Duh. The headline is that 25 years after-the-fact, DC lastly chose to snatch the money off the table. Alan Moore as well as Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen is the bestselling graphic book of all time, as well as there’s great reason for it: It’s a piece of art with mystery, politics, philosophy, as well as (of course) action as well as violence, told utilizing characters with depth as well as weight.
So why do prequels as well as fuck that all up? Simple. $$$
Yeah, there’s a great deal of skill connected to the seven 4-issue minis that will each focus on a specific Watchman, however I can’t envision why this story needs to be told. Dave Gibbons graciously phone calls the job a “tribute” to the originals. As you can imagine, Moore hasn’t been as kind—he phone calls it “shameless…confirmation that [DC Comics is] still obviously dependent on concepts that I had 25 years ago.” fans of comic history will recall that it is this accurate book that led to Moore’s exit from the “big two” when as well as for all when DC stopped paying him royalties. 15 years later, still angry, he rebuffed DC’s offer to provide him back the rights to his (entirely original) characters if he would take up the prequel/sequel project. He refused since he’d done what he wished to finish with the Watchmen characters as well as didn’t want anybody else playing in his sandbox either.
I’m not stating I agree with Moore: When, as a creator, you agree to indication with a publisher as well as produce stuff for them, it ain’t yours no more. Can you envision if Stan Lee threw a hissy in shape each time somebody dealt with Spidey? Or what if Alan Moore himself hadn’t rejiggered Charlton Comics characters to produce the Watchmen in the very first place? Or what if they stopped utilizing American Gothic knockoffs in industrial projects? (Okay, he’s got me there.)
Moore’s type of a nutbag. Genius, however nutbag.
So now, DC has lastly chose that they don’t requirement no stinkin’ Alan Moore. I pray they’re wrong, however I’m virtually specific that they are wrong as well as they do requirement him.
Here’s the lineup on the different books.
Rorschach. Everybody’s preferred Watchman. By Brian Azzarello as well as Lee Bermejo, who previously worked together on the relatively great “Luthor” miniseries.
Minutemen by Darwyn Cooke (writer as well as artist).
Comedian by Azzarello as well as J.G. Jones.
Nite Owl by J. Michael Straczynski, Andy Kubert as well as Joe Kubert.
Ozymandias by Len Wein as well as Jae Lee (Underwire),
Silk Spectre by Cooke as well as Amanda Conner.
Dr. Manhattan by J. Michael Straczynski as well as Adam Hughes.
As a back-up function (God, I dislike backups, however at these are only 2-pages per issue) Crimson Corsair will be serialized, written by Len Wein as well as drawn by John Higgins, who was the colorist on the original Watchmen. Oh, the irony. Alan Moore totally transformed Len Wein’s Swamp thing character as well as made everybody fail to remember about Len, as well as now Wein is handling Watchmen!
The only ones I’m truly thinking about reading are Rorschach as well as Dr. Manhattan (because I want to see exactly how JMS handles that). Oh, as well as Silk Spectre. since I’ll checked out Amanda Conner drawing just about anyone’s boobs.
Now hit the break for much more news you can’t use, about X-Men very first class 2, Spider-Man as well as the Avengers flicks, Robocop, as well as more….
SPIDER-MAN (THE MOVIE) as well as THE AVENGERS. There are rumors of an appearance by Spidey in The Avengers. seems incredibly unlikely, as film Spidey is under Sony, while marvel Studios has The Avengers. Anyway, Joss Whedon has likewise stated it ain’t gonna happen—but that’s precisely what he would say, isn’t it (so respond the rumor mongers). In other Avengers news, they’ll be selling special $5 Avengers 3-D glasses. Guys, it’s poor sufficient you fee a bazillion dollars a ticket for the thing, now you’re adding special charges for the glasses? All I can state is, they much better likewise release it “non-3D.” since I dislike 3-D!!!
WALT SIMONSON RETURNS! Haven’t seen a great deal of Walt’s superhero work in recent years, however last week he did the art on DC’s legion of very Heroes #5, as well as now DC’s revealed an original graphic book written as well as drawn by Simonson, titled “The Judas Coin,” to be released in September. The book will be six unconnected stories featuring Batman, 2-Face, as well as other DC characters. No word on how/if it fits into DC continuity.
COMIC book MEN. Kevin Smith’s AMC “reality show” about the nerds who populate his new jersey comic book shop is coming on February 12.
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (THE CARTOON). promotions function Frog Thor , Nick Fury, as well as Nova. Coming in April to Disney XD.
BUTCHER BAKER. The amazingly excellent series by Joe Casey as well as Mike Huddleston has been MIA bnull