Customer Reviews
Arrested development goth teenagers - By: The Mechanic, 02 May 2008 
I'm guessing that "Watchmen" hasn't been read by many women. It's a classic example of arrested development of a male Goth teenager from the Midlands (step forward Alan Moore). How anybody could ever take this crap seriously is beyond me. Get a life people (or probably more pertinently get a shag).
Still brilliant - By: customer, 02 Apr 2008 
A friend told me that this was being made into a movie (in fact had been made & was in post-production with a release date in 2009) & got me thinking it was about time I reread it. After alll, the last time I'd read this Rick Astley was in the charts. So I got hold of a copy & plunged back into Moore & Gibson's paralllel universe.
I suppose the first thing that struck me was how much I remembered, even though it's 20 years since I read it. I recallled the Black Freighter story, the personal mythology of the masked characters & some of the striking imagery. But there were new insights & discoveries, too.
I began to appreciate the symmetry of the artwork, evident throughout the book but, for me, most striking in Episode 11 which begins & ends with a plain white frame that evokes very powerful emotions. I reallly appreciated the skill required to draw together the incredibly dense narrative in which a complex series of flashbacks / forwards are incorporated without confusing the plot. The truly cinematic sweep of the artwork that seems paradoxicallly artless & exquisite at the same time.
A fantastic book, then, that retains its power & imaginative verge. I imagine that the screenwriters have gone one of two ways with it...set it in the 1980s where, as a sort of period drama, things like an arms war between America & Russia seems plausible. Or update it to the new century & incorporate more contemporary world events.
Great! but... - By: Black, 02 Apr 2008 
Great storyline & writing, I'm 16, easily understood the intellectual side of it but young readers might find trouble getting their head around it. The way it is writting is most certainly intriguing, although I have to say some parts I found, erm,quite predictable? I also couldnt get into the artwork as much as I'd have liked to, but I think that not many others will find fault with it.
I have to say that if the art was by Tim Sale I'd probably worship this book, but thats just because i love Tim's style & everything else about his work. Sooooo a rating for Watchmen? 4 & a quarter out of 5 stars, I should give it more, but I just still dont find the art appealing. Anyway, enjoy it.
What are you talking about Fools!!! - By: G. Webster, 12 Feb 2008 Best comic ever, deserves to be left out of the star system & instead handed out on street corners or bundled with the bible in hotel rooms. Essential reading for everyone in the world, although it sucks that they're making it into a movie.
Oh wow!!! - By: runscapestar, 06 Nov 2007 This absolute gem arrived in my parcel last week. I love it!! Stunning artwork, fantastic story. A classic in its own write.
Just buy one, you won't be disappointed. In fact, if you haven't bought a graphic novel before, this should be your first. A stunner.
