Alan Moore, author of “Watchmen”, believes that superhero movies may be “a precursor of fascism”

What is a little Alan Moore who hates of superhero movies is well known. The author of the comics “Watchmen” did not want Damon Lindelof to adapt his work for HBO, hHis name was removed from the credits of the Zack Snyder version. and James McTeigue’s “V for Vendetta” (another one he hates), and when Todd Phillips’ “Joker” came out he said he hadn’t seen “a superhero movie from Tim Burton’s first ‘Batman'” Why “they have ruined the cinema, and in a certain sense they have also ruined the culture”. Plus, he’s linked superhero movies to Donald Trump and Brexit.

Now in an interview with The Guardian he has gone on to develop his theory of superhero movie responsibility with the rise of fascism around the world. Moore, a chaos wizard who has left comics and prepares to launch his first collection of stories, explained to the media that these types of films infantilize adults and why he will never make a graphic novel again: “Around 2011 I said I thought [el cine de superhéroes] It would have serious and troubling implications for the future if millions of adults lined up to see “Batman” movies. Because that kind of infantilization, that desire for simpler times, for simpler realities, can very often be a precursor of fascism “. In addition, he also points out that Trump was elected in 2016, at the same time that the biggest films on the bill were superheroes.

In fact, Moore explains that never, not even when he released “Watchmen” in 1986, did he consider superheroes to be anything other than teenagers: “Hundreds of thousands of adults line up to see characters and situations created to entertain 12-year-olds, and only children, 50 years ago. I didn’t really think superheroes were for adults. I think this was a misunderstanding stemming from what happened in the 1980s, for which I have to take a considerable share of the blame, albeit unintentionally, when things like “Watchmen” first came out. Many titles have been written that said “Comics have grown”. I tend to think no, comics haven’t grown up. There were some more adult titles than people were used to, but most of the comic book titles were more or less the same as ever. It wasn’t comics that grew. I think it was more that the comics approached the emotional age of the audience rather than the other way around. ” says Moore, who hasn’t put on a new comedy in years, “I will and will always love the comic medium, but the comic industry and everything associated with it has become unbearable.”.

A symbol

Moore may not be proud of the adaptations of his work that have been made on the big and small screen, but he is proud of the symbol that has become the Guy Fawkes mask designed by David Lloyd for ‘V for Vendetta’. ‘: “I can’t approve of everything that people wearing that mask as an icon could do in the future, of course, but I am heartened to see that it has been adopted by protest movements around the world. Because now we need protest movements, probably. . “more than ever”.