Jesse Peterson » watchmen http://www.jpeterson.com Personal ramblings of a computer geek in Iowa Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:16:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Just read: Watchmen http://www.jpeterson.com/2009/02/21/just-read-watchmen/ http://www.jpeterson.com/2009/02/21/just-read-watchmen/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:05:38 +0000 cubeinhabitant http://www.jpeterson.com/2009/02/21/just-read-watchmen/ I just finished reading Watchmen. This has been a story that I have wanted to read for some time, but with the impending release of the movie on March 6, 2009, I decided that I should read the book before seeing the movie. I am glad that I did. This was such a good graphic novel. It is very ‘dense’. I don’t know how better to describe it. There is some much story packed into the book. If you think that it is just a “comic book”, with the standard panel layout, you would be wrong. In addition to very detailed panels, there are graphical ‘excerpts’ of newspapers and books. These are included at the end of each chapter. They are not just novelty, but they add to the story. There is even a comic within the comic that ties in to the story. This all adds to the story by providing a depth of layers. I now understand why this book is so celebrated: it is so good.

I highly recommend it.

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