Back To The Classics

Since we're talking about comic books here at the MSX, I might as well mention that thanks to the county's public library, I began re-reading Watchmen earlier this week. Maybe it's because of the fact that I'm getting to hold the actual physical book instead of looking at the bootlegged version I'd downloaded off the Internet, but I'm finding myself being pulled deeper into the story while reading it now. Nothing feels superfluous or unnecessary, maybe with the exception of the whole "Tales of the Black Freighter" thing, which I really just wasn't all that into. Both the writing and the artwork are fantastic, a word that I could use for the Watchmen reading experience as a whole.

Take away any sort of social commentary on the Cold War or '80s society or anything like that, and Watchmen is still an awesome read. And I'd be willing to say that it's because of the characters. I'll fess up to being a Rorschach fan, but every character in the book has something intriguing that they bring to the table. Even the guy running the newsstand is worth keeping up with during his random scenes. The awesomeness of the characters, though, is just a testament to how awesome Alan Moore's writing is.

So yeah, I guess you could say I like Watchmen. Why do I not own my own personal copy of it yet?