I’m way late to the party on this one, and didn’t even know it existed until about fifteen seconds ago.
Listening to it gave me chills. I want to go re-read Watchmen right now so I can hear Rorschach’s real voice.
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can’t really buy an inner city whore’s son with that accent. not only wrong country – wrong socio-economic level.
i’m probably in a minority there – but i just couldn’t get into it.
I’d never heard him speak before. Thank you thank you THANK YOU for posting that!!!!
I dunno pidge, you should try and roll with it. When you get a chance to hear one of the most eccentric and reclusive comic authors going, read one of his heaviest characters, you can’t really complain you couldn’t buy into it.
When the author reads, it’s not about them being the perfect actor, it’s about them being the person that penned the words. It’s a chance to hear the characters brought to life in a way you don’t often get to – direct from the brain that spawned them.
Neil Gaiman commented recently that Alan’s really good reading his own stuff, but no one’s dragged him into the studio to make audiobooks (http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/03/life-on-martian.html ) – it’s a damned shame, because I love his voice. Have you heard any of the Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels stuff? Creepy and brilliant and charming and educational and… Well, yeah. It is Alan Moore, after all.
Man, Alan Moore is a scary guy. He always makes me think of Rasputin. And if you have never seen this, you really need to.
Hi Wil – first visit to the blog from me over here in merrie Ingerland. I’ve met Alan a couple of times and he’s a really nice guy – freaking strange, but nice. I don’t think you’d ever get him into a studio although he’d do a great job of it. He’s just too shy and reclusive. More importantly, he’s on a mission to promote visual sequential storytelling. The minute you take his work behind a mike or a camera it immediately loses 70% of its content. But great blog! I will be a frequent visitor. You can find me at http://stevyncolgan.blogspot.com
Pop in any time. I’ll have the kettle on.
FYI, Last month Resonance FM in London did an extended interview with Alan Moore about Watchmen and his latest project “Lost Girls”. I also hear that Alex Fitch (producer of the show) will be interviewing Dave Gibbons & the art guy behind Watchmen, ABC Warriors and so many Brit-Comic classics.
http://podcasts.resonancefm.com and search for “Panel Borders”
That clip actually comes from an awesome film:
“The Mindscapes of Alan Moore”
If you can’t get your hands on it in real life, the internet’s bound to point you to it.
thanks castewar. i see where you are coming from and i felt weird posting it, as i figured i was flirting with going over into the ‘being a dick’ territory, but it’s what i thought and i shared.
i get what you say about the author – but to me Moore did such a good job of creating Walter Kovacs – that he is his own person. And I can appreciate that reading as a reading – but not without being constantly jarred between the reader and the character- that’s all.
I don’t think expressing your opinion the way you did comes anywhere close to “Don’t be a dick” territory, stoolpigeon.