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DC Announces Watchmen Sequel/Prequel Thing: Before Watchmen, Coming This Summer
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Chuck Norris
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This isn't needed
Arrowgigantic
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Ozymandias will be the worst one, followed by Rorschach.
Box of Bunnies
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I didn't ask for this.
TheDarkKnight774
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at least its not a sequel
and Darwin Cooke? hm....tempting
and Darwin Cooke? hm....tempting
grandjedi6
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Welp, Watchmen Babies has finally come to pass. Sad day
They should add an "O" face to the silk spectre and position her a little bit higher
No one asked for this. Leave the Watchmen alone you bastards. Go ruin some other property.
Whoa whoa whoa. Neither of those is penned by JMS. That's good sign #1. Good sign #2 is it's Azzarello writing Rorschach, and he's pretty fucking awesome. And Len Wein is good too. At least he didn't write fucking Grounded.
The Take Out Bandit
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DOUBLE.
MOTHER.
FUCKER.
Are you kidding me?
Are you (Warner Brothers) really more dedicated to shitting on Alan Moore than you are to getting an A List Wonder Woman book out?
This is nothing short of a personal attack. What did they have to pay that pokey f*ck to crap out these issues when he cannot get motivated to finish All Star Wonder Woman?! >:O
This is four issues of All Star Wonder Woman that I could have had.
But noooo! William Moulton Marston isn't alive to corporate troll.
God damn it. >:|
It's not like they're taking old versions of Watchmen off the shelf, or busting into your house and burning your copies. I for one can't wait to see the complete trainwreck this might turn into.
Oh also I want to see Alan Moore explode in a frothy rage when the prequel movies get made.
Oh also I want to see Alan Moore explode in a frothy rage when the prequel movies get made.
Well, they already have an A-List WW book out. It's called "Wonder Woman". It's by Azzarello and Chiang and it's pretty ace.
Battersea Power Station
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Would this be similar to taking a movie like Spaceballs and making a prequel that's a serious action/adventure?
I mean, Watchmen takes great care to avoid telling the superhero stories that take place before it.
I mean, Watchmen takes great care to avoid telling the superhero stories that take place before it.
The Take Out Bandit
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I'm going to cut you, then turn you over to Satchwar.
You're not going to enjoy your day.
I'm not saying we don't need more A-List WW book out, but if you're looking for one, DC's got you covered already. It has fuck all to do with Watchmen, though, so BACK TO THAT.
The Take Out Bandit
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sankt-Antonio
:^)--?-<
Im not much of a comic book reader, but i enjoy comics like watchman (the one´s that tell one story and have an actual end) - i would much rather have a new unique comic/story than this.
Arrowgigantic
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Doesn't matter. Rorschach is fully revealed as a character. There's nothing more there. Best case scenario, it will be an echo. Worst case, it will be a Rorschach-esque karate fight book.
Ozymandias will be the most awful just because he's Ozymandias. It's like trying to do an interesting story about Hitler. There's no humanity there to examine.
Don't forget the fish sex comic.
Spike Spiegel
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*shrug*
But tell me something... why didn't they use the "blood on smiley face pin" version of that godawful logo on these covers?
And :lol @ Adam Hughes on Dr. Manhattan. Good luck getting that one to deadline unless he's secretly been working on it for years and calling it "All Star Wonder Woman."
But tell me something... why didn't they use the "blood on smiley face pin" version of that godawful logo on these covers?
And :lol @ Adam Hughes on Dr. Manhattan. Good luck getting that one to deadline unless he's secretly been working on it for years and calling it "All Star Wonder Woman."
Ignis Fatuus
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WHY?
I hope no one buys this shit.
I hope no one buys this shit.
I don't understand how the hair works in the image. Some strands at the end aren't connected to the main body.
I think they have been working on it for years, actually. And I think this is the reason Hughes had to relegate All-Star WW to his spare time. :lol
The Take Out Bandit
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Jedeye Sniv
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So the creative teams on this are really impressive. So impressive that I'm wondering why the fuck such high profile creators are wasting their time on this shit when they could all be making something brand new and awesome with their time instead. Such a waste.
No, I don't think the piece would suffer much from a more realistic depiction of the hair. We've had this discussion - sure, artistic license is great. I do love Mucha, after all. But it ought not be an excuse to be lazy.
Having said the above, the image doesn't particularly suffer either from how the hair is currently depicted, but, on the other other hand, it isn't particularly interesting in the first place.
And I'm currently studying to become a costume designer, although I'm also interested in fashion, and I like most art and design disciplines in general.
Pretty much this. Complete waste of talent/time.
No, he's going to hate this because it's absolutely disgraceful.
Spike Spiegel
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Interviews are beginning to pop up so we'll find out shortly; JMS says Didio approached him about this project a couple of years ago (so Didio's probably been thinking of it since the movie), and Azzarello says Didio offered him the gig last summer.
Expanding on my *shrug* here's what I honestly expect to happen. Tons of initial backlash and hollow outrage from the fan community, which gives way to many convincing themselves to order the books out of curiosity, or to follow a creative team, or because they simply can't help themselves. Sales will be "event comic" high initially, then peter out as the months pass. DC will declare the project a success and look for new ways to milk. And in a few years time nobody will remember these stories beyond being a footnote in the story of Alan Moore's Watchmen.
EDIT: Oh, and if this does turn into sales success for DC, expect Marvel to start looking at actually doing something with those Marvelman/Miracleman books they're holding on to.
NonexistentK
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go fuck a duck Dave, i heard it's good pay.
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