Hello and the Wizard.

And the Brazier.

Hello and welcome to The Wizard and the Breezer Show. I'm Wizard, Holden McNeely. And I'm the Bruiser, Jake Young. Oh my God. In the studio, Super producer Marcus Parks. Hello. I'm an asshole, Marcus. And you know that. So at least it's like every time I see Marcus, I'm like, hey, Margus, I'm an asshole. Marcus goes, yes, I know.

I said, I'll probably forget to say your name up top of the show. Like I always do. Marcus would be like, of course you're going to. You're an asshole. And I say, I know. Today we are talking about, honestly, this was a highly requested episode. So this is one of the first times that users really spoke out and drove us to do the research, drove us to do the work, and talk about the bearded wonder himself, Alan Moore.

Literal wizard Alan Moore.

Self-proclaimed magician, Alan Moore, writer of some of the most sort of classic pieces of comic book.

Dimm?

Incredibly influential.

No, he was, he is the, by sheer force of will, he became the bridge from comics past as four-color funny books to the 21st century.

Yes.

There would be, I dare say there would not be a Marvel Cinematic Universe.

There would not be this kind of geek culture we're talking about.

Like, he did so much to elevate this art form and make it resonate and make comic books the force that it is that pushed and influenced so many things beyond it.

And the fact that he fucking hates it is all the more magical.

Absolutely.

He does not like superhero movies, video games, modern comics, modern books.

He thinks if you're listening to this right now and you're like, oh man, I love comics,

he thinks you're a blubbering manchild. He doesn't even like the killing joke. No. His own awesome comic book. I mean, it's one of the rare occasions where the art definitely outshines the writing, but it doesn't matter. But still, damn it, it's a good read. That's the killing joke and whatever happened to the man of tomorrow.

Obviously... It doesn't matter. But still, damn it, it's a good read. That's the killing joke and whatever happened to The Man of Tomorrow.

Obviously, Watchman was an atom bomb in the comics industry.

And it changed me around.

I mean, I think I've talked about this now three or four fucking time since we started doing this show.

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