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Whew, this is a HEFTY read. I'm used to comics being a fairly quick read, but The Watchmen actively fights against that, with lengthy text sections that add a lot to the comic story and should not be skipped.
It's deep. It's dark. It captures the mood of ah era perfectly, and the character development is *fantastic*. I was expecting to loathe rapist The Comedian and whiny friend-zone obsessed Nite Owl, but the characters have such depth and complexity that I COULDN'T entirely hate those jerks. I understood too much about the loneliness and traumas that had driven them to their current selves.
Everyone in this story is damaged and unlikeable in one way or another, but the way they are characterised is some of the best work I've seen in any comic. It's not that they're portrayed sympathetically, either. They are all ruthlessly judged for what they've done, given not even a shred of forgiveness for their mistakes. It is understood that they are fucked up people repeatedly fucking things up in an extremely fucked up world, and somehow, in the middle of this, they become sympathetic.
It's a hell of a read. I prefer the tighter, grittier movie ending, but the comic as a whole provides a much deeper experience.
It's deep. It's dark. It captures the mood of ah era perfectly, and the character development is *fantastic*. I was expecting to loathe rapist The Comedian and whiny friend-zone obsessed Nite Owl, but the characters have such depth and complexity that I COULDN'T entirely hate those jerks. I understood too much about the loneliness and traumas that had driven them to their current selves.
Everyone in this story is damaged and unlikeable in one way or another, but the way they are characterised is some of the best work I've seen in any comic. It's not that they're portrayed sympathetically, either. They are all ruthlessly judged for what they've done, given not even a shred of forgiveness for their mistakes. It is understood that they are fucked up people repeatedly fucking things up in an extremely fucked up world, and somehow, in the middle of this, they become sympathetic.
It's a hell of a read. I prefer the tighter, grittier movie ending, but the comic as a whole provides a much deeper experience.