He continued, “Primarily, mass-market superhero movies seem to be abetting an audience who do not wish to relinquish their grip on (a) their relatively reassuring childhoods, or (b) the relatively reassuring 20th century. “While these characters were originally perfectly suited to stimulating the imaginations of their twelve or thirteen-year-old audience, today’s franchised übermenschen, aimed at a supposedly adult audience, seem to be serving some kind of different function, and fulfilling different needs.” “I think the impact of superheroes on popular culture is both tremendously embarrassing and not a little worrying,” said Moore.
READ MORE: ‘Watchmen’: Damon Lindelof’s Confounding & Brilliant Riff On Alan Moore’s Ideas Of Superheroes, Conspiracy Theories & Questionable Morality And over the course of the interview, Moore is asked a variety of questions about his career and work, but really gets candid when talking about superheroes. The interview in question is from a 2017 issue of Folha de São Paulo, a Brazilian outlet, but has recently been released online.
But to hear his comments about superheroes in a recent interview, you can’t help but be shocked at Moore’s complete disdain for the characters and their effect on modern pop culture. In addition to writing what many believe to be the greatest superhero story put to paper, with “ Watchmen,” Moore has also contributed incredible stories to some of the great icons of the genre, including Batman and Superman. If there was a Mount Rushmore of comic book creators, Alan Moore would be right up there next to the greats like Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, and others.
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