I seem to be on a very geeky tract lately. First Weird Al, then Dr. Horrible, Dark Knight and now, Watchmen. This is one of the greatest graphic novels ever created. Period. And the guys who did 300 are making it into a film. I've sort of been withholding judgment on it for a little while, but now that I've seen footage and pictures, man, I can't wait.
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From amazon.com:
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling; rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the finepace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
The Beginning is the End Is the Beginning - Smashing Pumpkins
