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With the ‘Watchmen’ comic, we attempted to tell it in an accessible way. I deliberately made the artwork very clear, deceptively so. You think you’re sucking on a sweetie, but it turns out to be a sugar-coated chili.
To do this movie in a watered-down fashion or have these characters be watered down wouldn’t have been near as effective. It wouldn’t have been staying true to what this ‘Watchmen’ phenomenon is.
It’s not easy to convey to someone who doesn’t read comics just how Alan Moore has dominated the field since ‘Watchmen.’
The problem for me is that ‘Watchmen,’ one of the great comics of all time, is a look at superheroes that has gone beyond the concept of or necessity for superheroes.
I think that, for me, Superman just seemed to make a lot of sense to me. After doing ‘Watchmen,’ it was – you know that thing, you’ve got to know the rules before you can break them? There was something about that in making ‘Watchmen.’
I was into Alan Moore and Frank Miller. I was a teenager when all those books where coming out for the first time – ‘Watchmen,’ ‘V for Vendetta.’ It was a great time to get into comics.
I had always been fascinated by comics, but it had taken me several weeks to make up my mind to buy ‘Watchmen’; for someone on a publisher’s assistant’s salary, it was some quite unheard-of sum of money.
The male domination and chauvinism of the comics form is either being wittily lampooned in ‘Watchmen’ or handily perpetuated, depending on whom you ask.
The problem for me is that ‘Watchmen,’ one of the great comics of all time, is a look at superheroes that has gone beyond the concept of or necessity for superheroes.
It seems like they make every comic book into a film. ‘Watchmen’ is my favorite of all time.
When I was working upon the ABC books, I wanted to show different ways that mainstream comics could viably have gone, that they didn’t have to follow ‘Watchmen’ and the other 1980s books down this relentlessly dark route. It was never my intention to start a trend for darkness. I’m not a particularly dark individual.
With the ‘Watchmen’ comic, we attempted to tell it in an accessible way. I deliberately made the artwork very clear, deceptively so. You think you’re sucking on a sweetie, but it turns out to be a sugar-coated chili.
There are so many books I love for different reasons. For superhero stuff, I always go back to Alan Moore’s ‘Watchmen’ or his ‘Swamp Thing’ run. Those are my two favorites, and there are indie books that I really love, like Eddie Campbell’s ‘Alec’ books and ‘From Hell.’
I first became an Alan Moore fan in Covent Garden on a Saturday afternoon in 1987, when I bought a copy of ‘Watchmen,’ his graphic novel about ageing superheroes and nuclear apocalypse.
Within the macho-melodrama tropes of the superhero genre, it’s fair to say ‘Watchmen’ stands out for its rich entertainment, its darkness, and its lurid pleasures. Its vividly drawn panels, moody colors and lush imagery make its popularity well-deserved, if disproportionate.
The ’80s convergence of comics’ new adult sensibility with the movies’ advancing technology was bound to catch the attention of even slow-on-the-uptake Hollywood, and this particularly was true when ‘Watchmen’ and ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ became phenomena.
The thing about ‘Watchmen’ that people should know is that when it came out there was absolutely nothing like it. Up until then, comics were about the same thing: a guy in tights fighting another guy in tights and saving the girl – that was it.
There are so many books I love for different reasons. For superhero stuff, I always go back to Alan Moore’s ‘Watchmen’ or his ‘Swamp Thing’ run. Those are my two favorites, and there are indie books that I really love, like Eddie Campbell’s ‘Alec’ books and ‘From Hell.’
A man’s mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.
A 12-year-old can watch ‘Spiderman.’ A 12-year-old cannot watch ‘Watchmen.’
I watch ‘Watchmen’, and I wish I was in that writers room, so I could figure out what they’re doing, story-breaking-wise. I’ve never seen a television show like that.
‘Watchmen’ is not only the greatest comic ever written, it’s a really important work of fiction.
‘Watchmen’ is like the music you feel is written just for you. ‘That’s my song, no one else gets that but me.’ That’s why the fan base is so rabid, because they feel personal about it.
I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, ‘Watchmen’ should be at least 15 minutes longer than ‘Batman.’ I mean, that’s, like, any geek will tell you that.
I think with something like ‘Watchmen’ you can genuinely call that a graphic novel because it has the weight and the intent of a proper novel and it also is the complete story.
Anyone who sets foot into the ‘Watchmen’ universe and isn’t just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I’ve always considered ‘Watchmen’ to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
A 12-year-old can watch ‘Spiderman.’ A 12-year-old cannot watch ‘Watchmen.’
It’s not easy to convey to someone who doesn’t read comics just how Alan Moore has dominated the field since ‘Watchmen.’
‘Watchmen’ is not only the greatest comic ever written, it’s a really important work of fiction.
‘Watchmen’ is a politically charged story, and it explores exactly what a hero is, how the world would treat them and how they would react. It was the first time I read a superhero story that explored that situation. These are very real people with very real problems.
I first became an Alan Moore fan in Covent Garden on a Saturday afternoon in 1987, when I bought a copy of ‘Watchmen,’ his graphic novel about ageing superheroes and nuclear apocalypse.
The difference between ‘Watchmen’ and a normal comic book is this: With ‘Batman’s Gotham City,’ you are transported to another world where that superhero makes sense; ‘Watchmen’ comes at it in a different way, it almost superimposes its heroes on your world, which then changes how you view your world through its prism.
When ‘Watchmen’ was published in 1986, the vast majority of comics readers deemed it a watershed in comics history. The 12-part serial comic book was widely acclaimed as a genius subversion of the superhero genre, and it did much to popularize comics to adults.
Anyone who sets foot into the ‘Watchmen’ universe and isn’t just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I’ve always considered ‘Watchmen’ to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
One of the attractions for me of having ‘Watchmen’ made into the first Motion Comic was just that – it was breaking new ground.
I believe that pop culture is just, like, so ready for ‘Watchmen.’ We tried so hard to ride that wave between satire and reality, and all the things that make you still care about the character, but you don’t miss the commentary about them.
The thing about ‘Watchmen’ that people should know is that when it came out there was absolutely nothing like it. Up until then, comics were about the same thing: a guy in tights fighting another guy in tights and saving the girl – that was it.
‘Watchmen’ is like the music you feel is written just for you. ‘That’s my song, no one else gets that but me.’ That’s why the fan base is so rabid, because they feel personal about it.
I think, before ‘Watchmen,’ I was the guy from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ who’s a pretty good guy, a pretty charming sweet guy, and so as an actor, I really wanted to do something as far from that as I could.
I think with something like ‘Watchmen’ you can genuinely call that a graphic novel because it has the weight and the intent of a proper novel and it also is the complete story.
In any character you do, especially something like ‘Watchmen,’ if you’re gonna do this, you’re gonna do this right. I’m fighting for the Comedian every step of the way; there’s not even a question, Adrian is a scumbag.
It seems like they make every comic book into a film. ‘Watchmen’ is my favorite of all time.
People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of ‘Watchmen’ as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form.
I think, before ‘Watchmen,’ I was the guy from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ who’s a pretty good guy, a pretty charming sweet guy, and so as an actor, I really wanted to do something as far from that as I could.
