Obligatory Watchmen Discussion!

Who else has read Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons? I just finished it recently, not really expecting it to live up to all the praise, but does it ever. Superbly developed characters, beautiful art, and some neck-snapping plot twists. Hate to sound like a bad advert, but it really is one the greatest graphic novels of all time. Thoughts?

I never read it, but I remember hearing about it.

I'd recommend it, as you can tell. It's about costumed heroes, but most of them aren't extraordinary; most are just talented people wearing outfits, which really helps to humanize them.

I've read it and it's awesome. One of the first writers to examine "heroes" as people as well, flaws and all. And boy what flaws they had =). I think Rorschach was the most interesting character of the bunch.

I will now direct you to go read Preacher (i.e. the thread below this one), which is at least as well written and 10X as fucked up as Watchmen.

Hear hear on the Preacher recommendation. Many mindfucks will arise, and make you come back for more. As for Rorschach, he has my admiration for sticking to his principles till the end. Another series I would have to recommend would be Fables. It puts a real life spin on the old fairy tales people grew up with.

I just recently finished reading Watchmen and found that it does in fact live up to all the praise.

I second enialis' recommendation of Fables. An awesome take on traditional fairy tales. Where else can you see Snow White chop Goldilocks in the head with a hatchet because Goldilocks was trying to kill her and her pal the Big Bad Wolf with a sniper rifle?

Since we're at it, I also recommend the Top 10 series written by Alan Moore. Good writing, action, and some nice pop culture references sprinkled everywhere.