What. The. F?!??!?

(I came waaaaaay too close to writing out that full word, folks. Only the better angels of my nature intervened, but not nearly enough.)

“It’s a joke. It’s all a joke.”

Except it’s not. This is actually happening.

Why? Well from the story at IGN’s Comics News…

“It’s our responsibility as publishers to find new ways to keep all of our characters relevant,” said DC Entertainment Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee. “After twenty five years, the Watchmen are classic characters whose time has come for new stories to be told. We sought out the best writers and artists in the industry to build on the complex mythology of the original.”

DiDio and Lee don’t have an effin’ clue, do they? Makes me wonder if they’ve even read Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ classic graphic novel. Me, I’ve read Watchmen at least 200 times since ...