I done growed up
Akin to a toddler being potty trained, I have passed a major indicator of comic fan maturity. In my arrested development, there is something that I've been meaning to do, that I should have done a long time ago, and am finally doing. Partially inspired by Sophie's tackling of the book, and partially due to it constantly staring at me from Dylan's bookshelf, I am knee-deep in Watchmen territory.
Don't worry, I'm not going to share any amateur opinion or "revelation" about it. Anything that is noteworthy about the book has already been beaten to death. Because it's so damn good. And now I can say that I agree.
The only tidbit I can add to the chorus of comments is to note that listening to kid606, or any other type of fast-tempo electronic music should be discouraged as reading music. I found myself rushing my reading while listening to it. Instead, a suggestion might be something closer to Broken Social Scene: smart, even tempos, and not terribly distracting.
posted by Serene Careaga @ 1:59 PM
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I can hardly imagine listening to kid606 while reading anything other than a cyberpunk comic; BSS definitely fills my comic soundtrack palate more often than not.
But hey, glad my foray inspired SOMEBODY!
Okay, this comment will very much identify me as unhip to the comic scene, but oh well. I read about the Watchmen in Entertainment weekly several moths ago. I have wanted to read the comic since then because the authors were credited with having influenced many other artists, especially in film and television but, I forgot (because I'm a dork) the name until I saw it again on the desk of a clerk at the Santa Rosa city offices (he had several figurine, some in original packaging) . I have carried it in the back of my mind until this moment. Now I will never forget. I'm not a huge comic fan, but there are some things that have to be read.
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