Watchmen

This is the very first Western comic that I read and finish. This is also the comic that open my eye and tell me that Western comic is not as simple as I think. Of course this happened. Watchmen is written by Alan Moore. Alan Moore, being one of the two firgure that revolutionized the comic world in the late 80s, 90s (the other being Frank Miller).

Watchmen bring us to another angle of viewing superheroes, or to be exact costume heros. This is because almost all the costume adventurers are human, except for Dr Manhattan (a former human being that gain super power via a consider cliche accident).

Don't worry, Im not writing an essay here praising for Watchmen, there's a lot of commentary out here about this comic that any of us can refer to. What I wanted to say is, if you never read a Western comic book, or have some bad experience with other comic book before. Try Watchmen.

It is just like reading a novel, a good one. The difference is, this novel has more picture and the main medium is the picture. In this novel, you will know that being a superhero is not that fun, you will see how small, how dirty, how naive and how hopeless we are, as normal human or as superhero.

Watchmen is not merely a comic book, it is also a commentary of the world and the poeple. It is also a reflection of ourselves, our society. You will see a lot of ourselves in it. It is not a happy story, but you will never regret reading it.The only possible regret it : Why only now I encounter this extraordinary comic book !?!?!?