Lee McIlmoyle asked Alan Moore:

Do you see a role in social evolution in the creating of grimoire-as-comic/graphic novel? Obviously, I'm thinking about works like From Hell and Promethea, but I wonder if you were deliberate in that intent, and if you see it as a valid or necessary exercise now?

Alan Moore To be honest I see at least a hoped-for socially evolutionary purpose in almost everything I do, although please don’t question me too closely about Astro Dick. That is certainly the deliberate intent behind any of my major works, and indeed I think of it as the only real function of art of any kind: what would be the point of writing a book, composing a symphony or constructing a painting if you didn’t intend it to alter the world to at least some small degree? I mean, other than making money?

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Do you think radical-left politics (particularly anarchism) in literature, has the capacity to engender an awareness which will help us reverse the catastrophic trajectory of our species?

Jose Aguilar asked Alan Moore:

If the justice system wasn't rigged on WB's favor, and the rights of Superman, Lois Lane and the Daily Star ever revert back to the Siegel and Shuster state, would you write a Superman story for them? What kind of story would that be?

Tony asked Alan Moore:

Solitude and isolation is often considered the scariest situation for people, but is it possible to transmute void and stasis into a compelling story?

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Do you see a role in social evolution in the creating of grimoire-as-comic/graphic novel? Obviously, I'm thinking about works like From Hell and Promethea, but I wonder if you were deliberate in that intent, and if you see it as a valid or necessary exercise now?

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Do you think radical-left politics (particularly anarchism) in literature, has the capacity to engender an awareness which will help us reverse the catastrophic trajectory of our species?

If the justice system wasn't rigged on WB's favor, and the rights of Superman, Lois Lane and the Daily Star ever revert back to the Siegel and Shuster state, would you write a Superman story for them? What kind of story would that be?

Solitude and isolation is often considered the scariest situation for people, but is it possible to transmute void and stasis into a compelling story?

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