Watchmen annotated

von Alan Moore

Kein Titelbild — Alan Moore: Watchmen annotated (2017)

424 Seiten

Sprache: English

Erschienen am 3. Oktober 2017

ISBN:: 978-1-4012-6556-4
OCLC-Nummer:: 1010578751

"This book examines each of the series' twelve issues in unprecedented detail, moving page by page and panel by panel to reveal the hidden foundations of this milestone in modern storytelling. Edited with notes by Leslie S. Klinger, this new edition draws upon critical and scholastic commentary, in-depth interviews with Dave Gibbons, and previously unseen original source material. Klinger provides the reader with a unique and comprehensive view of Watchmen as both a singular artistic achievement and a transformative event in the history of comics as a medium. Set in a world in which history has been forever altered by the existence of superheroes, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' monumental graphic novel Watchmen is one of the most influential comic book series of all time. Following two generations of masked crime-fighters from the end of World War II to the height of the Cold War, this compelling tale unfolds from a simple murder mystery into an epic saga of power, corruption and the ultimate meaning of humanity. More than 30 years after it was first published, Moore and Gibbons' masterpiece continues to inspire and entertain readers around the world. Named one of Time magazine's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, Watchmen has won countless critical accolades and honors, including the Eisner Award and the Hugo Award"--

23 Auflagen

Stephen hat Watchmen von Alan Moore besprochen

Still relevant in 2025

5 Sterne

Still some excellent narrative and art to combine into a lovely layering of different media. Each comic (so every two dozen pages) finished with an article, newspaper, ad or some other copy from within the Watchmen world that actively fleshes it in clever ways.

I'm still not entirely sure what the Tales of the Black Freighter adds, the urgency of the story-within-the-story isn't needed. I had to read several pages twice due to the interleaving of the two stories on the same page. But the linking of imagery in one and the text in the other is clever.

While the tech and the physics don't quite hold up in 2025, the politics really, really do.