The Watchmen

[Scarface98.9]

A relative of mine is getting me this comic/graphic novel/whatever for X-mas, and being that this is a very notorious story, how is it?

[Goosey]

Quite simply, Watchmen is the greatest comic book ever created. You will not be disappointed. That reminds me, I haven't read it in about a year or so, maybe I'll get started on that right now.

[Psychocandy]

Well...it's not (in my opinion) the best comic book ever written (or drawn). It is very, very good though. I wholeheartedly recommend that you read it as soon as possible. The funny thing is that my own copy of the collected edition was a Christmas present. I remember spending a goodly number of hours on Christmas Day reading it cover to cover. Brilliant book.

[Goosey]

I'm kind of an Alan Moore fanatic, so that's why i love it so much, but now yoy've got me curious: what's your favorite comic story, Psychocandy?

[Psychocandy]

Comics that I hold in greater esteem than Watchmen are as follows...

V For Vendetta
Frank Miller's 300
Neil Gaiman's Sandman
Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing (especially the American Gothic arc...masterpiece)
Ed The Happy Clown by Chester Brown (sad, disturbing and very funny)

Comics I hold in equal esteem are,

The Ballad Of Halo Jones by Alan Moore
Ghost World
Garth Ennis' run on Hellblazer
Kevin Smith's recent run on Daredevil
Whole chunks of Sin City by Frank Miller
The Dark Knight Returns
The Killing Joke by Alan Moore

And a whole bunch of other stuff.

Right now Alias is looking real good and Fables has a whole load of potential for future magnificence. Oh...and Mike Carey's first three issues on Hellblazer have successfully pulled it back from the brink of cancellation that Brian Azarello brought the title to.

[rushmore beauty]

Eaily the best comic book series ever. It is just a masterpiece. And you gotta love Rorschach!

[Scarface98.9]

I bought it, finished it, and loved it, but I don't understand some parts, so I have some questions.








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1) What was the whole purpose of the Black Freighter comic clippings and the guy reading it with the seller? I didn't see much of a purpose with them.

2) Why did Ozymandias kill The Comedian and Hollis Mason? I didn't understand a lot of Ozy's "master plan" except on how he would be able to kill half of New York.

3) Confirm/deny: The Comedian was Laurie's father, right?

4) The comic writer on the last page, what'd he have to do with the story, especially with the last image of the ketchup on the smiley face?

5) I have a good idea on why they couldn't do this, but how come Laurie and others couldn't tell the world who was responsible for killing New York?

6) Not really related, but who would you cast if a Watchmen movie was made? My picks:

Rorschack: Robert Patrick
Nite Owl: James Spader
The Comedian (old): Dennis Farina
The Comedian (young): Ray Liotta (from 10 years ago)
Laurie: Alicia Witt












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[the p&j experiance]

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in answer to your questions Scarface.

1. the comic book sometimes reflected directly what either was going on in the story, or what the vendor was talking about. Not really important, but a nice added extra that I enjoyed.

2. from what I remember, he killed The Comedian because he knew his plans and he didn't kill Hollis, the "knotheads" killed Hollis.

3. yes it was.

4. they needed an extra story for their paper and rorscharch's journal was in the pile of left over stories, if he published the journal, than everybody would know it was Adrian's fault.

5. because of the tragic event in new york, the war had stopped, if people knew it was an intentional way to stop the war, then the war would continue and it might lead to nuclear war.









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I think this is one of the best graphic novels out there and I recommend it to anybody who likes a good story that is actual intelligent.