![]() ![]() The popularity of the book exploded, leaving quite a cash cow in DC's hands, one that they would never hand over the rights to anyone else. This was the normal way to do business at DC as it was unheard of at that time to produce multiple printings of the same graphic novel. If in one year the characters weren't used, the rights would revert back to Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. Back then, DC had a pretty standard contract for their talent, one that stated DC owned the rights to a comic just as long as they used the characters in some form, usually by printing new edition of a book. ![]() So why in 1989 just after the release of his follow up series, V for Vendetta, did Moore leave the company and has been on bad terms with them since? Sadly it's because of that age old problem: money. In the 1980's Alan Moore was one of DC Comics most important writers, crafting immensely interesting and enduring takes on Superman and Batman, reviving the character of Swamp Thing (helping to create the character of John Constantine), and writing what is considered to be the greatest graphic novel of all time, Watchmen. ![]()
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