'It Was Like Amputation;' Alan Moore on Cutting Off From His Own Comics

Alan Moore is known for his uncompromising attitude toward adaptations of his comic books. Recall that artist has disassociated himself from series and movies that use his work. It is no secret that the writer does not want to have anything to do with, among others, the studios responsible for adaptations, the creators of Watchmen or the movie adaptation of V for Vendetta. This is because Moore believes that his artistic intent was distorted by the filmmakers.

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However, as it turns out, such a repudiation of DC's comic book past and leaving the industry after many years was not indifferent to the author. In a recent interview with Games Radar Moore revealed how much the severance cost him and how painful it was.

However, the writer points out that the move was necessary and compares it to cutting oneself off from poison. He also points out the way he himself has been portrayed by the fact that he does not accept what the industry has done to his works. He believes that he did not deserve the image of a "madman."

Alan Moore admitted that there was indeed a lot of anger in him, but it was not unfounded anger, while portraying him as "mad at everything" is the comics industry's way of distorting the facts and showing how his words need not be listened to.