Apparently Harry Potter is ok to use in the next LOEG, but Before Watchmen is wrong. And before you start yelling, SATIRE! Keep in mind that Moore has always borrowed literary characters for use in his own work, it's the whole point of LOEG, he only changes the names when the characters aren't in the Public Domain. And unless I'm mistaken has never asked permission to use the characters he's borrowed in LOEG.

Can't wait to hear how Harry Potter's creator feels about this. If they are smart they'll probably ignore it.

One comment from the below article was particularly funny, "The electrons aren't even dry yet on him raging at HIS CHARACTERS." Another reads, "Didn't he do an interview saying that he was sick of his creations being messed with or as he put it RAPED, now he's doing the same with the whole Harry Potter deal."

"Alan Moore's latest comic turns Harry Potter into the Antichrist"
http://blastr.com/2012/06/alan-moores-new-book-turn.php

Sigh.



But hell, let's just keep hearing the same arguments over and over again until those of us on this side get exhausted enough to throw up our hands and say, "fuck it, enjoy your creatively bankrupt comics."

But they keep making more stuff, and more contradictions.

"But... but he uses other people's characters too!" isn't "more stuff." It's the exact frikkin' same stuff. Again and again and again.

Fuck it. Enjoy your copy of Before Watchmen, Joe.

Oops sorry I hadn't been informed you had decided this particular discussion was over.

The more stuff I was referring to, was that HE JUST DID IT AGAIN. Here the man is USING other peoples characters again, after JUST RECENTLY bitchin' about it himself. Getting all sorts of publicity.

That's not relevant to the discussion?

Repeating the same, already addressed argument without alteration tends not to be terribly relevant, no.

But what do you care? You get to enjoy your sweet comic! I bet it's awesome.

Exactly. He needs moral justification for feeding the rape machine.

Wow, can't discuss this without getting your panties in a bunch? How personally invested in this are you? Take a breath man.

The guy gets tons of publicity crying foul, just before publishing his own new book where he does the same thing he just cried foul about.

Shut up troll.

Noted. Enjoy your comics, Joe.