Alan Moore om Marvelman

Som de flesta vet sedan comic-con så har Marvel rättigheterna till Mick Anglos Marvelman. Med det började snacket gå om även Alan Moores berättelser kommer tryckas på nytt. Enligt detta citat från Mania.com verkar han i alla fall inte ha något mot det hela. Men helst utan sitt namn på dem och att pengarna ska gå till Mick Anglo. Samt att Neil Gaiman kanske kommer kunna avsluta sin egna berättelse med Marvelman.

“After being initially informed by Neil’s lawyer, I had to think about it for a couple of days. I decided that while I’m very happy for this book to get published—because that means money will finally go to Marvelman’s creator, Mick Anglo, and to his wife. Mick is very, very old, and his wife, I believe, is suffering from Alzheimer’s.

The actual Marvelman story is such a grim and ugly one that I would probably rather that the work was published without my name on it, and that all of the money went to Mick. The decision about my name was largely based upon my history with Marvel—my desire to really have nothing to do with them, and my increasing desire to have nothing to do with the American comics industry. I mean, they’re probably are enough books out there with my name on them to keep the comics industry afloat for a little bit longer. I left a message to that effect with Neil. I’ve since heard back from the lawyer upon another issue, and he said that he was certain that would be the case—that Marvel would accede to my request. That looks like the way it will be emerging.

And, Neil will be able to finish his Marvelman story because he has a completely different relationship with Marvel than I have with them—or rather, don’t have. The main thing is that I will feel happy to know that Mick Anglo is finally getting the recompense he so richly deserves. And, I will have distanced myself from a lot of the deceit and ugliness that surrounded the relaunching of Marvelman as a character.”

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