As controversial as it’s been, DC Comics’ upcoming prequel to the Watchmen hold have also piqued the interest of comics fans everywhere. The book I’m most looking forward to is Minutemen, written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke. The lives of the first generation of costumed heroes — who were in a team called the Minutemen — in the Watchmen universe were only hinted at in the original masterpiece and this series will show more of their adventures.
If you listen to certain corners of the internet, the souls of comics fans everywhere are going to cry out for justice come June 6th. That’s when DC Comics starts rolling out Before Watchmen, the controversial prequels to Alan Moore’s beloved dystopian superhero opus.
Tyler Bates, the man behind the music for 300 and Watchmen is also the man behind the music for Army of Two: The 40th Day. See him talk about what he’s done.
A remastered version of ’90s point-and-click adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky is now available in the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Not much more to add, really. This Thursday, there will be official Watchmen Sackboys made available for LittleBigPlanet. Four of them: Nite Owl, Ozymandias, Rorschach and Silk Spectre. Sorry, no tiny blue wangs. Here’s a pic, and a clip.
The beat ‘em up adventures of Nite Owl and Rorschach continue in Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2, as seen in this debut clip from the downloadable game. Also seen, men in bondage gear.
The second Watchmen based brawler, Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, is coming soon, due to be released on July 21st, July 29th, July 30th and August 26th. Everybody got that? No?
The first episodic Watchmen game was awful. Which is probably why we’ve heard little of the second. Still, the game’s publishers are soldiering on, and will be releasing the pair on a retail disc.
The Fresno Beehive is giving away this fairly impressive Watchmen-themed Xbox 360.