Watchmen

Watchmen

1987 • 415 pages

Ratings678

Average rating4.4

15

“I engineered a monster, cloned its brain from a human psychic, sent it to New York, and killed half of the city.” Really.

I can appreciate the work here and what a big deal it was for comics 30 years ago, but now ... meh. And the whole falling in love with someone who TRIED TO RAPE YOU thing? I know it's not the first or last time that trope will be used, but it's disgusting every time. Could've done without the excerpts from the pirate horror comic as well. Again, this is well done and definitely a comic landmark but it just left me cold.

January 20, 2013