What I hate most about Doomsday Clock is that I like it. I'll probably never consider it a real sequel to Watchmen - that terrifyingly uncertain ending should never have been followed up - but it has me riveted, and all Alan Moore's characters are characterised perfectly.
I didn't want to like it, but I do.
Considering how long Geoff Johns has been stripmining Moore's work, you would sort of hope he'd learned to fake it by now.
Never read his stuff before. I know 2000ad, Hellblazer, Alan Moore , and Grant Morrison's old stuff, but it kind of stops there.
I'm collecting it but won't read it until it's complete.
Not expecting too much tbh.
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 14 April, 2019, 06:03:40 PM
Never read his stuff before. I know 2000ad, Hellblazer, Alan Moore , and Grant Morrison's old stuff, but it kind of stops there.
Johns is pretty reliable to tell a good story. His JSA series from the late 90s/early 00s is fantastic and essential reading IMO. He's one of the core architects behind a lot what's gone on at DC for about the last 20 years, and generally a good indicator of a good book. Recently he's been kinda slow on the script writing which is what's leading to these crazy Doomsday Clock delays (not the artist, Gary Frank)
I found myself liking it alot more than I thought I would. It's only recently with sov meg prez cameo and the number of dc heroes making it to the scene my interest has gone down a bit. I liked it more when things were more personal. Still going to hang on to it. See what Johns is up to.
Doomsday Clock - nowhere near as good as Watchmen, but good enough to ensure a 12 issue commitment.