

[The Joker]

Ahem.

Oh yes, and [A] might have had something to do with making it

 

[super85]

I like what Moore is saying. He has a good point. I like TKJ, I don't think it's nearly as good as some of his other work (Bolland's art is lovely) but he has a good point. When Alan Moore and Frank Miller wrote all those cool stories in the 80s it gave birth to writers making really *****ty versions of those stories,and that is something that is still being done in comics. I love Watchmen, and TDKR and V For Vendetta and a bunch of all the cool stuff that came out then. But I definetly do not love all that has come after that.

And I agree with the comments about Alan Grant. I love almost all of his Batman work, he and Norm Breyfogle did great stories together.

 

[kguillou]

I never liked the Killing Joke personally. I always felt like there would be no way Batman would share a laugh with Joker, ESPECIALLY after what he had just done to Barbara in that story. I get what Moore was trying do, he was trying to humanize Bats, i get that, but i really dont think he would've done that.

 

[Meehaul]

I loved the Killing Joke and Allen Moore is probably the most significant figure in comics since Shuster/Siegel, FInger/Kane, Lee/Kirby/Ditko.

 

[OctaviusINC]

The more I start to read about Moore the more awesome I picture him as the Kurt Cobain of comic books. Or was Kurt Cobain the Alan Moore of music?

Either way, I hope Moore doesn't go suckin' on a shotgun anytime soon.