People can assume what they want, but there’s more to us at Complex than kicks, women and Twitter fights. It takes brains to be this fly, and we’re well-read like whoa, despite how this entire sentence is written. Not only do we have impeccable taste in literature, but we’re passionately devoted to making you a better person (or at least helping you pretend to be one), so we rounded up our favorite reads in recent memory in hopes that we can convince you to take a few books with you to the beach, on vacation, or wherever else you’re spending the last month of summer.
All are paperback, which means easy transport, and all have the official Complex co-sign. $150 for a pair of shoes that’ll be out in three months vs. $15 for a book that just might change your life? Get your paper up!
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Nobody gets to see Dr. Manhattan’s big blue balls for free.
Ayo! Scott is not a fanboy (or a fan of boys, for that matter). Genius does recognize genius, though, which is why 12 single issues of Alan Moore’s 1986-87 comic classic Watchmen sit on Ayo!'s bookshelf, right next to the Hustler mag that pioneered labial close-ups. As a collection, the story of a disbanded team of flawed, masked vigilantes trying to solve the murder of one of their own and prevent nuclear holocaust in an alternate 1985 has gone on to become one of the best-selling books of all time and led to generations of fawning fanboys.
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Who’s watching the Watchmen? Director Zack Snyder hopes YOU are.
In the February/March 2009 issue of Complex, we brought you a “Shotcaller” interview with Watchmen director Zack Snyder (click here to read the article). Like his adaptation of Alan Moore’s epic graphic novel, our feature was so deep that we had to edit some of the brilliance out just to make it fit on newsstands.
To see the complete version of the film that Snyder wanted to put out, you’ll have to wait for the director’s uncut ultimate blowout version of Watchmen on DVD, but you can get all the extras from our interview right now. Read on for Snyder discussing his relationship with Alan Moore, being spoofed and his awesome upcoming projects…
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There are many parts of our teenage years we’d like to put behind us: acne, braces, and “the first time,” just to name a few. But the story of Andy Wicks in the new graphic novel Too Cool To Be Forgotten, created by Alex Robinson, might open a few wounds.
In the book, which drops in July, Robinson explores what happens to a 40-year-old cigarette addict who gets transported back to high school as soon as he puts on a nicotine patch. Coming up as a pupil of the late, great Will Eisner, Robinson’s earned fanfare for his emotive tales like Box Office Poison. After the jump, check out a few preview pages from Too Cool to get the gist.
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Next month, Japanese designer toymakers Medicom will be releasing these brand spankin’ new Batman and Joker Be@rbricks. Although The Dark Knight is about to hit theaters on July 18th, these new figures are actually a throwback to the 1960s blue-suitted Bat from the light-hearted Adam West TV show. After the jump, see the backs of the new toys, and watch the trailer for the upcoming Lego Batman video game, which is also based off the old school ’60s TV show.
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Now that the The Watchmen film is knee-deep in production, the rest of the franchise is finally getting its just due. Today, EW premiered the first pictures of the new action figures for Night Owl and Rorschach, which are just part of the set that’s being debuted at this weekend’s New York Comic Con. Nerds might remember back in 2001, when an original line of Watchmen toys were abandoned after creators Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons had a dispute with DC. After the jump, see pictures of these never-released figures.
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