Ah, hadn't thought of the cheapness aspect....also easier to store, oh yes. -- Man, if anything, the movie was less graphic than the comic, even given all the BRIGHT RED BLOOD, because it went into much more detail. I loved Watchmen, actually -- that was the second "grown-up" comic I ever read, right after Sandman (all of it belonging to the evil ex-fiance, who was actually something of a cartoonist and had a lot of cool graphic art, like Krazy Kat, besides the usual Calvin & Hobbes &c.). That was in what, 1990....ghod I'm old....