The Watchmen

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

"People were telling me I should read The Watchmen. I didn't know who Alan Moore was, so I just picked it up, I saw a copy. And, you know, the artwork was kind of weird, but I got into the story line. It was pretty good.

Alan Moore's plot line was very nice, you know, there was a lot of plot twists. Rich characters, which I loved about it. One of the biggest things that I liked about his work and the comic especially is that he took these clichéd, two-dimensional characters and, you know, gave them some life.

The thing about The Watchmen and Alan Moore, it was kind of like the Tolkien of comic books, I guess. You know, he set like a lot of things in motion, him and Frank Miller, and you know, you look at comic books now, they have like the gritty, you know, these aren't like fifties kind of square superheroes, you know. They have like their personal history, they have neuroticisims [sic], but all of that started with Alan Moore, and he's still doing it a whole lot better than a lot of people that are copying him today.

It has a bit of a satirical edge to it. The plot line is good. Just anybody that likes good writing. Big nerds probably would get into it, you know. I mean, comics - Star Wars, that sort of thing. But the cool thing about it is that, you know, it's just good writing. So if you like good writing, then you just pick it up.

I give it five stars. And the thing set the precedent for so much stuff; it took the comic business kind of out of a place that it was, you know. It started a new generation of comics and Alan Moore is one of the best writers.

I kind of want to be a comic writer, so you know, I kind of look up to him and Neil Gaiman. So, yeah, I give it a five. Best work."

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