Better Late Than Never: “Watchmen”
Better Late Than Never: Watchmen:
...[Alan] Moore took the bleakness, neuroses, brooding philosophy, and nihilism that had been coursing through comic books for decades, and elevated the form to high art, something for the smart set and the post-grads as well as comic-book nerds and pimply teens. With Watchmen, he set out to write a comic-book series with the depth and heft of a Moby Dick. Audacious? Sure. Pretentious? Probably. Did he succeed? Indubitably. At the risk of being slightly hyperbolic, Watchmen is such a monumental achievement that it makes Moby Dick look like a flaming pile of horseshit by comparison.
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The Visitor
August 27, 2008 10:12ami love Watchmen. but to say it makes Moby Dick look like a pile of horseshit is ... erm, pushing it a bit.