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Comics Beef: Frank Miller, Alan Moore Duke it Out Over Occupy Wall Street (New York Magazine)
Two legendary graphic novelists -- Frank Miller, creator of _The Dark Knight_
and hard-boiled _Sin City_, and Alan Moore, who wrote _Watchmen_ and _V for
Vendetta_ -- are finding themselves on opposite sides of a pretty gaping
ideological divide regarding Occupy Wall Street, and are expending a good
amount of vitriol on the subject online. Frank Miller, trending evermore
militantly to the hard-right since 9/11, started the spat off with a post to
his blog on November 7, a choice excerpt of which follows below.
> "Occupy" is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly
mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid false righteousness. These
clowns can do nothing but harm America. "Occupy" is nothing short of a clumsy,
poorly-expressed attempt at anarchy, to the extent that the "movement" - HAH!
Some "movement", except if the word "bowel" is attached - is anything more
than an ugly fashion statement by a bunch of iPhone, iPad wielding spoiled
brats who should stop getting in the way of working people and find jobs for
themselves. Wake up, pond scum. America is at war against a ruthless enemy.
He even trashed their love of ...
New York Magazine
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February 13th, 2012 - 21:52
From weight loss to world champion boxer
Body and Soul
By Lisa Gilbert First published: January 22nd, 2012 Walking into a boxing gym four years ago changed Di Prazak’s life. As told to Lisa Gilbert. "Four years ago, at the age of 28, I weighed 90 kilograms and smoked two packs of cigarettes a day.