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I'm guessing Moore is watching LXG at the end? It's not really clear for people like myself who try to stay away from crap.

I'm anxiously awaiting a Watchmen motion comic joke. Not today, though. Still, it was good.

The representation of Mr. Moore is suprisingly...believable

It'd be funnier if he was watching Constantine.

Thing is, even if he's Keanu Reeves, the Constantine part is still more or less recognizable as John Constantine.

There is practically nothing in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie that resembles the book. Which is why as far as "this is why Alan Moore is against his books as movies" punchlines go, LXG wins every time. Right down to the fact that it's referred to as LXG.

IMHO, the best part was the third panel.

What other comics should shops be required by law to have behind the counter?

Yeah, the third panel is where I literally laughed out loud. I've seen that basic joke before, but yeah, it's a good one.

Angry absinthe soaked Alan Moore strikes me as possible, though my favorite depiction of Alan Moore comes from a preview of ABC comics that depicts him writing comics via monks who talk to him via Ouija boards.

"The Perfected ONe has gone beyond material form, which is why he doesn't do conventions anymore. Nothing remains of him save this strange bluish radiance and a faint sense of unease..."
"Blood! Blood and souls for the Perfected One!"

Written, of course, by Alan Moore. That entire 64 Page Giant is pretty great.

Also, there's a typo of some sort in that third panel. "What do you, keep a Watchmen trade behind the counter at all times?"

I'd guess the comma should come after "What,"

Poor Alan Moore. I wonder if he'd look at that motion comic. It was pretty awesome.

This one was particularly hilarious.

As long as Stu's bring up typos, "each one worse than the last," not "worst."

Otherwise, I'm continuing to enjoy these.

@The Dane
"As long as Stu's bring up typos..."

I believe it's spelled "brung."

Maybe I am just a bit sick, but I would definitely go see a Watchmen Broadway Musical.

The last two panels seem a bit tacked on. You should've stayed in the comic shop.

That said, I totally agree with Josh.

Without the last two panels, Chris, there's no punchline.

Actually, I think the raunchy sitcom idea is particularly hilarious.

I'm for a musical revision, myself.

http://scavgraphics.deviantart.com/art/Watchmen-2-Electric-Boogaloo-114886763

(stop me before I pimp my poster again!)

LXG was far more painful than Constantine...
I can see Constantine as a sort of Tribute movie, despite "The Plank"...

Besides, Moore hasn't had much to do with Constantine since Swamp Thing... Hellblazer just passed it's 250th issue...

Oh, and it's either "bringing up typos" or "brought up typos", depending on tense... not "brung"...

I do like the line "Yes, Michael. All comic shops do. It's the law"

'mum'?

You guys messed up a little. Alan Moore doesn't just refer to himself in the third person at all times; he actually refers to himself as The Alan Moore.

I actually prefer "brunged," but my keyboard at the time had a non-functioning U-key, so I settled on "bring."

Note: Some of this was a bald-faced lie.

"It's the law"
very funny.
in the shop that i worked at for 6 years, we would have been made to have Joe Matt's 'Peepshow' or 'ACME Comics Library' tho'...

Stu, in the U.S. vernacular, we do have a construction that starts, "What do you" (or "Whadda you") and is followed by a pause and a verb. So the comma there is an accurate rendition of the way people speak.

Is he drinking absinthe straight? Good God, that's some strong stuff.

I'm guessing 'mum' is supposed to be ma'am, which I guess sort of sounds like mum with an English accent, but there could be some vernacular that I'm missing. Other than that the comic was good.

I live in the US, and I've never encountered that vernacular before.

Even in the Whaddayu sense, one would commalate in that particular way.

"commalate" How cromulent! :p

And the "mum" is Brit speak from old movies, I presume. There I've seen it used as a general female referent.

Gee, Sgt. Pepper, I didn't know Alan Moore was Scottish.

I...it was a joke, Blackjak. "Brung" is funny.HaHaaaa! Ahh, nevermind.

Lost me again at the end because I didn't have a clue what the film was.

That anonymous was me - again

Sorry Jeff...

Why does it matter what film it was?

Why does it matter what film it was?

Because if you don't know that the film Alan Moore is watching at the end is a bad remake of one of his books the scene at the end is irrelevant.

That anonymous was me again again

What else would you think he's watching? A bad adaptation of someone else's movie, or a good adaptation of one of his own?

Actually I thought was watching Watchmen at first

Anyway, jokes don't tend to work at their best if you have to work backwards from the punchline to work out the rough gist of what must have been going on in the previous panel.

Ok. I was wondering where you were coming from. I understand the criticism, I just didn't think it was that much work in this strip.