DC Unveils Watchmen Prequels

[Rebellious_Gate]

I for one cannot wait.

I know Watchmen is a classic and should be left alone, but then again, the characters were so good I want to see them involved in other stories. Moore is a fantastic comic writer but there are others as well, several of whom are attached to this project.

Also, I'll buy just about anything drawn by Lee Bermejo. The man is amazing.

 

[2fish]

Yay a watchmen thing I can ignore, if it can live up to the original then I will be shocked. I am just gonna hope it is an alright thing at best.

I predict that that will be his response, but in the magical case that he likes them, I'll give them a go.

If he likes them, I will leave the internet and become a nun.

If he doesn't like it will you still dress up as a nun for me for fun?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

If he doesn't like it will you still dress up as a nun for me for fun?

...mebbe...

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I think theres a fair point to be made that "Kingdom Come" stood on the shoulders of other great writers but at the same time DC tore it all down again cashing in with that awful sequel "The Kingdom".


But see "Kingdom come" and "Watchmen" both had a reason to be written. They were both commentary pieces on Politics and the way comics were going at the time.

I don't mind there being prequels, but the question is "why?" if DC can't come up with an answer other than money then one can't hope for much out of these. I've despised almost everything DC has done since the lantern war. They've seemed to have lost interest in putting money into new IP's and are just milking what they have until that fails.

I'd agree with you about the lack of new IPs but at the same time companies can only do so much when customers don't buy new IPs or unknown characters. Batman: the Dark Knight sells despite being a fucking awful comic because it's Batman, OMAC doesn't and get's cancelled after 6 issues despite critical praise because he's relatively unknown. The games industry is having exactly the same problem, why should Activision release anything but Call of Duty when it's pretty much a license to print money and new properties are so hard to sell?

But I'd agree that DC wasn't doing anything exciting up until the new 52, which despite some serious fuck ups (ie Starfire) it's producng some really fantastic books right now. Batman is fantastic psychological stuff, Action Comics has made Superman feel relevent for the first time since the 80s, Wonder Woman is good for once and Animal Man is looking like it's going to be one of my favourite comic books ever. They even made Aquaman a badass, and not in an over the top 90's kind of way.

I'd argue that Marvel is far more creatively bankrupt right now.

But as far as the Watchmen stuff goes yeah your right, there needs to be a good reason to do this. Though I'd argue that it doesn't matter if it adds anything to the original if the comics are good by themselves.

EDIT: I'd also point out that even as a massive comic book nerd I didn't even know about "The Kingdom". So be content in the knowledge that if these books are shit they'll lightly disappear into obscurity before long. I mean no one talks about the Dark Knight Strikes Again.

 

[Prof. Monkeypox]

The very idea of this will cause Moore to turn in his future grave so fast that it creates a turbine effect, powering a nearby city for decades.

I can't see anything good coming from this honestly. Moore will despise the very idea of it while fans will disown it.

I can see some good coming from it. The aforementioned free power turbine effect.

 

[Kojiro ftt]

Clearly just a cash in. Not interested.

 

[TownTattle]

Rather than be a cynical asshole. I look forward to what these new guys can do with the Watchmen, it could be really interesting. Oh and it is horrible how the article implies (in an awfully unsubtle way) that the guy who initially refused was won over by money.

Say what you will, these guys are taking a risk and I hope they have the skill and the passion to prove you all wrong.

 

[Bluecho]

Damnit DC! First you reboot the entire line, then you make Starfire into a slut, then you cancel OMAC, and now this. I love you DC, I really do. But you make it so hard to be a fan when you pull crap like this.

And have we gotten to the point where even our comics have to endlessly appeal to 80s nostalgia? I thought we hit rock bottom with Micheal Bay's Transformers and that "The Thing" prequel.

I don't even know if these will be all that bad. They'll probably be at least decent books if we take them on their own. The problem is tacking them onto one of the most seminal works in the medium. Personally, I prefer Alan Moore's other works, like "For the Man Who Has Everything" and "A Killing Joke".

I hesitate to say whether or not I'll be buying any of these. I should just scrub the whole business out of protest, but I do have a soft spot for Rorschach.