Yesterday I went to the V&A and saw the talk/interview with Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie. I’m not the only one that considers this man a complete genius at what he does and it was an amazing hour. They mainly discussed ‘Lost Girls’, which you would do, as they’ve been working on this for nearly 16 years so it’s definitely something that they are proud of and want to reach as wide an audience as possible.

From the moment I saw Alan standing in the doorway I had this completely dumbstruck face, with this huge smile on my face it actually hurt an hour later. The first thing I noticed was just how tall the man is and then obviously just how much hair he had collected on his face over the years. There was nothing new there however as I’ve seen photos of the main many many times before, however what did completely surprise me was his accent. This incredibly thick accent came out and I was initially taken aback. That initial shock was quickly overtaken by awe again as he started discussing Lost Girls and the process and his marriage to Melinda.

I’ve read countless interviews with Alan Moore, however this was incredible special as he infused humour with his views on everything from pornography to the arts to politics and everything inbetween.

Obviously there was the question regarding the Watchmen trailer, which while was dismissed instantly by the interviewer (who did a very good job I thought) was actually answered by Alan. He did explain that he could never like anything that the creators of the movie were going to do, regardless of who they were. So that’s a good sign that it’s not a personal attack on Zack Snyder but at the same time I did feel a bit sad about how he saw the eventual movie. The people behind the Watchmen movie aren’t doing it because they want to rape the material, but rather because of the love that they have for the source material, which Zack has shown he is capable of treating with a great deal of respect.

Alan did discuss his upcoming book with Steve Moore which is a Dummy’s guide to magic which sounded like good fun but that seems to be a few years away from completion. Nothing was discussed regarding the upcoming ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ with Kevin O’Neill but I’m sure they’ll heavily promote that in the future no doubt.

I do wish I’d asked a question regarding his ‘retirement’ from comics and how I hope apart from the upcoming League book that he’s got other books in the pipeline but unfortunately it seems that his output will be somewhat limited, which while is unfortunate, means I can spend more time completing the holes in my Moore collection, of which there are many.