Moore has been preaching this since forever. I think his position could be divided to two, slightly different points. I am not sure if he agrees, but this is my

Moore has been preaching this since forever. I think his position could be divided to two, slightly different points. I am not sure if he agrees, but this is my take on what Moore is saying: >1. (Superhero) comics were originally children's entertainment, almost a century ago. It is an unhealthy sign that not only we're still stuck with them, they are now deemed acceptable for adult consumption. Interesting thing is that this isn't limited to capestories. The whole genre of YA fiction seems to be focused on this kind of "entertainment literature", with similar (on meta level) formulaic characters and stories. And maybe he has a point; even the "realistic takes" on the genre, "grown-up post-modern deconstructions of inherent sillyness of common assumptions and tropes of caped vigilantes" and that kind of stuff ...it was already done decades ago (people like Moore himself). Yet still Marvel and DC go on and on with the same old stuff, maybe with some "adult" twist or to (like a debate on transhumanism, or making a the protagonist troubled anti-hero, or something), while re-hashing the same 'kiddie' storylines and action. Maybe we are just more self-conscious about this (TVtropes is a thing). However, I think Moore is making a mistake assuming that in the "golden olden days" any more significant majority of people 'graduated' to a more serious (whatever that means) forms of fiction. Even if it's "unhealthy" (I don't agree), it's not like this kind of fiction is anything fundamentally new. As soon as there was the physical possibility of pulp fiction, pulp fiction appeared, and most of that stuff was utter rubbish. (And even before 1920's pulp, there was 1800s cheap literature; most of it was similar melodramatic rubbish, too.) And best of them remain in public consciousness even today. Is popularity of Sherlock Holmes that different thing, on a fundamental level, than popularity of Batman or Superman? Good grief, Moore himself did Extraordinary Gentlemen! 2. (Superhero) comics are not original form for entertainment of our time; we should come up with something new of our own that reflects our time, not just repeat the same and old and tired. For example, instead of trying to come up with a totally new idea, movie industry just makes yet another superhero movie for their next blockbluster candidate. Or DC/Marvel makes yet another 'new' superhero (exactly like the old ones, just different powers and costume which is just 'make-up'), or comes up another variation of old plots for old ones. The Spider Man or Batman aren't going anywhere on any fundamental level, and there isn't new and innovative replacements. Well, I think this is a more valid point, but it has more to do with the current (unhealthy) economical logic of Western mass entertainment industry than with something 'deeper' in our culture.