Who Watches The Watchmen?

I know I will be this Friday morning at 9am...in IMAX no less!

Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen is considered the Citizen Kane of the comic book industry.

Oddly enough, I missed this tome (which Time magazine lists as one of the best 100 novels of all time) when originally released in 1986. I caught it 14 years later, over a decade after I stopped collecting comic books.

When a friend and co-worker (along with the owner of the comic shop we were at) told me that I should read Watchmen, Preacher and The Authority, I reluctantly said "Ok", not wanting to get back into comics because I had outgrown them.

Little did I realize that they had matured well beyond my expectations!

Though it did take me about a year to even crack open one of them, I found that I highly enjoyed the adult storytelling present in the current books. I soon came to see that some of the most talented writers around were crafting stories in the medium. TV writers and creators like Joss Whedon (Buffy & Angel), Brian K Vaughn and Damen Lindelof (both of Lost); film directors like Kevin Smith; and even respected novelists such as Jodi Picoult and Brad Meltzer have all contributed to some of the best comic books of the past decade. Add to that list other great writers and industry favorites like Geoff Johns, Brian Michael Bendis and Robert Kirkman (to name only a few) and you have compiled just a fraction of the names responsible for transforming me into a comic geek once again!

Well, this geek has been eagerly awaiting the release of this film since the first (and I still think best) trailer hit last year...



I encourage everyone to read the book first (as I would with almost any major release) and then by all means see the film. Even at its worst, I'm sure Watchmen will be a sight to behold best on the big screen.


Oh...and read Preacher too...it's unlike anything you'll ever see. ;)