Watchmen
I just finished reading Watchmen, a graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. I am not a fan of this kind of art, but this piece of work was surprisingly deeper and more complex than I expected. At least comparing it with Sin City or 300. Definitely needs and deserves a second reading.
PS: Favorite character: Rorschach.
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Watchmen is my favorite comic book of all time (and I have read many thousands) and probably my favorite novel of all time. It warrants multiple readings because it is filled with many details which you did not notice the first time. Rorschach is my favorite Watchmen character too, which is to be expected since he was created as an Ayn Randish libertarian/objectivist.
What seemed strange to me, though, is a comment from Moore on Ayn Rand’s philosophy I read on Wikipedia.
“I have to say I found Ayn Rand’s philosophy laughable. It was a “white supremacist dreams of the master race,” burnt in an early-20th century form. Her ideas didn’t really appeal to me, but they seemed to be the kind of ideas that people would espouse, people who might secretly believe themselves to be part of the elite, and not part of the excluded majority. ”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_(comics)
http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/09moore.html
Exactly! That is one of the strongest points that I find in Moore’s work. He handles very objectively ideas and philosophies with which he very strongly disagrees. I am sure that if you have not read his interviews you would have a hard time recognizing Moore’s opinion on Rorschach and objectivism.
I think Rorschach’s fate gives us a small hint of the author’s views. Even that, however, is left ambiguous in the final page.