Creator Bout 1: Battle of the Brits part 1 Moore vs Gaiman

[Elijya]

I've considered it, but I don't like the art at all (same problem I had with The Dark Knight Returns).

oy, I dunno how you manage to read any comics at all. Good stories always transcend art that doens't immediately appeal to you.

 

[CaptainCanada]

Comics are a visual medium; if the art is bad, then there's a problem.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

My vote goes to Alan Moore.

 

[Elijya]

Comics are a visual medium; if the art is bad, then there's a problem.

but if all opinions are valid, there's no such thing as bad art, and it is merely your perception which is the problem standing in the way of you enjoying a comic

 

[gildea]

The art is very important to the story though, the best of stories could not transcend if tied to the worst art.

but if all opinions are valid, there's no such thing as bad art, and it is merely your perception which is the problem standing in the way of you enjoying a comic

you could say that about anything mind you story and all.

 

[Elijya]

exactly

 

[Aristotle]

Easy decision. While Gaiman's work is equally strong as literature and art, Moore has had more influence on the entire body of the graphic form, from superheroes to erotica. Gaiman's influence is sort of restricted to the Grant Morrison mind**** set.

And The Watchmen is, for my money, what brought the literary underground comics to the mainstream.

 

[Sandman138]

I really don't know why people associate Watchmen with the underground comics scene. It was a DC Book about a group of thinly veiled DC Superheroes. It wasn't Zap or RAW.

 

[The Hero]

Technically they were thinly veiled Charlton characters.

 

[nite-owl]

I haven't read anything by Gaiman. So I voted for Moore.

 

[The Hero]

Surely you jest?

 

[nite-owl]

I jest not Hero it's because I haven't got around to read any of his work. I don't think I can be arsed either.