I was there when this first was published, and yeah, it was BIG! "Nobody'd ever done this in comics Before!" and all that, and, of course, it looks beautiful with Bolland's artwork. But in the time that's passed, I've come to agree with Moore's comments (as originally posted here, and don't read this with much of the enthusiasm I first greeted it. "Year One" holds up far much better for me, and, to me, seems to've had a far greater influence on comics writing overall.