Posted: 19 August 2019 at 5:15am | IP Logged | 2
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I always thought Moore's reluctance to participate in other media adaptations of his works, even if it's just a consultant credit, might be tacit acknowledgement on his part that his inspirations for these stories weren't completely his own.
I always wondered how well Neil Gaiman would have fared if he (with DC/Warner backing) went up against J.K Rowling over the similarities between Timothy Hunter and Harry Potter. THE BOOKS OF MAGIC had been written and published (and even optioned for the big screen) years before any officially published HARRY POTTER had appeared. Gaiman has acknowledged the similarities but also is wise enough to note that anyone writing in this genre of fiction is drawing from a common well of oral tradition heroic myth. If anything they both owe a huge debt to Joseph Campbell for publishing a coherent and covenient guide to this sort of thing.
It seems Gaiman fans are the ones who are most bothered by what they think is a 'blatant swipe' and not the man himself. I bet if you ask a die-hard Rowling fan about this they would have no idea there was even a controversy, if they are even aware of Gaiman as an author.. Moore fans act similarly -- their favored creator always sprouts three new original ideas before breakfast and anyone who says otherwise is obviously a hater and jealous.
Edited by Rob Ocelot on 19 August 2019 at 5:16am
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