When I met Alan Moore at the San Diego Comic Con in 1985, I happened to be carrying around photocopies of my latest comic book,
Megaton Man #6 (October 1985), which happened to feature a parody of
Swamp Thing. Megaton Man's alter ego, reporter Trent Phloog, used to put a sawdust dummy at his desk in the offices of The Manhattan Project while he was away being busy as Megaton Man. In this sequence, the dummy has taken a missile intended for Trent/Megaton Man, and a
Swamp Thing parody ensues...
Alan responded, "Brilliant writing!" Later, at an evening beach party gathering (I believe hosted by DC Comics), he confided that he had already returned the compliment, saying, "That's okay, I'm ripping off Megaton Man! Well not really..." See what he did in
The Watchmen #4 in
"Alan Moore Ripped Me Off!"
