James Hudnall writes a tribute to the Comic Books series The Watchmen at Big Hollywood:
“Watchmen” opens Friday and we’ll see how well it performs in the theaters, but the graphic novel has been a best seller for DC Comics since its inception in 1985. And not without surprise. It’s been voted the best graphic novel of all time by many people. It even showed up in Time Magazine as one of the best literary novels of the 20th century. The only comic to make that list. Personally, I don’t care much for lists or other popularity contests. They seem too high school to me. A lot of stuff on “best ever” lists tends to be crap. It’s all someone’s opinion, after all. But “Watchmen” is definitely a work of art. One that will stand the test of time and already has.
Count me in the minority here. I’ve been reading comics for 34 years. I didn’t care for the Watchmen when it came out and I don’t care for it now.
I have absolutely no interest in the movie. As for Alan Moore’s work I’d check out his Swamp Thing Issues instead.
Give me Stan Sakai , Steve Englehart and Gardner Fox or Denny O’Neil anyday.
And the Greatest Comic Series ever Written? Lone Wolf and Cub hands down!
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