Last week Buzzfeed, the hugely popular “viral” media site, went on a photo tour of DC’s offices, including a slideshow that we now can’t find that included shots of publicity VP David Hyde’s office. EDIT: It was on CNET, that’s why. Which was ironic, since early last week it was announced Hyde was leaving DC.
Well apparently, while on that tour someone held open the ultra-secret notebook of Watchmen art, which was handcuffed to Bob Wayne’s wrist at the retailer summit week before last. Here’s a bunch of concept art and stuff but not the “Rorschach’s face in the clouds” page other alluded to.
We’re not going to spotlight all the art except Amanda Conner and Lee Bermejo, Conner because she’s the one who’s sticking closest to the original, and Bermejo because he’s quietly become one of the best mainstream artists working in the last few years with his Joker and Batman: Noel graphic novels.
Our opinion: this all looks like nice stuff. Very nice. Nice enough to sell your soul?
No.
But see next post.
Meanwhile, Buzzfeed has also been made privy to “leaked”photos from the New 52 Second Wave.
How exactly are these “leaked” when someone stood there with the notebooks open? Is it like the moment in the adoption agency when the nice lady tells you she can’t legally tell you who your birth parents are and then leaves the room with the file open on her desk? Did Buzzfeed use their secret spy glasses to take the pictures? Did David Hyde hold the book open before packing up his things?
Handcuffed was a metaphor. He did have a death grip on it, however.
Fuck this shit.
I want Bob Wayne in handcuffs for my sex dungeon.
I suppose it might not be worse than The Two Jakes.
“Bob Wayne” and “sex dungeon” used in the same sentence? I’m done with the internets today.
Remember the prequel they did for The Two Jakes? They called it “One Jake”.
No, it was just called “Jake.”
The sequel to “The Two Jakes” is called “Two Jakes and a Jill.”
I got here after my usual Googling of “Bob Wayne sex dungeon” and… what is this about?
A snow globe homage to the Watchmen button? Really?
The Rorschach page actually looked pretty cool.
The more I see of Before Watchmen, the less I think of the creators involved.
Just looking at that Silk Spectre page makes me feel queasy. It just looks WRONG for that to exist.
And I’m not even a huge fan of Watchmen. I wasn’t all that outraged when the Before Watchmen project was announced. I wasn’t going to buy it, but it’s not like it made me angry or anything.
I’m still not angry, but the more I see of it the more disgusting the whole project seems to me. Totally unnecessary. Total sellout crap. I mean, if you’re going to put out THIS, what WOULDN’T you put out?
This will be the most successful FanFic ever produced.
The ‘accidental’ teasers are interesting. I will have a look at the finished product in the comic store, and decide then if I want to buy any of these PreWatchmen comics.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/top-secret-look-at-before-watchmen?s=mobile
(via DC facebook post)
I love how this stuff is annoying the crybabies. Don’t worry we know you would not buy DC anyway, my co-horts and i will buy multiples to spread the word, it is going to be a fun convention season with so much great DC product to sell!!