Is this the most disappointing comic of all-time?
>>83436435
That cover is really, really bad.
>expected a scifi adventure where low power heroes use their skills and brains to solve problems
instead get:
>magic
>deus ex machinas
>people coming back to life repeatedly
The Bendis vers has its issues but this is just as trash
>>83436435
>fresh off 52
>"hey guys! we're doing another weekly! Its called Countdown!"
52 weeks of shit. Everything was shit. the storylines, the tie ins, the twists. Everything
>>83436482
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w
I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place.
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space
And when you're out there
Without care,
Yeah, I was out of touch
But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
I just knew too much
Does that make me crazy?
Does that make me crazy?
Does that make me crazy?
And I hope that you are having the time of your life
But think twice, that's my only advice
Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are,
Ha ha ha bless your soul
You really think you're in control
Well, I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
Just like me
My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember is thinking, I want to be like them
Ever since I was little, ever since I was little it looked like fun
And it's no coincidence I've come
And I can die when I'm done
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>>83436943
Would before watchmen have been a thing if the movie had never happened?
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>>83436999
Probably. They did a prequel to Sandman (though at least Neil Gaiman worked on that)
>>83436999
DC would print a prequel to the Bible if they could figure out how to make one.
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>>83437103
ah, the bitch to be you memes come flooding back in tidal wave of emotions
>>83437155
That and "Time to shit" are the only things I remember about Before Watchmen.
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>>83437199
I remember ignoring it entirely.
Was Cooke's entry at least worth reading? It was the only one that I was really interested in.
>>83437234
It was okay.
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>>83437234
It's fine. Dr. Manhattan's is alright too.
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>>83437306
>>83437234bitch to be you right now
>>83436984
I distinctly remember some anons here finding out that the background in Panel 1 was traced
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>>83436435
Only if you expected something from it in the first place. And if you did you're a moron
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>>83437625
Disappointments require expectations.
>>83437683
Thats Alan Moore in the first panel?
No that would be Jeremy Whitleys dragontown
>>83437057
Norse Mythology was already retconned into being the bibles prequel.
Nothing is more disappointing than this pile of shit
>>83437057
They did its called hellblazer #83 and it's great
>>83437234
Did dollar bill get one
>>83437222
>what if batman and the question had a baby?
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>>83437222
Why does Rorschach look so fucking big here?
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>>83437865
OH
JESUS
>>83437882
This is like a really boring version of Punisher MAX.
>>83436435
I like Azz
I like Bermejo
I like Rorschach
but this is just meh.
I hate it when this happens.
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>>83438175
I actually quite like this comic so far. Is there a reason people hate it other than for "tainting" their beloved watchmen?
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>>83438513
rip
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>>83438560
double rip
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>>83438370
https://youtu.be/a4vnk-YMOt8
>>83438627
nice
>>83438618
Please finish this!
To be honest, this comic is decent, but it's not as good as the bits with Rorschach in watchmen. Art's good, though.
>>83437870
He wears risers in his boots when he's in costume.
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>>83438711
Yeah some of the dialogue is bad but its definitely better than a lot of comics today
If it was its own thing rather than being associated with Watchman I think the whole series would have been fairly well received
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>>83436482
How?
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>>83436943
The very first bubble doesn't sound like Rorschach at all.
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>>83438370
It's fucking boring and tells us nothing about Rorschach that we don't already know, except simplified to the point where he's a parody of himself. He's not put in a situation outside of his comfort zone, he's not learning anything new, parts of his history or personality Moore didn't fully explore are not being covered.
It's a mess of wasted potential and confusing plot decisions.
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>>83439578
Fuck this comic and fuck me for ever being excited. I remember the first time I heard about it I came up with three theories about what it would be about.
>A) story about teen Walter's life in the orphanage and beyond that shows him learning the skills that he'll use as Rorschach and slowly beginning to develop his ethics code
>B) story about the first few days or weeks after Rorschach first starts fighting crime that involves him learning through trial and error the ins and outs
>C) story about Rorschach and Dan's early partnership and how they take down Underboss or Big Figure, and how they learn to adapt to each other's differences and personalities to become good partners and friends.
>D) story that combines all of the above somehow
But nope, none of that was even on the table. Instead, make way for pointless Taxi Driver references and the world's most generic gangbanger mob boss and his deus ex machina pet tiger, and a serial killer subplot that goes nowhere. Let's see Rorschach make rookie mistakes despite this being years into his crime fighting career just because hurrr durr fight scenes are cool, and let's have none of the repercussions of the Blair Roche case be brought up despite how this is supposed to take place after it happens.
Fuck this piece of shit. I loved the Minutemen and Silk Spectre books, so I didn't go into this expecting to hate it like other Watchfags did. I was excited, I was looking forward to a fresh perspective that would maybe shed some new light on the character. This was a fucking catastrophe.
>>83439616
The artwork is pretty good at least.
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>>83437356
You'd be surprised at how that happens in a lot of past comics.
The real question is, why is that theater playing Make Them Die Slowly (aka Cannibal Ferox), which wouldn't be in the US until 1983? The story takes place in 1977.
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>>83436943
Incredible. Completely fucked up on the first text box, and it exceeds completion in the next (May it rot in hell).
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>>83439832
What I found funny about the entire project was that JMS did far better Rorschach dialogue than Azzarello.... but used it in the wrong time period. If you look at the Crimebusters meeting in the original Watchmen, Rorschach was still talking normally, implying he didn't start using his distinctive speech until after the Blair Roche incident.
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>>83439832
i don't see what's wrong with it. rorschach was always talking shit about new york in the graphic novel and saying how much he hated it. it's practically the first words the comic opens up with.
>>83436943
Wish I could get that pic without the cringeworthy dialog.
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>>83439471
>taxi driver and watchmen are in the same universe
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>>83439960
Most embarrassing page in the comic?
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>>83439471
>Rorschach is so badass and cool
>You know who's a lot like Rorschach? Travis Bickle
>What if they met lmao XD
Does Azzarello normally write like an edgy 15 year old? This is the first time I've read anything by him.
>>83439981
there's a worse one coming up shortly, trust me
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>>83436435
I had little to no awareness of comics when I read Watchmen at about 16-18 years of age. I wasn't as aware in general as I am now, and in blew my mind at the time. Now I can see the limits, although I think the creators messed up by making Rorschach too likeable.
>>83440060
Top panel reminds me of a page from No Hero
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>>83440060
That's it. This is the exact point when the comic gives up.
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>>83440073
...oh wait, are we talking about a Watchmen sequel? I didn't know, I no-know nothing.
>>83440073
>making Rorschach too likeable
sure, if you find out of place cursing, generic badass dialogue that doesn't even fit him, and whatever wooden shit azz writes when he's out of costume likeable.
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>>83440110
I think that anon was talking about the original Watchmen
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>>83440137
If the next page has his fucking fake name be Vic Sage.......
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>>83440159
No that is Azzarello's intention.
"Vic" = Vic Sage
"More of a Howard" = Howard Roark from The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
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>>83440127
Ayup.
>>83440110
Best to follow up on responses.
Either which way,
>rorshach turned to random generic edgy badass
Disgusting.
>>83440197
I didn't spot the Howard Roark reference, thanks anon.
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>>83440211
deus ex machina tiger
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>>83440385
The End
batman rorshack teamup when
>>83440393
That page is probably the only in character thing he did
>>83436435
Taking satire and trying to play it straight is fucking retarded. This is why everything watchmen related that isn't the original comic is awful.
>>83440486
>le watchmen is antisuperhero satire
Can we stop this meme, please?
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>>83438334
>Tells gang not to take off Rorschach's mask
>Simply beats him instead of shooting him when there are no witnesses or evidence around
>Blames some other guy when he comes around and gives bad news
Bravissimo, Brian.
Meatface is either a cold blooded killer who executes immediately on sight and feeds victim to his tiger or nah.
Can't have your cake and eat it.
>He's the bad guy, anon, of course he's--
Nope. Don't even want to hear it.
>>83439471
Oh help me Rhonda. Who thought this was a good idea?
>>83440517
>being this dense
Why does Rorschach ask the waitress out and then immediately go on patrol right when he's supposed to meet her, leaving an unarmed pretty woman wandering around in the dark when there's a serial killer on the loose preying on women exactly like her, which we've established he knows full well?
Why did the mob boss start fighting crime?
Why does Rorschach spring a trap on a criminal only once in this entire comic and then never again when he's in situations where he's vastly outnumbered and thinking outside the box and improvising is necessary?
>>83440556
>lmao watchmen makes fun of superheroes because moore is anticape
Literally what you sound like.
>>83440601
Who are you quoting?
>>83440060
Why does he want to fight crime? What the fuck? Also what's with the dialogue? I don't even know what Azarello is going for anymore.
>>83440586
because this comic goes out of its way to show that this rorschach is a moron and not the same one who whittled big figure and his lackeys down one by one when he was outnumbered and cornered in jail.
as for the nigger, idk. azzman's attempt at symbolism i guess.
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>>83439719
>Walter mid-investigation decides to take out this one blond for dinner
>Walter having social skills
Sheeeit.
>>83436435
I think in order for it to be disappointing people would need to have thought it was ever gonna be good.
>>83440060
>Homicide, Prostitution, Distributing drugs, Torture. All routine
>That looting down there tho is out of hand
This some kinda joke?
>>83441034
HE WUZ POSSESED BY THE MASK!
>>83437870
for you
>>83436435
No, because everyone with half a brain knew it was gonna be a shitty cash-in to Moore and Gibbons' original masterwork.
How can Azzarello be so good sometimes and so mind-bogglingly awful most of the time?
>>83438334
When will the "get the villain to kill his henchman for no good reason to make him look more evil" meme die.
