Bloginomicon

« Apocalyptic Nostalgia

Robotic Minions »

---

Print This Post Alan Moore reading Rorsach’s Journal Posted 4 months, 6 days ago., on Thursday, April 24th, 2008, at 12:23 pm

Here’s a nifty video of Alan Moore reading an excerpt from Rorschach’s journal in The Watchmen. This is great timing for me, since I just started re-reading The Watchmen the other day, after not having read it for several years (it was my present to myself for having weighed in at less than 260 pounds at my last Weight Watchers meeting; when I hit 255, I get the Cloverfield DVD).  So listening to Moore read Rorscharch’s journal, with his gritty voice really brings alive this deeply troubled character.

Of course, Rorschach is an all-American hero and prides himself on that. I’m not entirely sure he’d speak with a British accent like Moore does. Still, it’s pretty awesome.

In other comic book news I highly recommend to you Fables, if you haven’t already started reading it. It’s my personal favorite treatment of the "fairy tale characters stuck in the modern world" trope, and it’s worth a read. The writing is quite good.

And I’ve also decided to try to write up "Night of the Frozen Elf" as a comic book script, and then pass it off to a friend of mine who’s expressed some interest in doing the artwork. Huzzah!

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 12:23 pm and is filed under Comic Book Geek. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

RSS feed | Trackback URI

Comments»

Subscribe without commenting
E-Mail:

April 2008

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
« Mar				May »
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

Select Month August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 June 2005 March 2005 February 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 July 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 March 2002 February 2002 January 2002 December 2001 November 2001 October 2001 September 2001 August 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 March 2001 February 2001 January 2001 December 2000 November 2000 October 2000 September 2000 August 2000 July 2000 June 2000 May 2000 April 2000 March 2000

Full Archives

RSS