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Dave the Wonder Boy said:I think the work of Moore, Morrison, Gaiman and Miller, even from the 80's, are pretty dark.



I never denied they were dark, all I said is it wasn't darkness for the sake of darkness. The darkness serves the story and is there for a purpose.

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The stories of Moore and Miller are multi-layered, and have bright moments, and redeem themselves beyond their darkness by having something meaningful to say



As do Morrison and Gaiman, in spite of the fact that you don't like their work.

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And as I said on the previous page, Moore said in a COMIC BOOK ARTIST interview that himself and others had unwittingly brought about a Dark Age in comics with their 1980's work, and that he was attempting to bring back an optimism and upbeat heroism that had been lost, when he created new titles like TOM STRONG and other ABC titles.



Exactly, but the dark comics trend was born from the misinterpretation of Moore and Miller's work: as I said before, people ignored the message and stayed with the darkness because it was "cool". I think comics today would be different if writers had imitated the other aspect of those comics instead.