Watchmen: Great Graphic Novel or Greatest Graphic Novel?

[Rorschach II]

Watchmen is the Greatest Graphic Novel I've ever read, but I'm sure there are a lot of good ones that are not popular and that I therefore have not read and probably a lot of scripts and proposals that ended up in some exec's trash can at Marvel and DC that might've had the chance of outdoing it. I adore the artwork (which is far greater than The Dark Knight Returns in my opinion) and Alan Moore is unparalleled as a writer in the comic book medium. It isn't perfect, but it's haunted me longer and harder than any other graphic novel I've read (and a lot more than most pieces of literature or artwork period), and has had the most influence on my graphic novel scripts.

 

[3dman27]

When I read it I'll let you know.

i used to own a copy its among the best graphic novels trust me on this you'll like it

 

[arachnid-guy]

EDIT: Where'd he go?

 

[ThePenguin]

Anyone notice that, of all the mainsteam superheroes, Batman is really the only one who ever gets really get writers?

Flash.

 

[ShaneHelms]

Its number two on my top five.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Its number two on my top five.

Now I'm curious.

 

[ShaneHelms]

Ironically enough..

The Dark Knight Returns

Watchmen

The Long Halloween

The Hard Goodbye

Daredevil: Born Again

 

[Carmine Falcone]

The Long Hard Goodbye? Do you mean the Hard Goodbye? Very nice list, some of my favorites to, but I never heard of Daredevil: Born Again.

 

[ShaneHelms]

Haha. Yeah, The Hard Goodbye. Too many hours awake.

and you should read Born Again.

 

[Sawyer]

1. Watchmen
2. Crisis on Infinite Earths
3. Sin City: That Yellow Bastard
4. Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
5. Batman: Year One

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Haha. Yeah, The Hard Goodbye. Too many hours awake.

and you should read Born Again.

Oh, it's that Miller Daredevil story. Cool. I should check that out. Along with Daredevil: Yellow.

And, not surprisingly, my list is identical apart from Daredevil.

The Dark Knight Returns
Watchmen
The Long Halloween
The Hard Goodbye

And I'll probably add Dark Victory.

 

[Rorshach]

it might be weird.but my favorite graphic of all time is tarnished angel from the astro city stuff.watchmen is way the heck up there though

 

[Jedifil]

Watchmen?
Absolutely GREATEST GRAPHIC NOVEL ever published.
One of the greatest English language piece of literature in the Century.
I said.

 

[tzarinna]

I've started reading it.

 

[Mister Sinister]

I finished reading it today. It's just SO good, everything about, the writing, the fake documents, the characters, everything.

 

[UltimateJustin]

It's not only the greatest graphic novel easily, but also one of only a few great ones that arent just well done comic arcs. Aside from Batman and Sandman, and Moore's other work, The Watchmen outclasses everything.

 

[GNR]

Pretty overrated.It's not for everyone.It really felt like a chore to read many times.I still however appreciate what it did for comics it terms of that dark,gritty and realistic approach back in 1985 when nobody else had done it.

I still rate Golden Age,Kingdom Come,Batman Year One,Planetary,American Way and New Frontier above this.

 

[Comic Book Boy]

I really think it is the greatest book I have ever read, literary, comic book, or otherwise.

 

[silentflute]

Hands down, without a doubt the greatest story told within the comic medium, and definitly in the top 20 greatest books ever written.

I'd rate V For Vendetta second, followed very closely by Born Again.

 

[Caliber]

Greatest story every written.

 

[Overman27pj]

I just finished this, and am breathless....

It amazes me how I could have not heard of it before, and excites me that I there is still stuff out there this freaking cool that I haven't induldged in yet.

Amazing.

Put my vote down for the Greatest...I cannot imagine anything can be better...

 

[Comic Book Boy]

It amazes me how I could have not heard of it before, and excites me that I there is still stuff out there this freaking cool that I haven't induldged in yet.

There isn't, now that you've read WATCHMEN, it is all down hill.

 

[Rorschach2012]

dark victory is my FAVE but Watchmen is really good

 

[X-Punisher]

Watchmen is amazing (currently reading it for the 2nd time), but V for Vendetta is my favorite Moore graphic novel so far (read it 5 times). So yeah, it's only a great graphic novel.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

The Dark Knight Returns
Watchmen
The Long Halloween
The Hard Goodbye

And I'll probably add Dark Victory.

Scratch that I'll add Hellboy: Conqueror Worm
There is no escaping the worm!