DC Comics
Darwyn Cooke, writer and artist
Much like the Before Watchmen: Nite Owl series, this one was an excellent read. We already know the ultimate fate of most of the Minutemen characters from reading the original Watchmen series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. But this series adds to what we already know with some interesting details.
The focus of this series is the memoir written by golden-age Nite Owl Hollis Mason. Understandably, the other members of the Minutemen react poorly to Mason revealing all of their failings in his soul-cleansing confession. We also see some things that maybe help to redeem some of these characters just a bit. Because his book is the focus of this story, naturally Mason gets a lot of "screen" time, but so do some of the others like Silhouette and Mothman, characters who are given much more depth than the initial series had time to give them and are shown to have the most heart of their peers.
Cooke is the perfect creator to handle the writing and art chores on this series, focused as it is on golden-age characters. His simple, clean line work and his layered writing style both complement the subject matter. Kudos, sir, on a fine piece of work!
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