Watchmen

[Pirate Bill]

I'm part way through the GN (chapter 6 or 7...after Jon goes to Mars and we get his back story). So far I'm loving it. I'm a comic book fan that has missed out on reading comic books my entire life, if that makes sense. I knew of them but nobody I knew read them and I was never really properly introduced to the comic book world. So I missed out on reading quite a few that I would probably have enjoyed, including this one (although I probably wouldn't have been allowed to read this one as a kid).

So far the writing, imagery, character & world development is superb. Each page is rich with all of the above. When I do get time to read I really take my time with it, studying it out and sometimes even rereading each page a few times. There's a lot going on. But since I don't have enough graphic novel experience I can't really compare it to anything else.