Deathly Ill and Always Busy

slipstreamborne:

It’s official. 

Brian Azzarello is the absolute worst writer on the Before Watchmen team.  Fuck understanding the canon of your source material; it’s more important that your big, tough, badass anti-hero fanboy self-insert swears uncreatively and (in the case of Rorschach) in complete opposition to his established character.  Now everybody knows he’s Tough and Means Business, and hey, maybe you’ll get a Goddamn-Batman-worthy catch phrase out of this!

oh
okay wow

I just put in my DVD for The Dark Knight, and I’m just letting the trailers play in the background while I dick around on tumblr

and I see this post
and I think, wait I know this song,
and the Watchmen movie trailer is playing

and just wow I can only handle so much brand exploitation in one moment, okay

ourvaluedcustomers:

Regarding a pile of unsold WATCHMEN DVDs…

oh dear
I shouldn’t laugh so hard but it’s true 

(via itswalky)

comicsalliance:

Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson weighs in on the Before Watchmen prequels.

(Source: comicsalliance.com)

I think a lot of us are pretty disgusted not only by the rehashing of old franchises (CONSTANTLY, EVERYWHERE), but the blatant disrespect shown to Moore over the Watchmen. (I mean, he only said explicitly so many times that this is exactly what he didn’t want to happen.)

And while personally I was a bit squicked by the disregard shown to the old nut, I didn’t really stop to think about what this meant about the industry as a whole. (Which is pretty unusual, since I have these thoughts immediately about rehashed movie franchises and sequels.)
About playing on nostalgia, the terror of stepping into new territory.

Anyway, I’m tired, and Ms.Polo has it all written a lot more comprehensively than I do in that article.

(On a side note, my favorite Watchmen character was Rorschach. Unoriginal, I know, but I liked how single-minded he was. He had an idea of justice and good, of what he needed to do, and he did everything within his power to achieve it, regardless of consequences or public opinion. And in the end, I don’t think he really saw himself as a “good guy” or anything like that. I just liked how he did what he felt he should without apologies. Of course, I would never want that in reality, but he works as an interesting character in a fictional world. ….Huh, a lot of those reasons are why I like Batman too… Anyway, he may be eye-rollingly popular, but I don’t think that’s without reason.)

textsfromtheowlship:

ryley-stbatman:

And Rorschach makes eight; Cover images for all the BEFORE WATCHMEN stories. 

So yeah. The ugly rumors of a Watchmen prequel are going to become ugly reality this summer. I have very mixed feelings about this that mostly lean to the “WHAT. NO.” side of things. Plus, I’m curious about reading these but I really don’t want to give DC money for this. I might do like young Bernie and try to read them in the store until the vendor tells me to buy or gtfo.

More info on the prequels, including the writers & artists involved and Alan Moore’s reaction, here.

So, a little more on this…
I’m really not sure how I feel because… The writers, the artists. They’re pulling all of the heavy hitters for this (and man, I’ve got such a crush on Darwyn Cooke’s work right now).

Also I just want to say, jesus fuck that Comedian cover is awful.
What were they thinking!??? 

dcwomenkickingass:

A little blurry, Updated with better image, here’s a look at the cover of the Silk Spectre Watchmen prequel via EW

So all these “Watchmen Prequel” covers are coming out and I all I can think is
wat

Seriously, I thought this whole idea was a joke?

(On the other hand: Darwyn Cooke? Amanda Conner? Ooooh….
No! I won’t be swayed by your seductive wiles!) 

(Source: shelf-life.ew.com)

raehimura:

irvys-sefie:

lattermike:

This coffee is afraid of me, I have seen its true taste.

I would never normally order that, but if I saw that in Starbucks I would order five.

I would go to this Starbucks for always.

oh my gosh

textsfromtheowlship:

An alternate, more musical version of “My life is one big joke.”

Wonderful!

thirdland:

Dr. Manhattan goes to a cookout.

/choke
YES 

(via itswalky)

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