It's a great book, although I don't think new readers appreciate it as much considering its mostly remembered for being the comic the revolutionized the industry and proved comics are more than superheroes fighting villains and whatnot
I thought it was great. Although I'm a big fan of the whole villain getting their comeuppance so I wasn't too comfortable with the ending.....Although I suppose that depends on if [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Ozymandias could be considered a villain
I also loved trying to work out who was behind it all.
Yeah, I was kinda the same, although I don't think I would have killed all those people. It just seemed too wrong for me at the end Although that's part of what made the story interesting I suppose
I think the most intriguing thing about the series was deciding whether or not you considered these heroes to be true heroes
I mean, lets look at some examples:
The Comedian was a soldier who fought for his country and was right about a lot of things, but he also raped a woman and killed the mother of his unborn child. I don't really consider him to be a hero, although part of me wants to.
Dr. Manhattan wasn't a bad guy, but he started to lose his humanity because of his power. He became a living breathing tool who became devoid of compassion and emotion. I can't really consider him to be a true hero, but thats just me.
Ozymundis, is the most difficult to consider. He had good intentions, but his belief that the end justifies the means, really shows me, that he isn't a hero.
And of course, Rorschach. No question here, this guy is 100% kickass
It's not for intelligent people, it's for people who think "This book is for intelligent people, so I will force this tripe down my throat and make myself like it...even though it ****ing sucks hard ass.".
It's almost as overrated as Sandman, but at least Sandman was semi-good.
Those damn limey writers always seem to get high praise for doing jack shit. Ennis (yeah, I can make a character say "****" 100 times too, so where's my big check?), Morrison(Look at me, I'm Morrison and I'm holier than you cuz I don't eat meat!), Gaiman(Reading his books are worse than reading the bible, but at least the bible has SOME semblance of beginning, middle and end.)....way overrated.
Yeah, those damn overrated writers walking home with the Eisner awards every year. Then having the nerve to write best-selling novels on the side. **** them.
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Watchmen was the only graphic novel to win a spot on Time Magazine's 100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century.
It's also the only graphic novel to win the Hugo for Science Fiction, I believe.
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May 12th, 2007 11:24 PM
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