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Kazenji
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Alan Moore Rejects DC Rights

http://robot6.comicbookresources.co...-watchmen-back/

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They offered me the rights to Watchmen back, if I would agree to some dopey prequels and sequels,� Moore told Underwire today. "So I just told them that if they said that 10 years ago, when I asked them for that, then yeah it might have worked. But these days I don�t want Watchmen back. Certainly, I don�t want it back under those kinds of terms."

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Jul 22nd, 2010 08:37 AM

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Galan007
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Moore's a prick who thinks his shit doesn't stink. I like some of his work, don't get me wrong, but the dude is an ass.

At any rate, I personally would love to see some Watchmen spinoffs under current writing... The original series doesn't hold up well under the stressors of time, imo.

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roughrider
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If this stops DC for doing any sequels/prequels to Watchmen, that's fine with me. Leave it alone.

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Jul 22nd, 2010 03:24 PM

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Re: Alan Moore Rejects DC Rights

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Originally posted by Kazenji
http://robot6.comicbookresources.co...-watchmen-back/

Sounds like Moore is seriously butthurt.

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roughrider
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Ah, what if...

I think there was an opportunity in the 1980's for Moore & Gibbons to take Watchmen to Marvel's Epic Comics line to publish. That was the creator owned, mature line that had several titles (Dreadstar, Marshal Law, Alien Legion) that would be published elsewhere by the creators - showing the creators did have rights. In 1987, Epic Comics Editor in Chief Archie Goodwin described in a letters column how "to his eternal envy, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons took Watchmen to DC to publish." Imagine if it was Epic Comics; Moore could have had all the clout he wanted and enjoyed all the creator benefits, instead of the feuding with DC that has gone on for two decades now.

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Jul 22nd, 2010 07:53 PM