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Gratuitous Watchmen cash-in
Started by Kate, Jan 01 2012 02:05 PM
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Posted 01 January 2012 - 02:05 PM
FUCKING LOOK AT IT!
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Posted 01 January 2012 - 02:10 PM
Actually, I'm not quite offended or mad. I'll probably read it, might even like it.
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Posted 01 January 2012 - 03:49 PM
Great pic of the Comedian. But I think anything that needs to be said about Watchmen was said in the original series.
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 07:10 AM
Guys that have armoured crotches AND steel-capped combat boots scare me. You gotta know that is their favourite strike, when they have protected themselves from it.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 02:49 PM
Here's the line up for the new Watchmen books.
http://www.superhero...before-watchmen
I want to hate it but I would buy an Azz/Bermejo Rorscach mini in a heartbeat. Also, Darwyn Cooke. Azz on The Comedian? I'll bet it's very seedy. Now I have to buy all of it.
http://www.superhero...before-watchmen
I want to hate it but I would buy an Azz/Bermejo Rorscach mini in a heartbeat. Also, Darwyn Cooke. Azz on The Comedian? I'll bet it's very seedy. Now I have to buy all of it.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 03:04 PM
I'm sort with Lou on this. While the idea of a Watchmen follow up seems pointless, I do like most of the creators they're using. Especially, Darwyn Cooke doing The Minutemen & Azz/Bermejo on Rorshach.....but....do these need to 4 or 6 parts EACH!?! Add it all up and it's longer than the original. I think it'd be better to have a 48 page one-shot for each.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 03:10 PM
Shawn, on 01 February 2012 - 03:04 PM, said:
I'm sort with Lou on this. While the idea of a Watchmen follow up seems pointless, I do like most of the creators they're using. Especially, Darwyn Cooke doing The Minutemen & Azz/Bermejo on Rorshach.....but....do these need to 4 or 6 parts EACH!?! Add it all up and it's longer than the original. I think it'd be better to have a 48 page one-shot for each.
Yeah...I really doubt I'll be buying this, and I haven't even looked at any of the New 52. DC just doesn't interest me anymore.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 03:42 PM
NY Times article with some Alan moore quotes: http://www.nytimes.c...l?_r=2&ref=arts
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:30 PM
jaynova, on 01 February 2012 - 03:10 PM, said:
Shawn, on 01 February 2012 - 03:04 PM, said:
I'm sort with Lou on this. While the idea of a Watchmen follow up seems pointless, I do like most of the creators they're using. Especially, Darwyn Cooke doing The Minutemen & Azz/Bermejo on Rorshach.....but....do these need to 4 or 6 parts EACH!?! Add it all up and it's longer than the original. I think it'd be better to have a 48 page one-shot for each.
Yeah...I really doubt I'll be buying this, and I haven't even looked at any of the New 52. DC just doesn't interest me anymore.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:58 PM
I don't know if your post is meant to be funny or not.
FUCK YOU, I don't need this shit
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 06:09 PM
From that NYT article -
Brian Azzarello, a comics author who is writing the mini-series for the Watchmen characters Rorschach and the Comedian, said he expected an initial wave of resistance because “a lot of comic readers don’t like new things.”
That's the Azz we know and love, using his legendary powers of wordplay to provide a thoroughly mindfucking reinvention of the hackneyed phrase "new things".
Or, possibly, talking shite.
Brian Azzarello, a comics author who is writing the mini-series for the Watchmen characters Rorschach and the Comedian, said he expected an initial wave of resistance because “a lot of comic readers don’t like new things.”
That's the Azz we know and love, using his legendary powers of wordplay to provide a thoroughly mindfucking reinvention of the hackneyed phrase "new things".
Or, possibly, talking shite.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 07:01 PM
He's towing the company line because he's gathering a paycheck, I'll bet.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 07:27 PM
I honestly look forward to this.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 08:58 PM
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 09:02 PM
Corporate fanfic.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 09:23 PM
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 10:02 PM
It's a lovely cover, i'll grant you that.
I'm not buying it though, at least not in it's initial run. If people brag on it enough, i'll get the trade.
I'm not buying it though, at least not in it's initial run. If people brag on it enough, i'll get the trade.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 10:29 PM
TimC, on 01 February 2012 - 09:02 PM, said:
Corporate fanfic.
FUCK YOU, I don't need this shit
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 01:45 AM
- RORSCHACH (4 issues) - Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo
- MINUTEMEN (6 issues) - Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke
- COMEDIAN (6 issues) - Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: J.G. Jones
- DR. MANHATTAN (4 issues) - Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artist: Adam Hughes
- NITE OWL (4 issues) - Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artists: Andy and Joe Kubert
- OZYMANDIAS (6 issues) - Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Jae Lee
- SILK SPECTRE (4 issues) - Writer: Darwyn Cooke. Artist: Amanda Conner
Hmm...Ozymandias by Len Wein looks interesting.
I'll probably check out Minutemen by Cooke.
I don't know though. It just seems like a bad idea.
- MINUTEMEN (6 issues) - Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke
- COMEDIAN (6 issues) - Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: J.G. Jones
- DR. MANHATTAN (4 issues) - Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artist: Adam Hughes
- NITE OWL (4 issues) - Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artists: Andy and Joe Kubert
- OZYMANDIAS (6 issues) - Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Jae Lee
- SILK SPECTRE (4 issues) - Writer: Darwyn Cooke. Artist: Amanda Conner
Hmm...Ozymandias by Len Wein looks interesting.
I'll probably check out Minutemen by Cooke.
I don't know though. It just seems like a bad idea.
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 07:03 AM
I think your last line nails the unease I feel perfectly.
But shit, what would I know, I couldn't write anything a tenth as good as Azzarellos' hackiest hack. He will write something worth my 7 dollars even on a bad day, given I MUST READ COMICS on a weekly basis.
And a man can only re-read Unwritten so many times I think.
But shit, what would I know, I couldn't write anything a tenth as good as Azzarellos' hackiest hack. He will write something worth my 7 dollars even on a bad day, given I MUST READ COMICS on a weekly basis.
And a man can only re-read Unwritten so many times I think.
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