Watchmen illustrator happy with film adaptation

“In a sense, I’m putting my reputation on the line,” he says. “I’m very happy with the way it’s been done and I believe the reaction will be overwhelmingly positive. I think at the end of the day I’m not going to have egg on my face.” The illustrator put his name on the film but his collaborator, writer Alan Moore (“V for Vendetta,” “From Hell”) isn’t associated with the project. It’s not that Moore has an issue with this particular production; according to Gibbons, he’s given up on Hollywood altogether. “He wants nothing more to do with the movie business,” says Gibbons, who worked with Moore on such other titles as “Future Shocks,” “Mogo Doesn’t Socialize” and the Superman chronicle, “For the Man Who Has Everything.” Gibbons keeps in touch with Moore. “He’s happy to talk to me but he won’t talk about ‘Watchmen,’” he says. – From NJ.com