Alan Moore on Neil Gaiman 

I worked in a venue several years ago that held an annual literature festival. When I heard Alan Moore would be in attendance, I broke a rule I rarely broke (I think in the 8 years I worked there I only ever asked for a photo or a signature 4 times - and even then I always carefully picked my moment). He very kindly signed a copy of “V for Vendetta” for my boyfriend at the time, (which blew his mind) and my copies of “Watchmen” (which for some reason REALLY surprised me considering it seems to remain a proverbial thorn in his side) AND “The Ballad of Halo Jones” - my personal favourite work of his. That one really left a profound impression upon me as a teenager. The cool thing was, that the next day after I finished work I was making my way home - who should come boldly striding thru the throng of shoppers in the town centre? Mr. Alan Moore - and he raised his cane slightly, nodded at me with a wink of acknowledgment and made his way confidently onwards. To this day I still don’t know what was cooler - getting THREE books signed (that included “Watchmen”), or that I was acknowledged by a real life bloody Warlock! 😎 A towering giant [both metaphorically and literally!] yes, but also a lovely man who genuinely appreciates people who love his work.

For a guy who knows how to look very scary in his publicity photos over the years, Alan Moore actually sounds like a nice gentleman in this video clip. Still waters run deep, they say!

Oh my god....I think I just saw him smile O_O

0:53 - AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!! ALAN MOORE JUST LOOKED INTO MY SOUL! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!

Alan's final response should read: "What you have to remember is that I was kindof instrumental in telling Neil how to do comics, so sortof, uh, he does owe me. So...I probably couldn't do it these days. He'd probably say, "Alan who?" (question) No, I'm afraid not, no. There's just too many people outside. They're getting cold, y'know."

I'd love to let him know, somehow, that his run on Swamp Thing was very helpful to me as i was recovering from my divorce. The themes of death, decomposition and rebirth really aided me in my own rebirth. Not sure how i could ever get him to know that, though.

He's a lot calmer than I would have imagined.

I'd love to meet Alan Moore but I'd probably just freeze up.

Two of my most beloved authors are friends?! I'm so happy.

Watching this after watching Gaiman absolutely gushing about Moore's work on Miracleman! XD

Damn he seems like such a cool guy, I’d be shaking like a leaf if i was that close to him

"He does owe me" :-D Thanks for sharing that little gem.

Thank you very much! I changed the transcript according to your comment. In the end I just asked if he was signing other material ( I had From Hell and watchmen with me). Hope you enjoyed the video

@0:53 When Alan Moore was looking at the camera, that kind of shook me. Looks like he was looking right at me.

I did, hope you enjoy it. Thank you for watching.

so Kropotkin has returned from hereafter. Seems legit.

Alan Moore is a great guy! Jerusalem is amazing book too

You should have asked him "where do you get your ideas from?"

I was there, it was March 2013. I was walking around Soho with my mate and we walked pass this bookshop and saw Alan Moore signing ❤

S'funny. When I went to the Cody's reading (circa 2006 in Berkeley CA), I asked this question on a question card for Gaiman, who answered that he did the work because he had a British Library card. He spoke using his sublime Alan Moore impersonation. And I believe he used the expression "guts for garters."

I'd love to have a chat with him about magic

Re-reading 80s Swamp Thing and Miracleman, it's evident how Alan has always seen far more deeply into everyone and everything he's encountered than has 99% of the human race. It would intimidate the hell out of me to stand in front of him, for fear that he would read everything about me after a single passing exchange.

Neil Gaiman is Alan Moore approved

I love his voice

Alan Moore: The ultimate grumpy grandpa

Amazing how a writer who has never written anything I enjoyed taught another writer how to write and the other writer I've enjoyed everything hes written.

0:53.. What a nice guy.

Great audio i can hear everything

Wish someone had told me how to make comicbooks

Alan moore knows the score

0:55 was that Kevin O'Neill at the same table? I was in the wrong line this whole time

0:53 and just like that, Moore has stolen your soul. Smh

Alguém tem que mostrar esse vídeo para o Bruno Zago

A very nice video, you did a great job, thank you for sharing, new friend here

Should ask when the hell BUMPER BOOK OF MAGIC is coming out

Luck you meeting the man himself 💪🏻👍

Asking someone like Alan Moore at a signing session to phone someone like Neal Gamian up to ask a question about something obscure is wonderfully naive!

Fun clip! I recommend you add your own subtitles though (it's pretty easy to do with the YT editor these days), and then just add 'subtitles available' to the video's title and/or description.

nice moment. thanks for share it

Beautiful nerds!

Bud didnt look too happy about being filmed at the end there? Or maybe that stare down was for effect

Id be so terrified to be near of the presence of God.

I love Alan

That's a damn shame. There's freaking Kevin O'Neill sitting right beside Moore. Kind of helpful to LXG's success and the dude acts like he's not even there.

Nice! Btw what was the last question that you asked? Alan Moore answers that people are getting cold outside but I didn't quite hear your question.

Ala-a-n Mo-ore... is smiling????

The wizard

British people are amazing... I could not understand a single word of this

Who made the video?

I don't why this was recommended to me but I watched it. So what does "copy" mean in this instance?

I've often wondered what his opinion on Neil Gaiman is, in light of such travesties as Starburst, or whatever it was called. Currently re-reading The Sandman though, and there's no arguing with that... nor with Moore's influence throughout!

This video needs subtitles.

Wish i could make out what they saying

Any consideration for people behind you in the queue? Fortunately Moore did, hence his refusal to sign other material.

Alan Moore is a good man .

I'm not sure I get the question? I sure hope you can respond :)

O cara lá do fundo parece o Bruno Zago

He's literally talking to an anorak.

Wtf, he smiled

I bet he loves being recorded. Haha.

I couldn’t understand one word there .

What was The whole conversation? I cannot hear...

Here's an idea: Add subtitles, I have no idea what you are saying.

I've never read anything by Neil Gamain that made me think, 'Wow, this guy is an exciting new dynamic force in comics writing'. All of the Brit writers who became superstars in the wake of Moore and Miller telling Marvel and DC to fuck off with their ratings policy in the late 1980s, none of them have an inkling of Moore's skill in writing hard hitting stuff like Marvelman, Captain Britain, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing and Watchmen and to be fair, they knew they couldn't so they didn't even try and this led to the current cult of personality where each new up and coming star had to cultivate a silly media profile unheard of in comics then or quickly fall back into obscurity. In the 1980s, Moore and Frank Miller were the guys, no one else came even remotely close.

Here's the facts. Alan Moore better comic writer than Neil Gaiman. Sandman however better than anything Alan Moore done.

KRL OLHA O BRUNO ZAGO LÁ ATRÁS KKKKKK que aleatório

I don't hear sht throught the background noise and the mumbling. Subtitle it maybe?

Is that guy serious? He wants Moore to break off signing and phone Neil Gaiman for him? You get 'em!

I completely disagree with your assessment of stardust. It's always handy to remember the same of the book you are critiquing. Mixing it up with a confectionary item is never good.

Melo recomendó el yutum prosedo a exisde

Nerdddddd

What the living fuck is going on here?

invasivo ofensivo e deselegante.

Very talented yet oh so petty. If only he was more of a team player and more of a fan of larger sections of the medium. Outside of the Image founders, I've never really been excited for a writer or artist's new creator owned/controlled comic as I am when they come onto an already established comic book for DC, Marvel, Image or a licensed property like Aliens or Predator, etc... The outcomes tend to be better and last longer on already established properties, especially in the big 2. I am much more interested in Alan Moore taking a stab at the Avengers, Spider-man, X-Men, Batman, Wonder Woman, Nightwing, Aliens, Buffy, The Walking Dead, TMNT, Silver Surfer, etc ... I would surely appreciate his work on those properties more than League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Nemo.

Watchmen plagierised a comic book called super people or something. Alan Moore is such a noob