Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Intricate plots woven together to form a mesmerizing storyline, amazing and realistic world development, great character development- except for the women, who were one and all blithering idiots too wrapped up in themselves to care about anybody else and too stupid and insecure to do anything but have dramatically emotional meltdowns. (Don't even go into the "but I maybe I wanted him to rape me" bit- you will never see this in a work by a female author; it is only males who project this onto women as a means to justify rape, which is unjustifiable.) The men, too, seemed amoral and apathetic and too caught up in their own egos and games of war... But unfortunately both these are a sign of the times, and a product of the society, and therefore too believable (except for the rape bit!).
Ah, Rorshach, it wasn't the dog's fault. And yet you were probably the sanest of all. At least you cared, and meant to do something to make things better (and not just for your own ego).
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