Fantasy Must Be Sharper: An Interview With Alan Moore
<p>In September, I had the pleasure of interviewing Alan Moore for <a href="https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/watchmen-and-from-hell-creator-alan-moore-on-illuminations-i-wanted-to-exorcise-my-negative-thoughts-about-comics-42058598.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">this piece in the Irish Independent</a>. It was my second time interviewing Moore - you can read my first, <a href="https://seamas.medium.com/the-21st-century-hasnt-started-yet-an-interview-with-alan-moore-2016-52e6d4411e36" rel="noopener">even longer chat with him here</a> - and this time our conversation was supposed to be about his excellent new collection of short stories, <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/illuminations-9781635578805/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Illuminations</a>.</p>
<p>The article I filed cleaved to details of that book, as well as related ruminations on short story writing, fantasy and - given the subject of the collection’s tentpole novella, <em>What We Can Know About Thunderman </em>— yes, the nigh-on unavoidable subject of superheroes within popular culture.</p>
<p>That only scratched the surface of our chat, which lasted an hour and had much more detail besides, taking in topics as diverse as the Queen’s death, the dawning of a new century, favourite short stories, copaganda, and the secret history of post-war British magic’s lost generation.</p>
<p>In honour of Alan’s birthday, please enjoy the full conversation below.</p>
<p><strong><em>Please note: I have included links to books and stories cited, as well as links to explanatory resources for people mentioned. I have incorporated images to illustrate certain points while supplying full credit to those artists, but will be happy to remove should anyone object.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>This interview took place on 14th September. As it was six days after the Queen’s death, I began by offering what little consolation I could to one of Her Majesty’s most doting subjects.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>As we speak, we’re all in mourning here in Walthamstow. How are you finding yourself in these sad times?</strong></p>
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