No more heroes for Watchmen's Alan Moore | Alison Flood
Graphic novelist abandons the superhero genre, saying that today's comic-book characters are more bullies than representatives of 'a wellspring of the imagination'
With Watchmen's Dr Manhattan, Rorschach and friends, Alan Moore created superheroes who defined an era, but the comic book legend has said that he is now over the superhero genre.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
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