http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/02/01/before-watchmen/
Ordinarily, I'd be one of the very first outspoken people raging against this. Watchmen works great as a self-contained series that gives you all the backstory needed and ends on a note that hints at a future but wraps up enough that you don't need anymore.
...but goddamn is DC ever throwing everything behind this. They've got some amazing creative teams behind these prequel mini-series:
Rorschach by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo
Comedian by Brian Azzarello and JG Jones)
Minutemen by Darwyn Cooke
Silk Spectre by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner
Doctor Manhattan by J Michael Straczynski and Adam Hughes
Nite Owl by Joe Michael Strazynski (and presumably Andy and Joe Kubert)
Ozymandias by Len Wein and Jae Lee.
The two series by Darwyn Cooke alone might be worth the price of admission.
I'm still not 100% behind this just on principle, but I can't deny that my interest is definitely piqued.
Ordinarily, I'd be one of the very first outspoken people raging against this. Watchmen works great as a self-contained series that gives you all the backstory needed and ends on a note that hints at a future but wraps up enough that you don't need anymore.
...but goddamn is DC ever throwing everything behind this. They've got some amazing creative teams behind these prequel mini-series:
Rorschach by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo
Comedian by Brian Azzarello and JG Jones)
Minutemen by Darwyn Cooke
Silk Spectre by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner
Doctor Manhattan by J Michael Straczynski and Adam Hughes
Nite Owl by Joe Michael Strazynski (and presumably Andy and Joe Kubert)
Ozymandias by Len Wein and Jae Lee.
The two series by Darwyn Cooke alone might be worth the price of admission.
I'm still not 100% behind this just on principle, but I can't deny that my interest is definitely piqued.