My mildly contrarian take on the print version of Watchmen appears today at More Intelligent Life. Name-checked within the piece:
- Thomas Pynchon,
- Toni Morrison,
- Malcolm Lowry,
- Jean Rhys,
- Charles Dickens,
- Georges Eliot and Saunders,
- Chris Ware,
- Lynda Barry,
- Herman Hesse,
- Jack Kerouac,
- Batman,
- Art Spiegelman,
- James Wood,
- Kenneth Turan,
- and a couple of guys who worked at a little comic-book shop in North Carolina in the early 1990s.
Notwithstanding this cavalcade of stars, I found Watchmen somewhat frustrating, for reasons I attribute to the term “graphic novel.” This may or may not be original and/or provocative. Still, I’m bracing for comments from Watchmen enthusiasts and Comic Book Guys of all stripes…
