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A few pieces of random Watchmen mania (Watchmania?)

First of all, this is genius.

Second, a Chip Kidd-designed Watchmen extras book is awesome.

Finally, while playing around with my new video iPod, I came across a Watchmenmotion comic” on iTunes. Only the first episode is up, but it’s free, so I checked it out. I expected to hate it- it’s kind of like Watchmen as a combination flash animation and audiobook (with one guy doing all the voices.) But it’s all there, including Dave Gibbons’s art, just… moving in slightly awkward ways. But the first time Rorschach’s mask moves around, you can see why someone thought this was a good idea. The first episode contains the entire first issue… so check it out for yourself if you’re a Watchmen fan who has tolerance for adaptations. (Here’s the link that opens in iTunes.)

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