Bob Kopman asked Alan Moore:

Alan, During your run on the Swamp Thing, did you ever think that the Constantine character would end up being as popular as he is?

Alan Moore I honestly don’t think about the time that I wasted working for DC Comics anymore, and can only say that since I was never thinking about irrelevant concerns such as success and popularity while I was writing those books then, no, that would certainly never have occurred to me. And anyway, I’m a little uncertain about what you mean when you speak of the character’s popularity: are you referring to the American film and, I believe, television series featuring an American character that is nothing at all to do with the character that I created and simply has a name that is spelled the same, but which the makers of the show apparently don’t know how to pronounce properly? I’m sorry if this sounds negative. I loved the character just as much as you evidently do when I created him, but from my perspective most of the character’s existence since then has been embarrassing America rubbish that I obviously would want nothing to do with.

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