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Watchmen

By Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons (Illustrator)

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| Paperback | 9780930289232

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Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subveContinue

Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to gather praise since.

The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling; rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appende... [인터파크 제공]

Critics

  • Behind the Mask

    The next comic book artist who argues that his medium needs more realism - that his imaginary universe of costumed deities able to defy gravity, shoot heat beams from their eyes and level skyscrapers with a single punch isn't gritty or violent enough ... (read full critics)

    nytimes published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • Watchmen by Alan Moore

    Has any comic been as lauded as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Recently "comic lovers" have been blessed with some quite stunning work (like Clowes David Boring; his superb Ghost World); Joe Sacco's Palestine; the beautiful and melancholy Jim ... (read full critics)

    readysteadybook published on Mon, 30 Aug 2004

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  • 2 people find this helpful

    Loved the artwork, and the story kept me gripped. Liked the intertwining of the Black Frieghter story.

    Probably would have enjoyed it more in instalments. There's something about the comic form, and waiting for the next one that forces you to savour the one you have in the meantime.

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    Mearso said on Mar 16, 2009 | 1 feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    I think this was a case of over-sell. I'd heard so much about how awesome this book is, and I was disappointed. It wasn't horrible, I was just quite indifferent, to be honest.

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    Jennifer Gearing said on Nov 16, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    I think this was a case of over-sell. I'd heard so much about how awesome this book is, and I was disappointed. It wasn't horrible, I was just quite indifferent, to be honest.

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    Ariella Drake said on Jun 29, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • quanto stile, quanto ragionamento in questa storia intrisa di personaggi pulsanti e difettosi nella loro umanità (e straordinarietà.)
    E' imbarazzante quanta ottima letteratura si trovi nei dialoghi e nelle descrizioni di queste pagine. bellissimo, e profondamente cinematografico.

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    Nuvola said on Feb 8, 2012 | Add your feedback

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