Halo Jones update #1 aka it’s all @Razzzcat’s fault I read this.
Just finished Book 1 of 3 from the Complete Ballad of Halo Jones. In Moore’s intro, he said he didn’t want to write the ditzy sexualized girl or the bad ass woman with an attitude. Instead he writes “What I wanted was simply an ordinary woman…but transposed to the sort of future environment that seemed a prerequisite” for 2000 AD. In other words, a normal woman living in some version of MegaCity One. The “action” of book one primarily centers around a trip to the mall, which sounds so much more pedestrian than it is. But, because this is Moore and 2000 AD it’s so much more than that. This is an incredible work. It’s got all the hallmarks of British comics science fiction (teeming future city, robots, aliens, semi-understandable slang) plus Moore’s wit and heart. Bravo Mr. Moore. In book 2, we get to the space part of this space opera.
What can he be worried about? It isn’t like someone will come along and write dirty fan fiction using Watchmen characters and then have DC release it. I am sure he would never write dirty fan fiction and release it. Perhaps, that is exactly what he is worried about. He knows what he has worked on and worries that he might see his characters in compromising stories.
I completely understand that. However, his attitude is the same for anything he has created that moves on without him. It also doesn’t change the fact that he, himself, has written 18+ comics using common use characters. I was thinking more of that aspect, as opposed to his paycheck. You can check out his reactions to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell, V, and Watchmen. Not all of these are DC properties yet all of his interviews are pretty much the same. “They shouldn’t make that into a movie, tv show, continued comic series, etc.”
Watchman graphic novel was my first experience with Alan Moore. I was late to the game but it was a unique experience at the time. I liked how it was a slightly more “realistic” super hero story with grey areas in the characters and their decisions.
Just finished a reread of V for Vendetta. Still an enjoyable read with messages about power and freedom. The art was worse than I remember, unless that is from the digitization.
My short answer to your question is, the movie is better in a couple of important way, particularly concerning Eve. But, it is missing that special something from the series.
