I try my best each week to bring my readers news about the coolest, at least in my opinion, comics news from that week. I try not to contradict myself (read the Fanboy Moment), but sometimes opinions change. I try to stay positive and to be psyched about the news topic…but sometimes, especially on a slow news week, I just have to go with the big news item of the week and tell you all how I really feel about it.
It had been announced last week that DC Comics will be publishing a line of books under the title “Before Watchmen.” I must say that the graphic novel, “Watchmen,” was one of my favorite stories written by Alan Moore. Yet, this “prequel” smacks of a desperate attempt by Warner Bros. and DC to make a quick buck off of any viable property that they own.
I have no doubt that these writers will tell the best stories they can tell about the “Watchmen” characters, but what most of the mainstream news won’t understand is that this graphic novel is a part of its writer. These characters are Alan Moore‘s creations and they lived within his mind for, I’m guessing, years before they ever came to life for readers.
Moves like this, made by big corporations whose only intent is making money, just makes me sick. According to bleedingcool.com‘s coverage, Moore didn’t even want DC to make this move. This is just like when they do a remake of an old hit movie; the remake can never find the magic of the original.
I enjoy the work of a number of the writers that are set to create these sequels, but I just don’t think they can ever get inside the world of “Watchmen” in a way that will resemble the artistry and nuances of the original. They simply cannot live in the mind of Alan Moore.
Speaking of characters that have lived within the mind of Alan Moore…
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