The author of the Watchmen comic denies contact with the HBO series

Alan Moore, who co-wrote the famous "Watchmen" visual novel with Dave Gibbons, has always been dismissive of all DC and Warner Bros.' adaptations of his work. However, "Watchmen" reshaped the superhero genre after its launch in the 1980s and became one of the most important works in comics history.

Alan Moore expressed his dissatisfaction with the film when Zack Snyder's adaptation was released in 2009. At that time, if the film failed, Moore and Gibbons would have regained ownership of the character. But the success of the film caught both the creators and DC off guard. DC was no longer willing to let go of the IP, and Moore therefore held a grudge against DC and firmly refused to associate himself with any subsequent adaptations.

Recently, the author revealed to GQ magazine that he also vetoed HBO's Emmy-winning "Watchmen" series and told the show's creators never to contact him. According to Moore, the show's creators wrote him a letter during the filming of the HBO American drama, which began with a self-deprecating letter: "Dear Mr. Moore, I am one of the assholes currently destroying "Watchmen."

Moore said: "It wasn't the best of openings, and there was a lot of what I thought was neurotic nonsense in the letter. Like 'Can you at least tell us how to pronounce Ozymandias?'."

"I gave them a very impulsive and probably hostile response, telling them that I thought Warner Bros., and any employee at Warner Bros., should know not to contact me for any reason."

Moore went on to express his history with the entertainment industry and the lack of respect it has for creatives: "I explained that I was dismissing these works in part because the film industry and the comic book industry seemed to create something that had nothing to do with my work but was associated with it in the public mind. I felt like it was embarrassing for me to say, 'I don't want anything to do with you or your show, please stop bothering me.'"

Of course, he hasn't watched any of the episodes. He said: "I will be the last person to see an adaptation of my own work. From what I've heard, it will be no different from punishment for me. It will be torture for no good reason."