New DC Comics Dream Team Paves Way for More Watchmen

[The Sorrow]

Somebody is going to die. Bearded justice will be served.

 

[elricik]

Call me Kif Kroker, because I just ripped my diaphragm from sighing so hard.

C'mon, Dan, why?

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Thats the exact same thing I was thinking of!

But seriously Alan Moore is going to snap one day because his work just keeps getting raped. I can see him waking up, walking into a comic book store and seeing "Watchmen 2", he takes a deep sigh and then goes home. The next day he gets up, takes his loaded shotgun into the DC comics headquarters, and just starts unloading. He was pissed at the V for Vendetta movie, he was incredible pissed at the Watchmen movie, so the only logical step for him to take is to snap in a fury of blind rage.

 

[Lusperus]

Hoorah my issue of Watchmen Babies will finally come true!~Sarcasm

 

[AgDr_ODST]

I created a facebook page. I just need an official statement to go in the info box and if someone whos good with photoshop could create an official image(such as the iconic bloody smiley with a 2 where the blood is and a censored mark over it) that would be fantastic

If you have a Facebook and your interested in Showing your support and joining heres the link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-original-was-perfect-we-dont-want-another-Watchmen-comic/351516540408?created&v=info#!/pages/The-original-was-perfect-we-dont-want-another-Watchmen-comic/351516540408?v=wall

 

[Sprogus]

I'm all for Geoff Johns getting a promotion although I think he has enough work as it is. Jim Lee I've heard good things about. As for Didio he had better not push to make a Watchmen 2. Sequal or prequal it won't be anywhere as good as the original.

 

[Styphax]

Didio is the only one of these guys who have expressed any interest in continuing the Watchmen. But you've gotta remember that Lee and Moore still have a pretty decent relationship from Moore's run on America's Best Comics.

Quick Aside Promethea is 100000000x better than Watchmen ever was or will be.

But I don't think anything will come to fruition by a continued Watchmen story. You'd be hard pressed to find a writer willing to follow that up (A skilled established one anyway). Even if you did, all we need to do as fans is NOT BUY IT.

Then there is the outside chance that it might be good. No matter how much we pander to him, Alan Moore is not going to come to our houses and give us cookies for agreeing with him; awesome as that may be. He's probably working on his next masterpiece right now; Neonomicon.

Finally, one of the Watchmen have already been used. Grant Morrison used Dr. Manhattan in Final Crisis (Superman Beyond). He was respectful enough to change his name and appearance; but he used him precisely what he was created for. A story device essentially to be what the real world endgame of Superman would be. Using the Watchmen to follow the trends that Morrison set up in Final Crisis might actually be a good experiment. Even if it's just a one shot in his "Multiversity" series.

Double Finally: These are great appointments. Geoff Johns is a master of Character, Didio is a ruthless businessman, and Lee has a ton of heart.

 

[Bat Vader]

If DC does want to make more Wathcmen comic I say that they only do so if Alan Moore will work on them.

If he decides not to I say they leave Watchmen alone.

 

[RatRace123]

Quick before Alan Moore's beard explodes in a fire of awesome rage.
We must put a stop to this or the entirety of the world would be threatened. Why do they need to do this, Watchmen is a sacred book to nerddom, that'd be like writing a sequel to The bible, where we find out what everyone who still lives is doing.

 

[Sprogus]

**** Geoff Johns. That turd couldn't write his way out of a paper bag. He's just a douchie bagboy for DC comics to continue with these god awful theme series like infinite crapfest, 52 weeks of snores, and blackest fail. Any writer worth his salt wouldn't put up with these bullshit crossover events ruining individual series.

There's a good goddamn reason Alan Moore started America's best comics. DC and Marvel ruin everything they touch with the promotional bullshit they spew.

The greed is f*** sad DC and marvel both need to die and go back to independent artists writing their own damn to stories and leave them **** alone.

Anyway basically when writers get fed up and leave Geoff is always there to continue the crap books until someone with talent comes in and cleans up the mess.

Must really suck for you that pretty much everyone loves his work.

 

[SilverUchiha]

Rorshach will get them, you can count on that! (Rorshach & Deadpool reference).

 

[Anticitizen_Two]

IS NOTHING SACRED?

 

[Dorian6]

NO! *hits with rolled up newspaper* NO! Bad corporate whores! Bad.

*rubs their noses in it*

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Quoting Rorschach: "No, no, no, no, no, stupid, stupid!... Ready when you are."

Nothing is sacred, to the almighty dollar /sigh

 

[Jaebird]

Seriously though, what writer would be willing to even sign on to this? I'm going to bet that a lot of writers who are under DC's belt see Watchmen the same way we do as something that can't be continued. I mean, what does DiDio expect from accomplishing this?

Edit: It just occurred to me who would be the first to jump on this downward spiral to Hell: Grant "The Batman Destroyer" Morrison. He thinks every mainstream comic should be like Watchmen, well; here's an opportunity to destroy yet another piece of literature.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

Edit: The good Professor's only reply to this was what can only be identified as a horrendous string of profanity in his own language and several others he does does speak, interrupted only by various racial slurs about all races to be sure to include Mr. Dido's actual race. This outburst of pure nerd hate has been thusly censored for the sake of the viewing public, and to discount the idea that the professor is a racist, as opposed to someone who views racism as silly, but a handy way to insult someone when you know nothing about them. Thank you, and goodnight.

 

[Ironwampa]

Quick everyone send letters and emails to DC opposing their devious actions.

 

[Jaebird]

Seriously though, what writer would be willing to even sign on to this? I'm going to bet that a lot of writers who are under DC's belt see Watchmen the same way we do as something that can't be continued. I mean, what does DiDio expect from accomplishing this?

meh, They had no qualms about taking Kingdom Come and feeding off its originally with The Kingdom and the Limpwristed JSA magog crap series just to scam a few more bucks. I'm sure Watchmen will be turned into an ongoing series and at some point Rorschach will fight Superman.

I guess you got me by the hypocritical balls, because I enjoyed John's run on the new JSA and the Thy Kingdom Come storyline. Hell; it was recommended over JLA when I asked which team was the better read. Though, personally, I didn't really care for Magog. It was all about Maxine Hunkel and Starman, for me.

(And yes, I did read your post about Johns. I'm not going to try and rebuttal you. You have your opinion about the man, and I have mine. I'll leave it at that.)