But the thing is...and yes, I appreciate the irony of Alan Moore saying it---but as a general criticism of the current comic industry, he's right.
Look, I LIKE Geoff Johns. I like continuity-driven stories much more than full reboots, where you're just rehashing the past. But Alan Moore's done plenty of original stuff too. For every League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, there was a Tom Strong, for every Killing Joke there was a Promethea, for every Supreme that was a V for Vendetta.
How many original creations has Geoff Johns done? And again, I LIKE his stuff. I don't think Moore is particularly dumping on Johns, just the comic industry as a whole. Both he and I remember the sixties', when there was a breathtaking number of new concepts and characters introduced in a short period of time---where the return of older characters, like the original Captain America, Namor or the Justice Society was the exception not the rule. Even the recreations---the new Flash, the new Green Lantern, the new Human Torch, the Justice League as opposed to the Justice Society...tried to introduce new elements and tried seriously to modernize it.
I don't think Moore is comparing Johns and other current comics professionals to himself--in fact, I think he's lamenting he started the trend--I think he's comparing them to Stan Lee/Jack Kirby, or Gardner Fox and John Broome.
Are there creators who try to introduce new concepts without ignoring the old? Of course. Grant Morrison, in both his runs on JLA (Wonderworld: Mageddon; Prometheus) and X-Men, introduced a slew of new concepts without ignoring the old. Warren Ellis, in much of his stuff, goes even further. PLANETARY is a commentary on old heroic fiction, but again, introduces a slew of new concepts and characters while doing so, to the point where he has new characters fighting a villainous Fantastic Four.
One can have continuity AND creativity. Kirby had it. He'd revive Captain America and the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion while introducing a ton of new characters, like the New Gods and the Silver Surfer etc.
Don't kneejerk against your favorite new comic. I'm enjoying the Black Lantern arc too. But I remember when Galactus was introduced, and Thor fought the Destroyer, and every month the Flash was introduced a new villain, never seen before.
Keith Giffin had the same complaint, that there aren't enough NEW characters and concepts being introduced.