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[thebitterguy]

You know, it's odd, but maybe I just hang around with the wrong people, but I've never met anyone who was a comics fan who actively disliked Alan Moore's work in general, or Watchmen specifically. Of course, now thanks to the internet you can find anyone.

Anyway, I think it was Journalista who linked to a few pieces of people being angry about The Killing Joke. The biggest one is this one. Checking some of the other posts, I find that the poster, philippos42, has been a common thread in the discussion.

One of the more interesting posts was this one where they specifically take Watchmen to task.

I don't think they read the book too closely (obvious, since they boast about only reading it once), because it really doesn't have any characters in it who could be considered to be undamaged, gay or straight, with the possible exception of the original Night Owl, who ends up being murdered.

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[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

It's like Picasso. You can hate the work, but the medium bears his indelible mark. Alan Moore is a big clomping boot on the face of comic fans forever, or something.

[thebitterguy]

That's the greatest metaphor for Alan Moore ever.