The flattened American landscape of minor writers

[Robert Mahnke]

When I finally read Watchmen, I thought it was good, but not great.
After all the hosannahs for it, I was disappointed, and so I would
have to agree with John's point here.  On the other hand, let me
recommend this treatment of a single page of the book by Scott Eric
Kaufman --

short: http://tiny.cc/hULqo

long: http://acephalous.typepad.com/acephalous/2009/02/like-what-i-did-with-the-dark-knight-only-this-time-about-the-fourth-issue-of-watchmenin-making-comics-scott-mccloud-argue.html

-- which suggests that there is more going on in it than I may have
perceived at first.


On 2/26/09, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:
> And just to settle my neck even more solidly on the chopping block, I would add that Moore's claims for his own work, and the genre of 'graphic novel' (a term Moore himself disclaims) or 'intelligent comic book' in general, are often overblown. Yes, there are some great comics, yes Watchmen is intelligent and multilayered etc., but can it really stand comparison with the best actual novels of the post-war period...?
>