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A wide ranging interview with arguable the best comic book writer of all time that covers his work, his views on politics and how TV and Film are short-circuiting reality and damaging the public’s ability to discern the truth of events.
Favourite quotes from the interview:-
And I really hope that people are not morally lazy or weak enough to elect this guy; I won’t say ‘again’ because he wasn’t elected the first time. And it is true to say that across the world there is quite a lot of anti-America sentiment, which is different than anti-American sentiment. I think that even in the majority of Muslim countries that have been polled, nobody blames Americans — they blame George Bush and the people surrounding him. Mind you, we’ll see what happens this November, because you can have someone take over your country once and still have it be an accident. But twice? Well, that would be regrettable. [Laughs.]
…I mean, I think that television is one of the most diabolical — in the very best sense of the word — inventions of the past century. It has probably done more to degrade the mind and intelligence of its audience, even if they happen to be drug addicts or alcoholics; I would think that watching television has done more to limit their horizons in the long run. And it has also distorted our culture.
Tags: comics, Alan Moore
