So it looks like The Watchmen movie is really going to happen. After about a million years of rumors. Should be interesting, since everybody knows that the movie has taken so long to make because it’s a story that can only really be told in graphic novel format.

Why, you ask? Because:

1. Tons of stuff happens that requires billions of dollars in special effects to do right in a movie, and even then, let’s just say I’m skeptical of how they’re going to pull it off.
2. The words and images each tell a different part of the story. The whole story can only be fully understood with the two together – in film, it’s difficult to create this degree of IRONY (word of the day!).
3. Superheroes need secret identities. Toonifying yourself protects that identity. By using a cartoon format, graphic novels make a statement about the fundamental tragedy of the superhero:

He must always hide who he truly is from those he has sworn to protect, a.k.a. Aurora would kill me if she knew what I was planning

I’ll tell her at the right time, once I can say that I’ve actually DONE SOMETHING.

So I’m going to try to spread the word here, using this software, Toon-FX, to create some cool graphics.

And I know it’s not Frank Miller, buy hey, not everybody is a good illustrator. In fact, most people are really terrible illustrators. That’s why I like Toon-FX. It’s like Alan Moore, who says that anybody can be a superhero. Toon-FX lets anybody tell a story with cartoon graphics.

Another fight with Aurora this morning before school. Boils down to this: My whole entire life I’ve never done anything or helped anybody. And it’s true. Do you know how lame that is?

Movies and comics and games are all about the same thing: people who DO stuff. Which is tricky, because when you watch shows or play vids, it can make you feel like you’re doing stuff, even when you’re not.

I’ve been reading more about Juvenal, the Roman poet who Alan Moore thinks is so great, and he said something else smart. He said that people are only interested in bread and circuses, which means they don’t care about anything as long as they’re being entertained.

Not me. I want something more.