![]() ![]() Of course, this is par for the course for Moore, who has been a vocal critic of the boom in superhero films in recent years, even going so far as to blame them for “infantilizing” the population and paving the way for Trump in the U.S. Increasingly I think the best version of Batman was Adam West, which didn’t take it at all seriously.” “It was Batman for christ’s sake, it’s a guy dressed as a bat. “I’ve been told the Joker film wouldn’t exist without my Joker story (1988’s Batman: The Killing Joke), but three months after I’d written that I was disowning it, it was far too violent,” Moore said. In his newest interview with Deadline, he takes it one step further by expressing his disgust that his work inspired Joker. However, for decades, Moore has famously disavowed his work on The Killing Joke and regrets its impact on the comic industry. As Batman fans know, Moore’s The Killing Joke and Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns are the two most definitive stories that moved the character past his campy past and into the dark, brooding vigilante punch-fest that he is today. It’s always a treat when Alan Moore pops up for a rare interview because you know you’re in for a cranky ride as the Watchmen creator hates on the comic book industry that he inadvertently helped revive and transform in the ’80s. ![]()
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