Watchmen

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

"I am a huge fan of comic books, and Watchmen is known as the comic book that saved the comic book industry back in the mid-80's when it was kind of in shambles and many people were reading comics at all.

The story is of old retired superheroes so to speak, and the newer generation of superheroes and how they kind of clash on different issues. It's set in 1985, an alternate history of America, where the Doomsday Clock is set at about five minutes to midnight; nuclear war is inevitable, relations with Russia are probably at the worst that it's ever been. Watchmen was one of his first limited series that he came out with that eventually was released as a graphic novel. He also wrote books like V for Vendetta and From Hell.

Graphic novels appeal to me I think because usually the narrative is illustrated' and the type of learner that I am, I prefer to see something visually. What I liked best about Watchmen was that it was plausible storyline. Additionally, what I liked is that the characters are real people who aren't necessarily endowed with superhero powers, but they have to deal with the same issues that everybody else does. It wasn't the Utopian happy ending that I was kind of hoping for, but it was still a great ending.

I would recommend this book to anybody who hasn't yet delved into graphic novels in general and has been interested in probably picking up a graphic novel. I would give this book five stars out of five stars."

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