Never Read Watchmen, always wanted to...

[TheProfessor]

Whats the story? The hype for the movie makes me reallllly want to read it.

 

[ThatDamnNinja]

You know, you're better off just going to your local bookstore and buying a copy. No explanation here will do the story justice. Trust me, it's well worth the money.

 

[FatalEnergy]

^^Exactly. Just go buy it.

 

[tzarinna]

I'm in the same boat.
It's here I just need to start it.

 

[Sawyer]

Well Start it, dammit! It's worth every penny and the time it takes to read it. And trust me, you'll want to read it again.

 

[JTStarkiller]

I just read it a few days ago, and I'll shamefully admit it took me a little bit of time to really get into it. I'd read an issue and put it down, then I'd read one more issue and then put it down again.

*very minor spoiler*

Spoiler

It wasn't until Dr. Manhattan's backstory that I was hooked and couldn't put it down.

Now that I've read the whole thing and loved it, I'm sure I'll appreciate the first few issues when I read it again.

 

[Steelsheen]

if you're gonna be buying it, get the Absolute version. its worth every penny i assure you.

 

[JTStarkiller]

I probably should've gotten that.

 

[Iglius]

Steelsheen, what else besides the story is in the Absolute version?

In my excitement, I forgot about it and bought the regular

 

[Shifty]

Steelsheen, what else besides the story is in the Absolute version?

In my excitement, I forgot about it and bought the regular

Character sketches, promotional art, rough drafts of the script and the original proposal and maybe one or two more things. Plus the pages are much larger. I borrowed Absolute Watchmen from the library earlier this year, its something every Watchmen fan should read but if you don't have the money well save it for the movie and lend your book to friends.

I just read it a few days ago, and I'll shamefully admit it took me a little bit of time to really get into it. I'd read an issue and put it down, then I'd read one more issue and then put it down again.

Same deal with me. Being on these boards for a long time I would see Watchmen come up and watched that History Channel special on comic books a few years ago. That's what really interested me, from the few minutes it talked about the maxi-series and showed the art and just hyping it up as a very important moment in comic book history. Plus the name Alan Moore; I had known from his other projects.

Last spring I finally obtained a copy and couldn't get into it and was busy working full time and doing evening university classes. I was disappointed I couldn't get into it but I had no time. So then summer came and I picked it up and suddenly I really enjoyed reading it. I would go back and reread each chapter once finishing a few. I couldn't put the book down and of course its a big book and once you get to chapter six you can't believe the story is only halfway done. I've read The Long Halloween and Dark Victory but those seem short compared to Watchmen. The extra material between each chapters were very nice additions.

The History Channel special actually revealed the ending of Watchmen but it had been a few years and the special covered from the 1930s-2000s so that part was thankfully forgotten.

I gave the book to my brother, he really enjoyed it. My dad, who will read any Batman or Spider-Man trades I get, read it and thought it was okay. He read the whole thing, just never got into it.

But it was perfect timing to read Watchmen for the first time last year and find out a movie finally looked to be happening. Then 300 came out.

 

[Iglius]

Hmm...


Well, would you say Absolute is worth the money?

 

[Incrediblejeff]

I just read it a few days ago, and I'll shamefully admit it took me a little bit of time to really get into it. I'd read an issue and put it down, then I'd read one more issue and then put it down again.

I did the exact same thing.After I read one issue I stopped and read it again the next night at almost the same exact time.

 

[Shifty]

Hmm...


Well, would you say Absolute is worth the money?

If you don't own a regular copy already and it doesn't seem like too much and you're a big fan yeah.

 

[jamieroberts1]

It is one of those books that reads alot better the second, fifth, tenth time round, there is an unbelievable amount detail you miss so multiple reads is a must.