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Who will watch Watchmen?

by Dave the Longwinded on February 21, 2009

The major characters of Watchmen. From the Wikipedia page on the graphic novel.I had intentions of posting material on Watchmen in the coming weeks, with the movie’s coming release.  But, Red Rocker brought the subject up in the comments section of a post, so I thought I’d give everyone some material to mull over, now.

Watchmen is a radical departure from much of the material we’ve examined here at The Hog’s Head.  Make no mistake:  in no way does it put forth a heroic tale in which a virtuous protagonist overcomes all odds to defeat evil.  It is dark, and in many ways quite depressing.  But, I’ll try a preemptive strike so that some don’t dismiss it out of hand.

Don’t worry!  I won’t give away spoilers if you haven’t read the book, or know little about it. [click to continue…]

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