How we cite our quotes: (Chapter in Roman Numerals.Page #.Panel #) or if the excerpt is from an interstitial section, then: (Chapter A-K.Page #)
Quote #7
“See: there’s the south pole [of Mars] beneath us now. […] Would it be greatly improved by an oil pipeline?” (IX.13.2).
Dr. Manhattan is definitely a member of the Sierra Club. Is modern life always bad for the environment?
Quote #8
This new line is to be called the “Millennium” line. The imagery associated with it will be controversial and modern, projecting a vision of a technological Utopia, a whole new universe of sensations and pleasures that is just within reach (Chapter J.3).
On one hand, the new millennium = optimism for the future; on the other, there turned out to be a whole lot of Y2K anxiety.
Quote #9
“Computer animations imbue even breakfast cereals with an hallucinogenic futurity; music channels process information-blips, avoiding linear presentation, implying limitless personal choice” (XI.1.2).
Try explaining the Internet to someone who’s never used it before. Now imagine Alan Moore explaining the Internet before it even existed.