With so much being reported about Alan Moore's connections to the Occupy movement -- through his endorsement of its ideals, his contribution to Occupy Comics, and protesters' co-opting of the David Lloyd-designed Guy Fawkes masks -- U.K.'s Channel 4 News coaxed the V for Vendetta writer from his home in Northampton to London to meet some of the demonstrators for the first time.

"It's a bit surprising when some of the characters you thought you made up suddenly seem to escape into ordinary reality," Moore told some disguised protesters. "I mean, what is it about the mask -- is it just useful, or what?"

The report also delves into Frank Miller's criticism of the Occupy movement, Moore's displeasure with film adaptations of his works and, yes, the irony that each Guy Fawkes mask that protesters buy puts more money into the coffers of Time Warner, one of the world's largest media conglomerates.