Watchmen

[Magus]

http://comics.ign.com/articles/658/658961p1.html

Listen up you screwheads, you Philistines:

READ THIS DAMN BOOK ALREADY



Or he'll saw your face off.

[IRC]

Re: Watchmen honored in Time magazine

But I don't want to.

[Loki]

Re: Watchmen honored in Time magazine

And I just bought the 75.00$ Absolute Watchman. It's huge, recolored, extra stuff, and 75.00$

But I couldn't NOT buy it.

Good thing I'm a workin' man.

[TheHonorableRyu]

Re: Watchmen honored in Time magazine

That's pretty slick!

But then again (I say this not as an evaluation of Watchmen, but of Time magazine's conception of it), Time may have been pandering to the graphic novel genre as a young medium.

For instance, they also list the fantasy genre staples: C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. (Complete List of Time's 100 Best Novels). Both of these (the former moreso) fair better on fan lists than on works of great literature. On the Modern Library's List of 100 Best novels, the fan list ranks LotR at #5, while the board doesn't list LotR at all.

[Ogre]

Re: Watchmen honored in Time magazine

dr. manhattan should disintigrate thier heads.

[Rodak]

Re: Watchmen honored in Time magazine

That article should have mentioned that Watchmen took a Hugo Award when it was new.

It was the first comic ever to win an award intended for Novels.

It was a big deal at the time.

Peace.

[Magus]

Re: Watchmen honored in Time magazine

Watchmen is still a big deal, dammit!

[Rodak]

Re: Watchmen honored in Time magazine

Watchmen is still a big deal, dammit!

I meant that the Hugo Award was a big deal at the time.

You don't hear much about that nowadays.

My favorite Alan Moore is still The Bojefferies Saga, though. Give it a read!

Peace.

[Kire]

The Watchmen

Who watches the Watchmen?

I know there have been other threads about it, but I just finished the book. And that's what counts.

Fascinating read. Deep characters with real motivation behind their actions is a powerful thing. I'm really glad I bought into the hype and gave this one a look.

[Magus]

Re: The Watchmen

NOW TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT IT AND HAVE THEM IGNORE YOU TILL THEY FINALLY READ IT YEARS LATER AND THEN THEY SAY TO YOU

"Hey, did you ever read Watchmen? It's a fascinating read. Deep characters with real motivation behind their actions is a powerful thing."

AND THE GUN GOES IN MY MOUTH






Otherwise, yeah, congratulations. It's the Citizen Kane (or WHATEVER) of comic books.