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For Love or Money?: Thoughts on Before Watchmen

First, some news: Cartoonist Stephen Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) has been chosen to create a new Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, continuing the adventures of the boy and his tiger. Musicians Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have decided to make a new Beatles album, replacing John and George with Eric Clapton and Jeff Lynne. Universal has announced a prequel to Schindler's List, to be directed by Clint Eastwood. Okay, breathe.  None of these are actually happening. Your reaction to these news bits might have been roughly equivalent to the news that, after 26 years, DC are going to publish new stories about the characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' classic Watchmen . The new comics will arrive as a series of mini-series under the banner Before Watchmen . As in my fake news examples, high quality talent is involved, but somehow that doesn't ease the blow of an acknowledged, put-to-rest classic getting an addendum, does it? Watchmen is a landmark in comic book