Four Color Comics

Today’s issue of The New York Times features a profile of Alan Moore, the man who creates modern comics that perhaps best typify those that Four Color loves. The article is available on-line, though registration is required.

In Mr. Moore’s account of his career, the villains are clearly defined: they are the mainstream comics industry — particularly DC Comics, the American publisher of Watchmen and V for Vendetta — which he believes has hijacked the properties he created, and the American film business, which has distorted his writing beyond recognition. To him, the movie adaptation of V for Vendetta, which opens on Friday, is not the biggest platform yet for his ideas: it is further proof that Hollywood should be avoided at all costs. “I’ve read the screenplay,” Mr. Moore said. “It’s rubbish.”

If you’re unfamiliar with Alan Moore, this article provides a good introduction.