I really liked Watchmen the graphic novel, and I enjoyed the movie enough to view it 3 times. What I also really enjoyed, was Tales of the Black Freighter, the comic book within the comic book, that was made into an animation and released last year.
It tells of a ship captain’s efforts to return home to his family after his ship is destroyed by the Black Freighter and he is the sole survivor, to warn everyone that the bloodthirsty pirates are en route to their town. It’s really quite a journey the mariner (voiced by Gerard Butler) has to make and after a while, he slowly loses it. (This is rated R by the way, “for violent and grisly images” so be warned).
I just found out that TotBF has been incorporated into the Watchmen Ultimate Edition DVD but I recommend watching this separately because the story really does stand on its own.
Anyway, have a look at the trailer:
Now go ‘witness the animated epic.’
