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Ray Casias _ay_asias — A fun plot spinner that makes a reader realize how much a master Stephen King is.

Stephen Konsor dioramastudios — This very late adopter of hip hop and graphic novels is overwhelmed by Watchmen. The copy in my possession has been like a mocking sentinel for two years, moving from this shelf to that one, from floor to desk, from top of pile to bottom and back again. Its yellow brightness always glowed in my peripheral vision. The book was loaned to me in 2009 by a friend (by my own request) and the longer it sat around the more I was determined to do something that has never been done in the annals of humankind: to return a book to its rightful owner after two years despite the fact that any jury of bookreaders would grant me--and any other longterm book borrower--the rights of possession. I just called my friend and told him: mission accomplished, it's coming home. He said: "Oh, I forgot you had it." So, see? I could have kept it. Two years ago, I made an abortive attempt at Watchmen. The graphics and the words, and the dizzying way in which the story begins, made me lose my bearings. I lost interest fast. I thought maybe graphic novels were not for me. Then, four nights ago I had a good wine buzz going. I felt impulsive and also had that intense concentration and focus and craving one can get under the influence; akin to the horniness one can suddenly develop on alcohol. I picked up Watchmen, and as one intoxication wore off another one took over. I was hooked. By the time Dr. Manhattan, the big blue god, is ruminating on the nature of time and history, I knew I was in the presence of something grand. It was one of those moments I occasionally experience, when a key unlocks a door blocking areas of my mind. Like the time philosophy 101 Professor Gary Boelkins explained Plato's forms or the story of the cave during my freshman year of college. Watchmen is a complex story spanning decades, told in fragmentary form, often with the past present and future co-existing, and more than one narrative woven simultaneously. Like the broken watch of the book, the story comes together much like the pieced-together cogs and gears of a watch. There are dossiers and news clippings and extended passages of text separating the chapters which flesh out the worlds and backgrounds of the characters. The book turns the entire superhero genre on its head. There is no black and white view of good and evil here. Superheroes in Watchmen are just as likely to be proto-fascists as they are benign forces for good. Their blind allegiance to American "values" calls into question whether their power and presence is comforting or dangerous and disturbing. Watchmen presents a world in which both conservatives and liberals can justify genocide as long as it meets their own agenda and ideals. Everyone in Watchmen is admirable and reprehensible, depending on the situation or the dilemma. The book presents an alternative history of the United States and the world, and even for that, life on the ground for ordinary people seems little different than it actually is. The alternative history is a clever trope that ensures this book can never date. I saw the Watchmen film two years ago and found it more than slightly ludicrous. Now that I've read and been bowled over by the book and its thematic ambitions and enormous insight, I need to revisit the film and do a fresh comparison. I could say a lot more, but, needless to say, I was greatly impressed and moved by this breakthrough graphic novel classic.