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Re: Watchmen --- the comic review

Posted by KW on 9/19/2007, 7:57 pm, in reply to "Watchmen --- the comic review"
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Yeah Watchmen is great! The cool thing about it is that each time you read it, you will find something new about it. For instance, check out issue five. The title is fearful symmetry, and you will notice that Moore and Gibbons make the pages correspond with its opposite, in other words, its symmetrical. For example, the first panel is uncanninly similar to the last panel, the second panel similar to the second to last panel, and so on up until the double page spread in the middle of the issue. As a work of art, a work of literature, and a piece of comic book history, Watchmen has certainly set the standard, and is certainly a major influence on modern works (no wonder Time Magazine put it on its top 100 novels list) --Previous Message-- : Kurt Busiek once told me to go read Watchmen : if I was such a big fan of the Ultimates. : Thing is, many of the older comics are just : too cheesy for me (particularly the 80's and : early 90's, and god forbid the 70's). : Furthermore, the coloring was old school and : artwork was frankly just not as good as it : is nowadays. So I suspected I wouldn't enjoy : it. : : How wrong I was. : : : STORY: 9/10 : : From the layout, to the multiple stories : lines, to the unexpected, to the adult : theme, this comic has it all. I've only read : some of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing back in the : day, and it was pretty darn good stuff. But : Watchmen just blew me away. I couldn't wait : to finish it. If you're a fan of Supreme : Power, Rising Stars, and Ultimates, you'll : definitely enjoy this. : : : ART: 7.5/10 : : This was as good as it gets back at that : time, but surprisingly good. The layout and : paneling was definitely ground breaking for : the time. It's actually quite impressive. : Although the comic could have definitely : made good use of some widescreen action, and : larger panels in some areas to push the : 'shock' scenes to the next flip page, : otherwise very good. : : : COLORING: 7/10 (back then standards), 1/10 : (today's standards) : : The coloring was not as distracting as I : thought it would be, higher in quality than : other comics released at the time. I would : love for them to republish Watchmen with : today's computerized coloring though. : : : OVERALL: 9/10 : : In conclusion, if you haven't read this, I : can't recommend it enough. : : :

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