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Watchmen

by: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons


I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading it again & again! It is imperative to read Watchmen before the movie. So, what are you waiting for.....go & buy it!!!!!

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Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel

by: Dave Gibbons, Chip Kidd, Mike Essl

October 24, 2008
`Watching the Watchmen' is the hardback equivalent of all those extra features you get in a deluxe DVD movie package. Dave Gibbons delivers the text equivalent of the audio commentary and opens up his portfolio to offer us page after beautiful glossy page of early, revised or deleted scenes from key stages in the development of the greatest graphic novel of all time.

It is a refreshingly frank and humble guide. Despite already enjoying huge critical success on a variety of other projects, Gibbons recalls how he and (Alan) Moore did not take DC's exclamations of approval for granted as they began to submit pages and receive the glowing feedback.

If you've ever wondered how your favourite comic strips go from concept ... Read More:

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Watchmen

by: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

December 19, 2008
I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading it again & again! It is imperative to read Watchmen before the movie. So, what are you waiting for.....go & buy it!!!!!

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The Complete Future Shocks

by: Alan Moore

May 05, 2006
Some of Alan Moore's earliest work, this is a collection of - mostly - unconnected short stories published in "2000AD" in the early 1980's. Considering their age, they remain remarkably fresh and inventive, with flashes of dark humour. What sets these tales out from his later work is a certain economy of style; in a few pages Moore can make readers laugh whilst prompting some quite profound questions in their minds.
Thoroughly recommended - if only as light relief whilst working through the "Travellers Almanac" in volume 2 of the LoEG!

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Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files v. 3 (Judge Dredd)

by: John Wagner, Pat Mills

April 04, 2006
arrggggghhhhhhh to much thrill power !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, once again the dredd time machine spins back the years to my childhood one word ,brilliant.

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Absolute Watchmen

by: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

October 05, 2005
Reviewing a (nearly) twenty-five year old book may seem a bit strange, especially as quite a few others have already done so, but there's a couple of things I'd like to add.
I'm not going to say anything about the story itself - I think that at least the bones of it will be well known to anyone contemplating buying this edition.
The sheer quality of this edition absolutely shines out, and here we have a story and artwork that deserve this sort of treatment. For me though, the most interesting element of this package is not the graphic novel itself (I've read it an awful lot, starting with the original twelve comics...), but the additional material included. Of particular interest (especially in light of subsequent developments) is the ... Read More:

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Green Lantern: Sinestro War 2 (Green Lantern): Sinestro Corps War v .2

by: Geoff Johns

August 22, 2008
Reviewing a (nearly) twenty-five year old book may seem a bit strange, especially as quite a few others have already done so, but there's a couple of things I'd like to add.
I'm not going to say anything about the story itself - I think that at least the bones of it will be well known to anyone contemplating buying this edition.
The sheer quality of this edition absolutely shines out, and here we have a story and artwork that deserve this sort of treatment. For me though, the most interesting element of this package is not the graphic novel itself (I've read it an awful lot, starting with the original twelve comics...), but the additional material included. Of particular interest (especially in light of subsequent developments) is the ... Read More:

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Rogue Trooper: Future of War (Rogue Trooper 1): Future of War (Rogue Trooper 1)

by: Gerry Finley-Day

June 14, 2007
Boys,
For those of us who were at school during the eighties and who looked forward to seeing our blue skinned hero each week, get this book. Yes, it's in black and white but let's face it who cares. All that matters is seeing Rogue and his biochipped buddies kick Nort arse.
I have shown this to my eldest son and he thought it was great. That, gentlemen is all you need.
Take a trip down memory lane, immerse yourself in it's pages and lose a bit of time to yourself. Enjoy!

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Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War v. 1 (Green Lantern): Sinestro Corps War v. 1 (Green Lantern)

by: Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons

April 25, 2008
Johns & Gibons have written a fantastic story which has firmly put Hal Jordan and Green Lantern Corps into the superhero A-list.

A truely brilliant book with amazing art.

Loved it!

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ABC Warrior (ABC Warriors)

from: Rebellion

January 01, 2005
When Pat Mills developed the ABC Warriors, he allegedly stopped in frustration after each artist was only able to complete one or two strips. Therefore this first volume is a hodgepodge of styles. However, the general impression is good, especially with fine artwork by Brendan McCarthy, Mike McMahon, Dave Gibbons, and even Carlos Ezquerra does a few progs. (I guess it is hard to draw 7 very different robots every prog).

Probably most important for the creation of the artwork was the initial work by Kevin Oneill, who made it possible for the tie-in with Nemesis later.

This covers the early ABC Warriors strips up to the formation of the team of 7 (Happy Shrapnell, Joe Pineapples, Hammerstein, Dreadlock, Blackblood, Steelhorn / The Mess, Mongrol) and ... Read More: