Which comic is better? The Watchmen or the Civil War series?
I’ve heard mixed reviews on each, but I’m leaning toward Watchmen because the reception is slightly better and it’s only one book. I don’t read a lot of other comics so I don’t know extensively about the backgrounds of most of the characters in Civil War.
One really can’t compare what is arguably the best work of Alan Moore who is arguably the best writer in comics with the story-line of what was otherwise two rather normal years of Marvel comics.
“Watchmen” received several awards spanning different categories and genres including: Kirby Awards for Best Finite Series, Best New Series, Best Writer, and Best Writer/Artist, Eisner Awards for Best Finite Series, Best Graphic Album, Best Writer, and Best Writer/Artist, and a Hugo Award for Other Forms.
Stan Lee called it his “all-time favorite comic book outside of Marvel.” In 2005, “Time” magazine placed “Watchmen” on its list of the 100 Greatest English Language Novels from 1923 to the Present, stating that it was “told with ruthless psychological realism, in fugal, overlapping plotlines and gorgeous, cinematic panels rich with repeating motifs…a heart-pounding, heartbreaking read and a watershed in the evolution of a young medium.” “Watchmen” was the only graphic novel to be listed. It was also listed in “Entertainment Weekly’s” 1000th issue as one of the best 50 novels printed in the last 25 years.
And Marvel’s Civil War storyline has garnered a lot of criticism for being a rather poor work from many sources.
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