As a web developer for several authors, I am always interested in clever marketing.
Well, DC Comics has done a gem, I think! Today I ran across the website www.AfterWatchmen.com, a DC site devoted to the comic books people should read after having read or watched Watchmen. Looking back on DC history, they have published an impressive line of literary comic book series by some of the best talent in the business. These graphic novels are absolutely fantastic, every single one.
The website features Watchmen but the majority of the space is devoted to titles that echo certain elements of the Alan Moore classic.
I dig the look of the website. I dig the Watchmen Doomsday clock being a couple of minutes after midnight. I dig the navigation of the website and the perfect list of great graphic novels on it!
Of those I have read, Kingdom Come, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns are my favorites.
It’s great that DC Comics has supplied that website, a stroke of marketing genius in my opinion. Sure, they publish Watchmen, but the other comic book publishers could just as easily market to readers who enjoyed Watchmen. I myself have not read the entire list supplied by DC but that is something I will remedy. To me, a well written graphic novel can be just as enjoyable as a novel or a movie.
As soon as I finish writing The Dark Thorn, I will be reading. Every day for hours a day. I simply must catch up on all the cool great stuff I’ve missed out on!
I will start with Fables.
And go from there!
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Shawn,
It is an awesome site, and I’m forwarding it to my many friends that asked to borrow my Watchmen trade to read before seeing the movie.
Also, the DC list of recommendations looks amazing (I’ve read most of it) and agree that you can’t go wrong starting with FABLES – that series is terrific, and has been one of my top recommendations to people in the past few years.
Starman, WE3, and Ex Machina are all fantastic choices and all recommended from DC’s site. I say* that you should read those title regardless of whether you’ve read and/or enjoyed Watchmen. They are fantastic!
*Not that it matters what I say, but you know…
Great site and suggestions. But I’ll add my own to the GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR ADULTS selection — the first volume of Sam Kieth’s THE MAXX.
I think this is a really cool site. I grew up reading Action Comics-I mean some of the originals from the 60s. I love Batman and the Joker and Superman. I would really love to get my hand on these graphic comics for batman and joker and superman. Then again in the Mature reader catergory I love the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Then again I always liked Circe and Wonder Woman. I enjoy reading a good catfight.
Cool site Shawn, thanks.