Watchmen by Alan Moore
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Watchmen by Alan Moore
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“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”
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Like many here "Watchmen" was one of my first introductions to Graphic Novels. Before reading I always thought that Graphic Novels were for a "different crowd" then the people that like classic literature and literary fiction, but Moore kind of turned my world upside down.
I could go on and on about this book, honestly. There's so much to it. The reason I ended up reading it in the first place was that I took a Graphic Novel course in High School. My teacher said that she could make a whole course just about "Watchmen," which is absolutely true.
For anyone that hasn't read it, or read it on their own and didn't notice, there's a sentence or two at the end of every chapter that relates back to something (I know, very specific). Sometimes it's a speech, or another book, or a philosopher, or a song. If you read into them and learn what they are talking about it brings SO MUCH to the story. Moore really packs in the allusions if you look into it, both with these quotes and the characters (Doctor Manhattan and Rorschach especially)! The movie is really good but just can't capture how many references Moore puts in the book. Learning about it made me realize the Graphic novels can use just as many literary devices as any other form, and that being a Graphic Novel is really just another form, NOT a genre (but that's a whole other thing).
I always (and probably will forever) tell my friends that don't read Graphic Novels that "Watchmen" is the gateway in, or that if they only read one Graphic Novel in their life it should be this book.
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For me the graphic novel is better, they change a few things on the movie that help move the plot but i enjoy the raw and frustration that comes with the story-line of the graphic novel.Jsovermyer wrote: ↑16 Oct 2018, 22:42 I've seen the Watchmen movie, but have never read the graphic novel. Which would you say is better?
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