Comic Legend Alan Moore rings alarm bell over the rise of superheroes movies

One of the world's most revered comic legends Alan Moore raised a concern about people rushing out to watch superhero movies in the recent time.

Alan Moore pointed out that the desire and preference of people over superhero movies can be a "precursor to fascism." He pointed that out with the correlation of Donald Trump’s election win in 2016.

Famous for penning Watchmen, V for Vendetta and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Moore opened up to the Guardian of his angst for the future.

He said, "I said round about 2011 that I thought that it had serious and worrying implications for the future if millions of adults were queueing up to see Batman movies. Because that kind of infantilisation – that urge towards simpler times, simpler realities – that can very often be a precursor to fascism."

Moore went on to remind that Donald Trump’s election in 2016 clashed with the rise of superhero movies to the top of the worldwide box office.

As per Deadline, the V for Vendetta mask donned in the movie has been widely adopted by anti-state protestors across the world, something Moore greets with cautious approval. 

On this, Moore told in the interview, "I can’t endorse everything that people who take that mask as an icon might do in the future, of course. But I’m heartened to see that it has been adopted by protest movements so widely across the world."

He continued, "Because we do need protest movements now, probably more than we’ve ever done before."

Moore has recently published a collection of short stories and says that he is finished with the big titles and comics.

He said, "I will always love and adore the comics medium but the comics industry and all of the stuff attached to it just became unbearable."