Watchmen
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
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 14, 2008 Type: User Review |
Graphic Novel Perfection
This is graphic novel perfection. I could not stop reading this on my first read. On my second the magic was still there. Anyone who doubts the vaule of the graphic novel should weep in shame because of this book
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
GREAT STORY, can't wait to see how the movie turns out
This was my first serious graphic novel and to be honest when I first opened the book I was turned off by the art in looked like your typical "The Phantom" strip which as a child always thought was boring but after a while it grew on me and turned...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
the abyss gazes also...
This is the book that got me into graphic novels. Never before did I think a graphic novel was capable of something like this, but Watchmen achieves something that would only be possible in the graphic novel format. My expectations were absurdly...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 05, 2007 Type: User Review |
Vigilante justice has never looked so good
To start out, let me first say that if you are not in the mood to have to think about the importance of your existence, and how much life really is insignificant and a waste of time, then please do not read this. However, if you are not the faint...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 01, 2007 Type: User Review |
Who's Watching the Watchmen?
One of the Greatest reads that I have enjoyed. A Graphic Novel masterpiece. A masterfull piece of writting and illustration that gives strength to the Genre. This cemented Alan Moore as one of my Favorite writers.
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