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Watchmen 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: DC Comics Catalog: Book Release date: 1995-04-01 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 416 Ean: 9780930289232 Book Isbn: 0930289234  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on November 10, 2008 Summary: This is the most amazing Graphic Novel I ever read! The characters are remarkable, the story lines are unforgettable, the artwork and images are iconic and the overwhelming message that is so relivent even today is something that will be burned into your mind long after you read it. I like picking it up every once in a while and rereading certain pages. Its inspiring. Written on November 10, 2008 Summary: I'm Watching The Watchmen This book is just all around amazing. It has so many real life issues that many people can relate to all tied to a plot taking place in 85 where Nixon is still president and the Russians are trying to invade its surrounding enemies. Not to mention the "Watchmen". Ordinary people dressing up in costumes to bash "evil". There is one super-hero in this book and it is by accident. If you love graphic novels or you are considering picking one up for the first time this one is a great start. Not to mention they are making a movie based on the Watchmen that comes out 03/06/09. There are twists at every turn of the page and the writing is brilliant. The images are iconic for its time. Pick this up and delve right into Watchmen. Written on November 9, 2008 Summary: Don't Mess with Rorschach I have read folks ranging from Shusako Endo to Graham Greene, Tolstoy to Shakespeare, Dostoevsky to Palahniuk, Homer to Walker Percy. Alan Moore, I know, large grand sweeping claim coming, ranks up there with the best. Just because someone illustrates your words does not mean it is somehow beneath others. This is simply a classic piece of work that you need to read. Especially with the film coming out, and who knows how that will be, devour this book. Written on November 8, 2008 Summary: The Best Pop Culture Phenomenon Moore used the story as a means to reflect contemporary anxieties and to deconstruct the superhero concept. Watchmen takes place in an alternate history United States where the country is edging closer to a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. After government-sponsored superhero The Comedian is found murdered, the vigilante Rorschach warns his former colleagues of what he believes is a conspiracy to kill costumed heroes. As the story progresses, the protagonists discover that one of the heroes has devised a plan to stave off war between the United States and the USSR by carrying out a plan that will kill millions of innocent people. Creatively, the focus of Watchmen is on its structure. Gibbons used a nine-panel grid layout throughout the series and added recurring symbols such as a blood-stained smiley face. All but the last issue feature supplemental fictional documents that add to the series' backstory, and the narrative is intertwined with that of a another story, a fictional pirate comic titled Tales of the Black Freighter, which one of the characters is reading. WATCHMEN, Mickey Mouse and THE TWILIGHT ZONE are the three biggst pop culture phenomenons of the 20th Century. James Bond comes close, but the franchise has yet to reach maximum potential. Amazon.com does offer THE TWILIGHT ZONE: UNLOCKING THE DOOR TO A TELEVISION CLASSIC by Martin Grams Jnr. which covers the entire series with 800 plus pages of behind-the-scenes trivia, exclusive interviews with cast and crew and a detail level will exceed anyone's expectation. Amazon also offers KISS KISS, BANG BANG by Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn, which is a geek's shrine to all things James Bond. Buy both books and THE WATCHMEN and you will see the world through another vision.  Written on November 7, 2008 Summary: Watchmen I used to collect comics all through the 80's and halfway through the 90's. My friends had raved about this comic, but I never bought the title. After hearing that the movie was going to be released soon, I got the graphic novel and was ready to get blown away. Well, I was underwhelmed. The art was good, but it seemed like I had seen it before even though the name didn't jump out at me. I took a look at his other titles but hadn't read any of the other comics. The story seemed to drag on for me and it took quite a while for me to finish because I felt bored. I couldn't associate with any of the characters and I wasn't rooting for anybody (hero or villain). It would be like meeting a group of people and knowing right away that you wouldn't get along with them. So you cut your losses and never see them again. But I had to unfortunately keep going so I could see how it ends. But not in the suspense type of feeling, but because I thought maybe their was a glimmer of hope. Nope, I got there and thought those are many hours I won't get back. I'll wait for the movie on DVD, hopefully Hollywood can at least make this movie palatable. They do have a knack to sensationalize things and this is one story that NEEDS it. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1995-04-01 | 1997-05-01 | 2008-03-19 | 1995-04-01 | 2007-01-10 | 1999-11-01 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 416 | 224 | 64 | 288 | 144 | 368 |
| Ean | 9780930289232 | 9781563893421 | 9781401216672 | 9780930289522 | 9781401207526 | 9781563894695 |
| Book Isbn | 0930289234 | 1563893428 | 1401216676 | 0930289528 | 1401207529 | 1563894696 |
| Upc | - | - | - | 761941202549 | - | - |
| Reading level | - | - | - | - | - | Young Adult |
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