I am not much for comic books or, to use the nicer sounding term, “graphic novels”. While my wife has always been a fan, the thought of idling away my free time reading of masked avengers and people who shoot laser beams from their eye sockets never appealed to the snob that lay within.

Then, after repeated urgings from my wife, I picked up and read Watchmen , the cream of the graphic novel crop. Much to my utter surprise, I cannot recommend it more. It is, hands down, one of the greatest novels (yes, novels) I have ever read.

Even if it does have masked avengers in it.