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I liked Promethea, astounding to encounter another fan in the wild! (I liked it enough to try to read Jerusalem, which convinced me that maybe I'm not generally an Alan Moore fan, haha.)
It could probably work well as a limited series, like on Netflix, but I think they'd water down the messaging too much to really do it justice. But it could also be an opportunity to correct flaws as well. I didn't always love how the (almost?) all male creative team wrote women, as one prime example I remember.
Yes, Alan Moore isn't the perfect writer his die hard fans make him out to be, but I'd argue he's one of the more talented writers in the comics world.
I just feel like main stream media is always 10 to 20 years behind what is really pushing the envelope of the cultural zeitgeist... as much as it makes me cringe to put it that way, I'm tired and can't express it more eloquently atm.
In short I don't think it's that these writers are ahead of their time, but rather main stream media can only ever be behind the times, especially since Hollywood can't take risks on unproven IP by capitalistic design.
Anyways, nice to find another Promethea appreciator. ✌🏽
Another Promethea enjoyer checking in. I loved it. Never had time to read Jerusalem though. It's sitting on the shelf next to The Art of Computer Programming. I guess I bought both out of respect for a legend more than to read.
It's been fifteen years since I read Promethea. Probably should give it another look.
When I first read Promethea through for the first time and set it down, I felt like I had just read some sacred text and been visited by a Goddess. And I guess that's the point of the comic, is that each person's imagination is sacred.
Like you, it's been a while since I've had time to give it another read, but I do recall it having a profound effect on me.
The only series of comics I can relate it as akin to is The Sandman series, and even then...Promethea is kind of better imho.