I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading it again & again! It is imperative to read Watchmen before the movie. So, what are you waiting for.....go & buy it!!!!!
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For Watchmen fans, Watching the Watchmen offers a gorgeous companion to the comics masterpiece, revealing excised pages, early versions of the script, original character designs, page thumbnails, sketches and much more.
Gibbons deliberately skirts around the controversy that ensued the publication of Watchmen, which ultimately led to Alan Moore refusing to work for DC Comics because of royalty and character ownership disputes. While not averse to scandal, the consummate artist prefers instead to celebrate the work and its ongoing success.
While I would have liked to have seen more of Alan Moore's script for this seminal work, the art samples are stunning and a testament to Gibbons artistic skills. This is a beautifully ... Read More:
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I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading it again & again! It is imperative to read Watchmen before the movie. So, what are you waiting for.....go & buy it!!!!!
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Some of Alan Moore's earliest work, this is a collection of - mostly - unconnected short stories published in "2000AD" in the early 1980's. Considering their age, they remain remarkably fresh and inventive, with flashes of dark humour. What sets these tales out from his later work is a certain economy of style; in a few pages Moore can make readers laugh whilst prompting some quite profound questions in their minds.
Thoroughly recommended - if only as light relief whilst working through the "Travellers Almanac" in volume 2 of the LoEG!
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arrggggghhhhhhh to much thrill power !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, once again the dredd time machine spins back the years to my childhood one word ,brilliant.
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Reviewing a (nearly) twenty-five year old book may seem a bit strange, especially as quite a few others have already done so, but there's a couple of things I'd like to add.
I'm not going to say anything about the story itself - I think that at least the bones of it will be well known to anyone contemplating buying this edition.
The sheer quality of this edition absolutely shines out, and here we have a story and artwork that deserve this sort of treatment. For me though, the most interesting element of this package is not the graphic novel itself (I've read it an awful lot, starting with the original twelve comics...), but the additional material included. Of particular interest (especially in light of subsequent developments) is the ... Read More:
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Reviewing a (nearly) twenty-five year old book may seem a bit strange, especially as quite a few others have already done so, but there's a couple of things I'd like to add.
I'm not going to say anything about the story itself - I think that at least the bones of it will be well known to anyone contemplating buying this edition.
The sheer quality of this edition absolutely shines out, and here we have a story and artwork that deserve this sort of treatment. For me though, the most interesting element of this package is not the graphic novel itself (I've read it an awful lot, starting with the original twelve comics...), but the additional material included. Of particular interest (especially in light of subsequent developments) is the ... Read More:
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Boys,
For those of us who were at school during the eighties and who looked forward to seeing our blue skinned hero each week, get this book. Yes, it's in black and white but let's face it who cares. All that matters is seeing Rogue and his biochipped buddies kick Nort arse.
I have shown this to my eldest son and he thought it was great. That, gentlemen is all you need.
Take a trip down memory lane, immerse yourself in it's pages and lose a bit of time to yourself. Enjoy!
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An excellent book, collecting all of Moore's DC Universe-related work except for his extended run on "Swamp Thing". This volume includes the much-lauded Batman story, "The Killing Joke". When compared to the rest of the book, it's difficult to see why this story has, in particluar, received such widespread acclaim. The Bolland artwork is wonderful, but the story, after a strong start, ends rather limply.
The two Superman stories ("For the man who has everything" and "Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow") are both excellent. The former, illustrated by his "Watchman" collaborator, Dave Gibbons, is perhaps the better of the two, and certainly more accessible to someone not steeped in the Superman mythology ("Whatever happened to..." was conceived as a last issue special, ... Read More:
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