Watchmen 2 (Comic)

[Melena]

I'll probably get castrated for saying this, but I do like those sketches of the Comedian and NiteOwl

[Byrd]

A bunch more information at EW.com. It also shows this picture:

Rorschach (four issues) The vicious urban vigilante with an ink blot mask. Written by Eisner Award winner Brian Azzarello of 100 Bullets fame, with art by Lee Bermejo.

The Comedian (six issues) Jackass jokester turned amoral super-soldier. Written by Azzarello, art by J.G. Jones.

Dr. Manhattan (four issues) Blue and nude atomic-power superman, profoundly detached from humanity. Written by J. Michael Straczynski, a superstar comics scribe equally known for his TV and film work (Babylon 5, Clint Eastwood’s 2009 film Changeling), with art by Adam Hughes.

Nite Owl (four issues) Maybe the most relatable of the Watchmen, a second-generation hero with high tech weaponry. Written by Straczynski, art by Andy Kubert and his father, the legendary Joe Kubert.

Ozymandias (six issues) Super-smart, mega-wealthy, scary-ambitious. Written by another living legend (and original Watchmen editor) Len Wein, art by Jae Lee.

The Minutemen (six issues) The founding fathers of Watchmen’s superhero universe. Written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke, whose recent work includes acclaimed comic adaptations Donald E. Westlake’s Parker crime novels.

Silk Spectre (four issues) The daughter of a pioneering female superhero, raised to be her mother’s replacement. Written by Cooke, art by Conner.

More information at the link. I'm actually interested in anything written by Straczynski. In addition to creating Babylon 5, he wrote Rising Stars and Midnight Nation, which were two outstanding limited series.

[grantlogan]

He's written A LOT of comics over the years, and they were average at best.

[Byrd]

He's written A LOT of comics over the years, and they were average at best.

Rising Stars is one my favorite comic books of all time. To be fair, I haven't read any of the stuff he's done with other people's creations, but he's earned the benefit of the doubt in my book. Whether that's enough to over-ride the inherent ickiness of redoing the Watchmen? I don't know.

[Correction]

Rising Stars was a ton of wasted potential.
JMS's run on Spiderman was okay at first but you could see where Quesada wanted the story to go from miles away.

Nothing but bad things can come from this retcon/rewrite of essential 80's comic book history.

[Delirium]

Watchmen stands on it's own. It doesn't NEED more backstory. That being said, DC owns the property and they seem to want to put out a quality product and not just slap Watchmen on junk for a quick buck.

Alan Moore is a crazy old man. He took characters that existed, modified them to create Watchman characters. He acts like he created them out of thin air. Furthermore, he has worked with Swamp Thing, Superman, Batman, etc. that have all existed before him. He makes money still off reprints and trades of things like the killing joke. I think he is full of shit.

[Sunrider]

Watchmen stands on it's own. It doesn't NEED more backstory. That being said, DC owns the property and they seem to want to put out a quality product and not just slap Watchmen on junk for a quick buck.

Alan Moore is a crazy old man. He took characters that existed, modified them to create Watchman characters. He acts like he created them out of thin air. Furthermore, he has worked with Swamp Thing, Superman, Batman, etc. that have all existed before him. He makes money still off reprints and trades of things like the killing joke. I think he is full of shit.

And yet, he still created Watchmen. It's funny seeing you say Watchmen stands on it's own and in the same post denounce its write as "full of shit."

He didn't just reprint a bunch of characters he's worked on, he took the archetypes those characters represented, deconstructed them, and filtered them through his appraisal of social consciousness in a Cold War-era setting, putting fantastical characters in a very real, dismal world (re: ours), and showing how the result can become something yet more fantastical (yet no less dismal).

And by the way, Moore's run on the aforementioned DC characters were great and deserving of their praise. I'll concede that he's crazy (in the best possible way), but far form full of shit.

[Correction]

An Interview with Alan Moore

Covers Watchmen, the comics industry at large, adaptations and of course, the 'prequel.'

Warning: Long.
Warning #2: If you aren't a fan of Alan Moore, his interviews often don't give you a reason to become one.