
Moore's own Watchmen proved the narrative advantages of comics, bringing forth the medium's recognition as the 9th Art.

Orson Welles's Citizen Kane defined film's structure, elevating it from simple theatre adaptions. James Joyce's Ulysses ushered in the age of modernist literature. Perhaps Moore is being quite harsh as the 20th century brought forth the creation and use of new narrative forms. He noted how storytelling is still clinging to the works of the Victorian Era - with all proceeding stories simply being rehashed ideas of that period.

Alan Moore, regarded as the greatest writer of comics, has proclaimed the age of creative storytelling over.
