Watchmen
Committed: What British Comic Writers Learned from Thatcher
If a cigar can be just a cigar, and not some obvious phallic symbol to be endlessly sucked and played with, then can a superhero ever be just a superhero, or is it always representative of a deeper, more complex need within us?
Comics: The most versatile art form?
I was going to call this “Comics are awesome,” but I guess Bill Reed has already cornered the market on that title! Oh, and SPOILERS below, in case spoilering things bothers you. And some minor NSFW work stuff, too. Man, I’m out of control!
Committed: Marshal Law – The Most Underrated Book in Comics
In the 80′s a small handful of books changed comics. Marshal Law was one of them. It hasn’t been widely hailed as the seminal work of ground-breaking anti-superhero fiction, or a classic tale of the dangers of unquestioningly pandering to popular opinion, but this is exactly what it is.
Committed: Issues with Back Issues, pt. 1
Last week, on my last day in London visiting the house I grew up in, I decided to tackle my comic book collection. This is a pretty sparse little pile of boxes, taking up some space in my dad’s office. I really wasn’t sure what state they’d be in, or how I’d be able to [...]
After Watchmen Checklist: How Many Of These Have You Read?
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You can download the checklist from the After Watchmen… What’s Next? site.
I Hate To Bring Up The Damn Watchmen Movie Again,
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especially since it’s off the wider cultural radar now that the South Park parody’s out there, and comics have also moved on, but I really have to throw this out there; is the actor who played the Comedian having a kid he didn’t know about ironic, or art immitating life, or what? Does this mean [...]
Cracked Shows How The Watchmen Movie Could Have Been Worse
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Well, that’s the idea, at least. To be honest, some of the things in this are better than anything in the movie or the book. Like this: DR. MANHATTAN grapples with THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION, the pair of them rolling outside where they grow to titanic size, striding across the Antarctic landscape, exchanging helicopter kicks [...]
Funny Or Die Comic Movie Sketch Two-In-One!
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Lex Luthor Bailout, starring Jon Hamm The pay off on this one is great. And hey, I like Hamm better in the role than Kevin Spacey! Nerds pay to watch Malin Akerman sleep It is what it says in the link. I’d make a Mike Sterling joke about the 30-something guys dressed as Swamp Thing [...]
Watchmen Squashed By Most Electrifying Man In Family Entertainment, Box Office Plunges
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So, yeah, that happened this weekend. One of Warner’s excecutives is quoted in the article as citing similar drops in X-Men III and Fantastic Four II. Those are certainly two movies I never expected to see mentioned in relation to Watchmen. Well, them and Sex and the City.
Hey Look! A Watchmen Webcomic! Sort Of!
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You can check out the adventures of Lil’ Rorshach and his two guardians, Nite Owl and Dr. Manhattan, here, at Lord KC Green, of Inkerton Manor’s Gun Show (hey, that’s the only name on the site). The link is to the first in the series of Watchmen themed comics; you can check out the rest [...]
WWE’s Promoting The Watchmen Movie?
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Yes, it is! Well, at least that’s what that handsome devil at Pulse Wrestling, Brad Curran*, is reporting. He’s never steared me wrong in the past. And he didn’t this time, either, because you can find the evidence here! He truly is a king among men! And single, too! Ladies, take note! He also spells [...]
Oh Yeah! Two Other Things I Hated In the Watchmen Movie!
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I should pretty well cap any Watchmen movie talk with this, lest I make this a recurring feature, but here are two annoying things about the movie that I totally forgot about earlier.
10 Things I Hated About The Watchmen Movie
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Okay, now I’ve had time to think about all the things that really annoyed me about the Watchmen movie. Let’s see how much I can contradict this!
A Fortnight’s Worth Of Comic Reviews/Thoughts
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Reviews and thoughts on some comics that don’t have controversial big budget movie adaptations in cinemas nationwide as I type. Yet.
Yeah, So, I Saw That Watchmen Movie
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Or “I Would Have Titled This ‘I Watched The Watchmen’, But It Turns Out Even I’m Not That Lazy”.
