And speaking of underaged schoolgirls:
This is Alan Moore. I know you might not recognize him without his massive beard -- or without any traditional male gender identifiers -- but it is indeed the esteemed comic book writer and legendary grump. The reason he's drawn as an anime schoolgirl is because this is from a fanbook about Moore done by manga artist Ryusuke Hamamoto. So of course instead of just drawing Alan Moore as his hideous, normal self, Hamamoto re-imagined him as a schoolgirl. Because JAPAN, THAT'S WHY. Guh. (Via Bleeding Cool)
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Neuronaut said:
And people wonder why nerds love Japan.
Matt Moylan said:
I was just thinking the other day actually, if Alan Moore ever wanted to disappear from the world, all he has to do is shave & get a haircut. The guy could even walk around SDCC without a care in the world that way, haha.
Nick Danger said:
I see two A-bombs weren't enough.
Manwards replied to Nick Danger:
It's a shame to see this comment show up EVERY time some eccentric Japanese thing is posted. Having done research on Hiroshima and Nagasaki recently, it comes across as less "snarky" and more "mean-spirited". I know I'm taking it too seriously, but as I said, it does seem to come up every time, and not just on this site.
Baltimoron replied to Manwards:
You're not taking it too seriously. You're making an honest effort to grapple with the moral significance of being (presumably) a citizen of the only nation to detonate nuclear weapons in anger. More Americans should do so.
Porcupine replied to Baltimoron:
Very true. It's kind of sad. Having once seen someone describe something as 'a tsunami of fail' related to Indonesia, though, has just made me conclude that people are f*cksticks. If you don't have to live it, suddenly it's okay to poke fun at it.
The Man With Two Brains replied to Nick Danger:
Not fucking cool.
Nick Danger replied to Nick Danger:
Crybabies.
I like a lot of Japanese stuff, but this is extremely weird, perverse and somewhat prevalent in stuff that I see come out.
If it was some weird, scheisse, Mike Meyers's Deiter German stuff and I had said we need to teach krauts a lesson, I wonder if you would come out and complain about that?
Arcane replied to Nick Danger:
Probably would, yeah.
Adam E. replied to Nick Danger:
This is the type of comment that should be deleted.
DoctorSmashy replied to Nick Danger:
....
Friginator said:
That's uh...
That's really weird. I don't know how to respond.
PJ replied to Friginator:
This.
ninjaclown said:
Sulky and disappointed. It's just like him!
Church said:
From what little I know of Moore, I suspect he's delighted.
Selaphiel said:
Actually looks a lot like him.
Arcane replied to Selaphiel:
My thought exactly, the eyes are dead-on
Brion said:
Why do I have a feeling this comic is going to make everyone feel very very dirty.
Zag said:
I kinda want the real Alan Moore to have sullen, morose sex with this version of Alan Moore, and later be brought up on charges of statutory rape of himself thereby inspiring him to write about the social and sexual implications of cloning in a sexuality dualist, neo-puritanical society. And I'd probably want a later Hollywood adaptation that misses the point entirely by setting in the 1950's south and casting Abigail Bresdon and Snoop Dogg with the former as the cloner and the latter as the clone.
DoctorSmashy replied to Zag:
..... Your nightmarish comment has disturbed me in a way an eternity of FFFs starring beloved cartoon characters never could.
I'm confused with the Alan Moore situation in general with my fellow nerds. Is he terrifying to all you guys too? I love his work, but I simply can't help feeling that his beard is staring at me....
I mean, somewhere in the world right now, Alan Moore is just walking around. That freaks me OUT!
Marvel Man replied to DoctorSmashy:
Indeed. How can we sleep at night?!
CaptainLoquacious said:
Welp, time to break out the whiskey. Oh sweet booze, fortify me in this dark time!
Bill said:
What the f*ck is wrong with the japanese?!?
MattK said:
Pretty good, but considering the perverted old sage archetype prominent in Japan literature and stories such as DBZ Master Roshii, I wouldn't think Alan Moore would have to be interpreted as a female lolita to fit in the Japanese culture?
SiD said:
compared to this pearl harbor was a joke.
manobon said:
...am I the only one anticipating a TR-Review of this? I hope not.
smashpro1 said:
Needs 3 Wolf Moon to make it complete
Kaoy replied to smashpro1:
You and me. One mind.
Wretched Reader said:
Is Alan Moore goth?
MattK replied to Wretched Reader:
Alanis Moore is!
Baltimoron replied to Wretched Reader:
Does the Pope know sluts? Dude was in a band with a guy from Bauhaus.
OM said:
...So now, instead of a hairy grumpy old bastard bitching and yelling about how DC and Marvel "screwed him over" with no real legal leg to stand on, he's now a whining, moping, crying little emo bitch with her skirt so high it shows her camel toe?
Yeah, I can see how Moore could be transgendered as such. Very fucking easily...
"So now, instead of a hairy grumpy old bastard bitching and yelling about how DC and Marvel "screwed him over" with no real legal leg to stand on..."
You misspelled "instead of fanboys who have no clue about the reality of the situation" there. So while somebody might be whining here, it's not the one you would have us believe.
Gleeman said:
LOL WUT?
Sigue said:
Huh. "Alan Moore" is kind of hot.
SonicGTR said:
Everything is better with lolis.
EVERYTHING
Ginsu Shark said:
Ah, Japan, where they personify everything as women: men, computer OS, inanimate objects, Cambrian invertebrates (not joking about this one, either)...
Nima replied to Ginsu Shark:
Saw that one.
thepandabetweenus said:
Hi, Japan?
It's me again. I just wanted to remind you how much I love you.
Best wishes,
Sarah
thepandabetweenus replied to thepandabetweenus:
Something else. I just realized from the comments but most everyone seems to assume Alan Moore is being represented by a schoolgirl.
From my years of experience reading yaoi manga, I'm almost entirely certain that Alan is still 100% male in this picture. He's just wearing a skirt.
Nick Newt replied to thepandabetweenus:
This...This blinding flash of insight scares me. Someone please hold me and tell me it'll all be okay.
Em M. replied to thepandabetweenus:
Actually, I'm pretty sure you're right. Hard to tell with the arms crossed like that, but this could very well be a male Alan Moore...just wearing a miniskirt and fishnets.
AfterGlow replied to thepandabetweenus:
No, it's a girl; http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/alan-2.jpg
How do I know?
Because it's not a crappy yaoi-manga which wouldn't interest anyone except the small clique of perverted girls who are into that shit, and why the hell would anyone make a manga about Alan Moore if you're not going to cater to the people who actually give two shits about Alan Moore?
thepandabetweenus replied to AfterGlow:
I fail to see how that page proves Alan Moore is a girl in this fanbook. Please enlighten me, if possible actually referencing the art or the story. For the record, I used yaoi manga as an example because it is probably the place you would be most likely to find extremely effeminate men in skirts, second being a Square-Enix game. There are definitely other places in both Japanese and non-Japanese pop culture as well. Amazingly, it is possible that some people who give two shits about Alan Moore are also interested in those other things! I know, right? It's so hard to believe, but it's true!
Porcupine replied to thepandabetweenus:
Alan Moore, for a start. Invisible buttsex, for certain, but still.
demoncat said:
hard to belive that is Alan moore as a animie Girl for though the girl was some new character . instead its Alan moore. and no doubt he is proably thrilled with the picture .
Adam E. said:
On second thought, Nick Danger's stupidly racist comment should not be deleted, because this reply to him is made of all kinds of win. Huge points to you, L. S. Ramos.
Cereberi-33 said:
Never thought I'd see the day where Alan Moore was re-imagined as a Tsundere. I'm just wondering what kinda reaction the old chap'd have if he saw this...
Sarah said:
I just really hope this isn't going to be a hentai doujinshi.
Zorpheus replied to Sarah:
Bad news. "Fan Book" is code for "Hentai Doujinshi" in Japan.
akujaj said:
Quick! No one tell them he practices magic, or this will get really weird when they make it into an anime based on his "life"! (Although I'm thinking of a bloody magical girl sequence where he/she gets revenge on Hollywood for fucking up adaptations of his work - - Damnit THIS is how they get you!)
Porcupine replied to akujaj:
Except that his off-centre brand of Enochian magic would get botched different ways to Sunday by the animation company that couldn't be arsed to learn two facts about practical magic. (Honestly, though, it just rankles me that there is never any painstaking, or at least quality, research done on things like alchemy, which has a storied history. So much more interesting if it would involve Alan making magic circles and speaking in tongues to demons with a guarantee of transformation into...well, a Marijuana-trimmed version of Swamp Thing would be favorite.)
Shaded Spriter said:
I seen the Alan Moore yaoi Uncle Ghastly did "by mistake" (the person wanted Alan Moore characters not actually Alan/Alan.) So after I see this fully I think I will of seen all I needed of Moore fan art.
NeoXorn said:
I hope a manga and an anime series is next...
Zoinq said:
At first I was skeptical, but the more I look at that morose, vaguely hate filled face, I knew that I was looking at the soul of Alan Moore. I can totally see her joining in with the aforementioned ghastly Alan Moore yaoi, while humming along to Asimov's clone song.
Bob Johnson said:
For all the people bitching about how this is a messed up pic of Alan Moore:
Enjoy.
scarfdemon said:
a part of me is a tad freaked and yet another part wants to see the same done for neil gaiman.
Crowbar said:
I can't lie, I want to see what happens with this thing. Maybe if something is bizzare enough it goes full circle and becomes awesome?
