[Quiet Man Cometh]

5. Watchmen - Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons.

A series of 12 comics usually found together in graphic novel format. It's hard to describe everything there is to be found in the comic, and there's a lot, from the overarching plot line to the small details and stories that happen in between. The movie was an excellent visual representation of the book, and many lines are verbatim from the comics, but it toned things down in terms of ending, some character details, and the alternate universe in general.

One can look at Watchmen as an alternate take on the superhero comics. Really, what compels someone like Superman to fight for the benefit of human kind?

I've read this book three times, spending a fair amount of time just looking at it, as -not being an avid comic reader- I took me a while to realize that the illustrations have as much to contribute to the story as the writing.