"Watchmen" Is the Greatest Comic Ever

[DoveTurnedHawk]

I just went through some old boxes, and found my trade paperback of Alan Moore's "Watchmen."

My god. That man can write. What a great series.

The ancillary material at the back of each issue is the best!

DTH

[LanternWaste]

1. Yea... really good stuff!

Not being one to read a lot of comic books (graphic novels to the purists out there), I'm the first to admit that Watchmen trancended everything I had expected when I first sat down to read it. :7

Yeah, I gotta say that was one of my most memorable reading experiences ever. Dark Night and DK2 are up there, too. And I think that's about the breadth of my expereience with comic books (unless you count Knights of the Dinner Table... hoody-hoo!)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

7. so u like DK2

i thought i was the only one. all of my friends dispised it

[NWHarkness]

2. Great stuff, but...

Moore topped himself with From Hell

[pbg]

3. Great, except for the ending

After all that wonderful textured strong work, to have the Big Secret lifted from an old Outer Limits disappointed me.
Ah, well, nobody's perfect...

[nonkultur]

4. Get away with it?

I did it thirty-five minutes ago.
-Ozymandias ( Adrian Veidt )
Best villian line.

You should check out the annotations.
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~wald/watchmen-index.html

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Echoes of Bush in that schoolroom. Same placid detachment. (nt)

[DoveTurnedHawk]

8. These Are Awesome, Thanks!

I never read those before. Good stuff!

DTH

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. Something eerie from that link:

ftp://theory.lcs.mit.edu/pub/people/wald/watchmen/watchmen.06

"'Nixon Promises Maximum Force.' No President in our world
would be this belligerent, this quickly;"

Obviously, this was written before 2002. :scared:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

6. i'm a rare one

a 16 year comic fanatic and part-time cartoonist who's never read watchmen

i know it would be good. i loved alan moore's 'final' superman story in the mid 80s. and his swamp thing stuff is great from what i've seen.

one of these days i'll get around to it

[Autobot77]

9. It is

When I pull out my copy of the TPB and read it again I always pick out something new.I found a website that went through a page-by-page analysis but I don't have the site address.
Have you read any of the current series Moore wrote? It sucks that he's quit comics again. Besides Moore, some other great writers are Warren Ellis and Grant Morrison. Speaking of Ellis, a TV version of Global Frequency is premiering soon, though it's produced by Mark Burnett I just hope he does it right.

[Khephra]

10. We fans should all be afraid

It looks like they're finally making a Watchman movie. I know they've talked about it for years, but it looks like it will be finally made.

I'd still rather see an updated version of "V for Vendetta" that the Bothers W (The Matrix) have been wanting to make. I think it would be easier to do and more apt to fit with the times.

[Kid_A]

12. Nope, "Preacher" is the best.

I've read that series more times than any other comic or novel. It's that good. But one could argue that "Watchmen" paved the way for the whole Vertigo line of "mature readers" comics in the 90s that really gave me a whole new respect for the medium. So I see where you're coming from. But for sheer coolness and GREAT characters and dialogue with one of the most engrossing stories ever in a comic I'll take "Preacher" over "Watchmen" any day.

Also, the series "Supreme Power" is very reminiscent of "Watchmen". The story is another real-world superhero story that makes flying people and ancient naked goddesses about as believable as they can be.

[Noodleboy13]

13. Alan Moore's style

is so cinematic his books are a delight to read. I just rented "from hell" the other night and was amazed at how many shots in the movie just felt like panels from Moore's work. Watchmen was amazing, although I am a little concerned about how it will translate in movie form. There is so much material, it would be difficult to edit and still retain the depth and scope.
I was a huge "hellblazer" fan, and was excited to hear they were giving it a movie treatment... until I found out Keanu freakin Reeves was playing Constantine, and that it wasn't set in England.
That's like making a movie titled "King Arthur" starring Chris Rock and set in the Old West.
Jeez.