Daniel Urazandi of Bizarro World in Davis, California read the news of the upcoming Watchmen prequel series (see "DC Announces 'Watchmen' Prequel") and had this to say.

If other storytelling industries were as devoid of new ideas as DC comics, we could look backward to these other wonderful prequels:

Finnegan: Before the Wake
Catch-21
The Seeds of Wrath
Crime and Premeditation
Tom and Huck: The Embryo Months
Darkness at Half-Past 10AM
Portrait of the Artist as a Drooling Infant
Lolita's Younger Sister
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
1981, 1982, 1983 (a prequel trilogy)
Buying Tickets For a Passage to India
Howard's Middle
Tender is the Early Evening
Light in June
A Small Lump In the Privates Comes for the Archbishop
The Alexandria Trio Places an Ad for a Bassist
Mrs Gill Teaches the Postman to Ring More Than Once
The Not-So-Shabby Ambersons Pledge to Improve Their Lot
As I Lay With a Numbness In My Arm
Naked Brunch
Lord of the Larva
To Stalk a Mockingbird
Brideshead Previsited

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