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If you have never read the comics/graphic novel “Watchmen” by Alan Moore, I highly recommend you do. It is a brilliantly told story of a group of vigilantes past their prime in an alternate reality world that mirrors 1980s America and how the view of the superhero was changed after the Vietnam War. The book is WAYYYYYY better than the 2009 film adaptation.

It was announced this week that DC Comics will be producing a series of prequel’s to Moore’s 86-87 classic series called “Before Watchmen.”

Twitter erupted with feedback about DC’s announcement from fans of Moore’s work. 

For one, Moore himself will not be involved with the additions, calling DC’s decision “completely shameless.” 

Fan reactions have ranged from excitement to frustration over the upcoming project.

Some of the fan reaction on Twitter include:

DC are publishing prequels to Watchmen. Idiotic. No wonder their new logo looks like a sticking plaster revealing a huge C. What a bunch of…

I’m excited for the Watchmen prequels. Alan Moore wrote a comic, not the Koran. Comics should be about the comics, not the creators

I’m going to start calling the Watchmen prequels SWATCHMEN, cus they’re cheap and nobody will own them in 25 years.

DC Comics is making Watchmen 2. Well, I hope they have fun with that. I’ll be sitting back and watching it crash and burn.

I hope Before Watchmen is just 400 pages of Rorschach posting on the internet about Ron Paul.

watchmen is one of the greatest comic book series/ graphic novels im cised about the prequel series

So is this a good move by DC Comics?

I would personally love it if Moore were involved with the project, but since he isn’t, I’m hesitant.

But… We’ll see what the fans buy. 

“We want a lady in the streets & a freak in the bed”- Ludacris

The internet was a buzz yesterday when details from a new unauthorized biography about professional pain in the butt former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin were made public, including one about Palin having a one-night-stand with former NBA player Glen Rice.

Say What????

According to the Washington Post, Joe McGinniss’ new book “The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin” claims that Palin had sex with Rice back in 1987 while he was the star player for the University of Michigan and she was a sports reporter for KTUU based out of Alaska. The um, one night special, allegedly occurred when Rice was participating in the Great Alaskan Shootout.

Palin’s househusband Todd has gone on record vehemently denying all claims made in the book, and neither Rice nor Palin have officially confirmed if this alleged hit it & quit it fling occurred, but McGinniss claims that he got details of what went down directly from Rice.

I will update when both Palin and Rice make official comments!!!