![]() ![]() ![]() I learned to read before I went to school so I could see what was going on and they inculcated in me a lifelong love of reading.”Īccording to Gibbons, “comics are a very vibrant art form in their own right. I loved comics from the age of three or four. The idea of telling stories or imparting information with a combination of words and pictures is a fairly universal thing, geographically and historically. “There were scares in the 50s about trashy American horror comics, and there has been this notion that comics are very low culture,” said the author. Gibbons said that he has “vivid memories of the prefects at my school going through my desk and confiscating comics and burning them”. ![]() “But one of the problems comics have always had in this country – and this isn’t so prevalent in Europe – is they have always been associated with very cheap and somewhat lurid entertainment.” “In France, comics are called the ninth art, they stand alongside music and literature,” said Gibbons. The comics medium, said the author, is often “sidelined” in the UK – something which is not the case internationally. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen Photograph: Bob Kelly/PR ![]()
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