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Finally gave in and read that Alan Moore essay from 2003
I always brushed off the idea that comic movies were hurting the medium. Seemed like gatekeeping from old guys. But I tracked down that essay where he breaks down how Hollywood treats comics as just IP farms. He talked about how Watchmen was instantly turned into a pitch for a movie, not a story. That hit me hard because I work at a shop in Portland and see kids come in only asking about what's on screen. It made me rethink how I talk about comics with new readers. Anyone else find their views on the movie-comic connection shifting after reading that?
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allen.cole8d ago
Yeah totally, that essay kind of wrecked how I see the whole thing too.
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joseph_coleman7d ago
Had a buddy who worked in the industry for years say pretty much the same thing. He told me he was driving home from work that night and just sat in his driveway for twenty minutes thinking about it. Said he'd been ignoring the signs for a long time but the essay made him finally admit it to himself. He quit his job two weeks later and started doing something totally different. Still weird to think how a piece of writing can hit you like that.
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