About this title: In an alternate 1985, superheroes have existed for more than 30 years and have endured the gamut of public opinion--from acceptance to polite disdain to outright hostility. Now someone is killing the second generation of superheroes, and, as the threat of nuclear holocaust looms over a dystopic world, the killer must be found before it's too late. ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: DC Comics, U SA
Date Published: 1987
Description: Good Plus. 10 X7. This is an excellent novel to sit and read when all you want is something to take your mind off of the everyday. It has original characters with somewhat "un-catchy" names (if thats even a word) but their personalities and character make-up make up for those short comings. It is a very easy read considering that it is a graphic novel/comic book and there are a lot of pictures rather than words. But thats not necessarily a bad thing, because i believe that it helps to ... read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: DC Comics
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780930289232ISBN:0930289234
Description: Gibbons, Dave. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Lightly used copy, minor shelf wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 416 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: DC Comics
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780930289232ISBN:0930289234
Description: Gibbons, Dave. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean and tight with light cover wear no marks or writing or creases. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 416 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I’m sort of a low to mid-level geek. I love science fiction but I’ve never played an RPG or been to a comic book convention. I grew up reading a comic series and it was my one and only for a while, but I’ve always been interested in this genre and I’ve been delving into it more lately.
I have to say all that because to some people this is a holy book, so if you’re not madly in love with it you need to tread softly and explain yourself.
I like “Watchmen.” It’s a very good book. I may have even loved it while I was reading it, but I have only read it once; it hasn’t made it onto my “again and again” list. I keep trying to describe it and I come up with words like “heavy,” “meaty,” and “dark.” They call it a graphic novel for a reason: it’s a grown-up person’s book presented with pictures. The themes are dark. The heroes are mostly human, with all of the vices, short-comings, and problems that implies.
It isn’t an uplifting or particularly moving tale, but it’s not exactly depressing either. I don’t quite know what to say about it. It’s not clear what Moore wanted me to take away after reading his work, which is part of why it’s compelling, I guess. The plot wraps up neatly but you’re left puzzling over what to do about it. It’s a good sort of thing if you like that sort of thing - which I do, I just don’t love it. Maybe it’s because I didn’t fall in love with any of the characters. It didn't change my life, but it was a nice way to spend some time."
"I never thought I'd be into graphic novels because I never read any comic books, boy was I wrong. I bought it for my husband for his birthday and he loved it. He couldn't stop reading it. I decided to see what he liked so much and once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down."
"I was told and told and told again that I must read this as my introduction to the graphic novel genre. There were a few dissident voices for Sandman, but they were largely drowned out by the chorus for this piece. (Piece? Book doesn't feel right.)
It did take me a little bit to adjust myself to the storytelling method, but once I got into it, I was absolutely enthralled with it. I really loved about the first 3/4 of the plot- I loved the psychology of it all, and the nuanced, beautiful presentation of such, and just how visceral it was at times. It was everything it should have been and more. I think I would have been even more blown away by its ideas had I read this many years ago before I knew anything about the fantasy genre. But I know that this came first, and for that reason, I bow before its innovations. I still bow before its insightful method of presentation of the minds of these non-hero heroes and why they do the things that they do.
The only part I didn't like? Oddly, the part where the real action actually happens, the actual traditional comic book plot, the last 1/4. Maybe it was because I was much more fascinated by the character studies and the weaving of history into the stories of the characters. By the time I got to the last part, it felt like a let down for it to just fall back into genre. I also wrestled a bunch with at least part of the ending, but I'm sure that's what Alan Moore intended me to do.
I just feel like everything about this book has been said before, long before, and by people better qualified to talk about it than me, so really all I've got left to say is:
Everybody, you were right, and thank you. I'm very glad I read this."
"Hmm, what to say. I read this AFTER I saw the movie, which was sacrilege according to some fellow geeks on Twitter, but my definition of "Geek" is someone who doesn't do what people PRESSURE them to do :P They love what they love. So anyhoo I read this and I can summarize this way:
The Movie did a great summary of the plot while formulating a story that missed the subtext of the graphic novel entirely.
I enjoyed both, but after reading the graphic novel, it's almost sad how the impression you take away from the movie is nothing of what Alan Moore was trying to say about the world, society or these characters. So interesting."
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