Before Watchmen Review - this week Minutemen #1 by Darwyn Cooke

Before Watchmen has begun! DC Comics kicks off Before Watchmen with Minutemen #1 from Darwyn Cooke! Find out what host Grace Randolph thinks about these prequels to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' iconic story of Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre and more! Is Before Watchmen worth buying? Also in Opinion Nation this week, Randolph shares her thoughts on Avengers vs X-Men featuring The Phoenix Five, Earth 2 with the debut of Alan Scott as a gay man, and more! Think About The Ink is presented by Bleeding Cool.

[zombiefan]

Grace, you should do a video on DC's direct-to-video animated movies like Superman Doomsday, Batman: Gotham Knight and Wonder Woman. I'd love to hear your opinions on those!

[JACX]

"If I wanted to read a BOOK I would!" Lol!😂😂😂

[MichaelsWorld]

I just got done reading Watchmen! I actually found it at my library after I just got done buying All New X-men.

[jameshlady]

Batman & robin # 10 was awesome!! it makes me want an all Robin Team :)

[DJ_LP_ViBE]

Hey Grace. Just wanted to say how much of a fan of your work I am. Marvel has no idea what they lost in you. I just wanted to tell you a story that I met your colorist at a signing in a Harrisburg, PA comic shop on Free Comic day. (He was actually talking with an older comic fan who it turns out was the mother of an actress he worked with on Pushing Daisies. Small World.) Her was very nice and was happy to hear I was a fan of your youTube work for years. Keep up the good work.

[mjkaable]

The watchmen series are great comics and shows reality that heroes chose and do them. Although there are lots of comics that do this and i feel like this series does this great

[theodoreyd]

I don't know who you are, but you are awesome at giving presentations.

[viridescentenvy]

I have read watchmen and I adore it, I love learning about comics, but watchmen is my first, so, how can I get started and what should I start with if I want to dive right it?

[lboy]

Yesterday I finished reading Supurbia #4. I LOVED IT!!! when is the next comic coming out? it says nr. 4 of 4, but I hope this isnt the end for Supurbia.

[CreedKing]

Nice points on your review never thought of it like that & is Fantastic Four really worth buying right now?

[sfighter]

Glad you liked Before Watchmen #1 Grace. Personally I don't think it was necessary to make a series of prequels to Allen Moore's classic. But, judging by the artwork and the way story is presented, I may consider giving this a read.

[BSMART]

Does anyone know when Brian K. Vaughn's Saga will be released as a trade? And what about Grace's Superbia?

[iamthatroby]

Grace, how did you get into the comic business?, because i am 13 and love writing and would one day love to be a writer for DC Comics or Marvel.

[IWasaTeenageTeenWolf]

Well in Secret Avengers the build up was the possibility of Iron Fist becoming the next Phoenix. Although I've never heard of a Phoenix splitting into 5; should be an interesting concept.

[epilogue]

No, in the latest Avengers vs X-Men, you see Colossus, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magik and Namor get the Phoenix Force.
And did Iron Fist get it? I've read the whole lead up in New Avengers with that guy in the robes and mask and the ginger girl he was training, and I knew Iron Fist was related in some way, but I didn't know he got the Pheonix Force from it...
Also, yeah, I meant that Colossus has always had steel skin, I just worded it wrong.

[dunnowy]

I know it's controversial, but I really support Before Watchmen, just because of the talent involved and I really want to know more about the universe and characters. One book just isn't enough!

I also agree with what Grace said a while ago, that Watchmen is perhaps DC's most important property behind Batman and Superman.

[metalneck]

The first Saga trade is slated for a thanksgiving-christmas release.

[KrisWorld]

3:42 *puts on Christian Bale Dark Knight voice* I'm Batman and I sit like a teenage girl

[THINKAboutTheINK]

Supurbia's first trade will come out in the fall, while I haven't heard about Saga yet.
- Grace

[BSMART]

OK. Thanks for the update!! Have you read Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2 yet? If so, what did you think about it?