I wish I'd realized this was posted in time for last night's recording (sorry Raoul; got behind in my email and RSS reading). Had I known, I would have mentioned it in the show.

In episode #20 of RandomChatter, we covered Watchmen by Alan Moore. Rather, we covered whether it can succeed as a movie. We'd hoped to have Raoul appear on the podcast, but things didn't work out. However, I'm glad to announce he's reviewed the graphic novel on his site, Trade Talks. Here's the opening paragraph:

Much more than Zot!, Watchmen is critically bulletproof. Its greatness as a work of comic art is relatively uncontested, even in the contentious world of online comic fandom. It is one of the three titles frequently nominated for the position of greatest comic story ever told (The Dark Knight Returns and Maus being the other two).

I'd love to quote more, but to do so would lessen the experience of reading a well-written review.

As always, Raoul's review is insightful and goes beyond the high-school-quality reviews I normally type up. Even his reviews of comics I know nothing about make me yearn for the time I actively collected, and they tempt me to quietly sneak back to the local comic book shops I've been avoiding for so long.

Check out his review here, and if you're at all interested in comics, add his site to your "must-read" list. Same goes for anyone who reviews fiction, comic book or otherwise; his is one of the best review sites I've seen yet.