I missed this when it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 the other month but you can find a full transcript here:

http://www.comicbookresou...gi?id=4737

he's a genius. pure and simple.

jerseykrs said:

Yes he is. 'V For Vendetta' didn't really change the way I thought when I was in my early teens but it validated how I felt about things. I honestly believe that he's Britain's most important author of the last fifty years.

<--- clueless

Taureau said:

Well Marc, you know how I'm basically right about everything, I am deadly right about this.

You need to read 'V For Vendetta' by Alan Moore and David Gibson. I read it in Warrior magazine when I was 11 or 12 and then read the collected series when DC Comics bought the rights.

Once you've got through 'V', read the collected 'Swamp Thing' books - including Alfredo Alcala's summarisation, then read 'Watchmen'.

BinaryJustin said:

I'm just reading the transcript now, he sounds like a really funny guy!

"I think it was John who used to write a script called "The Blind Ballerina" and as the title suggested it was about a ballerina who was blind. John would just try to put her in to increasingly worse situations. At the end of each episode you'd have her evil Uncle saying, "Yes, come with me. You're going out on to the stage of the Albert Hall where you're going to give your premier performance" and it's the fast lane of the M1. (audience laughs) And she's sort of pirouetting and there's trucks bearing down on her."



The only comics I ever read were Eagle, and even then it was only a few issues because I wanted to get the free badge that all my mates were wearing.

Hey that passage I quoted reminds me of a website I found that shows funny DC comic front pages...I'll try and find it...

Girls' comics were always more interesting than boys' comics at least in 1970s Britain.

For further proof, see http://www.mistycomic.co.uk

It's so sad that the comics medium doesn't get more respect. There are many incredibly talented writers and artists that use comics as their venue.

jerseykrs said:

What I find sad is that I stopped buying comics in about 1987. Except for the odd graphic novel now and again. I sold all my comics collection at a fair for about £15.00 and bought 'For You' 'Prince' and 'Dirty Mind' on cassette with the proceeds. I had tons. I sold tons of comics for £15.00. I had X-Factor #1. Tons of rare stuff. It's gutting to think what I handed over. I mean like 500 comics - not a big collection but a good collection.

BinaryJustin said:

damn dude. I'll never sell mine. Thousands of them. I'm thinking of starting to read more. They cost so much now though.

jerseykrs said:

It was my second collection. I spent hundreds of pounds on those comics. My first collection numbered about two hundred when I was about nine years old. I puked up on most of them when I had appendictis. Instead of saving what she could, my mum threw the lot out. I loved those comics. 'Weird War Tales' and stuff like that. I preferred the quirky DC stuff over the superhero stuff at that time. Now, it's the stuff I miss.

I agree, I'd buy more comics if they were like 75p each. They suddenly became extortionate in the 90s.