The Most Important Question Of The Day

[ericcoleman]

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[ericcoleman]

This was a tough one for me. I love Sandman. Stardust is one of my favorite movies of the last 10 years or so. But Watchmen, V For Vendetta, Miracle Man ...

This could go either way for me.

[davidkingsley.livejournal.com]

I first discovered Alan Moore when he took over writing Swamp Thing, and he blew me away. I still haven't read Miracle Man. I will have to correct that.

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

Love Swamp Thing... one of my introductions to comic books.

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

It was hard for me, too, but Gaiman won.

[not-eurotic.livejournal.com]

Much as I like Gaiman, he wouldn't be anything without Moore blazing the trail.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Not only that, but Moore tends to have more solid plotting, and subtler characterization. Actually, the difference in sheer name between Sandman and Watchmen sums them up nicely for me: Gaiman is exquisite at painting dreams and fantasies, while Moore's stories are finely-constructed machines that do exactly what they need to do when they need to do it.

[poly-scott.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

I don't think Moore could have written Coraline - but I don't think Gaiman could have done Watchmen.

They're really very different, if you ask me.

[not-eurotic.livejournal.com]

Gaiman's like a happy medium between Moore and Morrison.

I can barely tolerate Morrison. Gaiman I enjoy, but in smaller doses. I did really dig American Gods, though.

[not-eurotic.livejournal.com]

That's probably what it is to me-- I got less and less into Sandman as it got more and more...well, dreamy and abstract.

Moore just grabs me by the nuts and won't let go, and in his case I actually like it;)

[tlunquist.livejournal.com]

VERY tough choice. I decided Gaiman edged out Moore by a nose hair, but no more than that.

[poly-scott.livejournal.com]

Alan Moore without question. Gaiman is amazing, but I don't know that his will will stand the test of time in the same way that Moore's has.

[bammba-m.livejournal.com]

Alan Moore's name is too close to Robert Moore, who i am angry at for arbitrary reasons.

Also, it's close to Michael Moore, who i'm angry at for less arbitrary reasons, and i'd hate for him to think i support him by voting for people who share his last name.

[gamerchick.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, both. This was really hard.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I've never been into comic books, so I had to go with Neil.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

Alan Moore? Should I know who that is?

[ericcoleman]

No, you shouldn't ... the rest of us do though.

[powersalad.livejournal.com]

who???