Watchmen Archives

This article below originally ran over a year ago, celebrating the launch of I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel's BBC TV drama that focused on sexual assault, but also reinvented the television drama, in much the same way that Watchmen did the superhero comic book thirty-five years ago I described I May Destroy You as[...]

Rorschach, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, by Tom King and Jorge Fornes reaches its conclusion today, with the final issue #12 from DC Comics Including a guest appearance from the creative team… Rorschach #12 by Tom King and Jorge Fornes. The series has followed an unnamed detective, following the threads of an attempted assassination of the Republican[...]

Two original artwork pages from Watchmen, and two original artwork pages from V For Vendetta go under the hammer from Heritage Auctions today as part of a lot of over a hundred premium comic book artwork pages enough to make a grown comic book fan weep One page from Watchmen #3 with Silk Spectre and[...]

Tom King is the writer of Rorschach, the twelve-issue unauthorised Watchmen sequel drawn by Jorge Fornes, currently being published by DC Comics With one issue to go, he has also been attending Awesome Con in his home town of Washington DC Although not everything went smoothly for this ex-CIA agent-turned-comic book writer He tweeted out[...]

Rorschach #11 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, the penultimate issue of this unauthorized sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes Go ahead and screw over Alan Moore by reading the preview below, Watchmenbronies! RORSCHACH #11 (OF 12) DC Comics 0621DC138 0621DC139 – RORSCHACH #11 (OF 12) CVR B ARTHUR ADAMS VAR (MR) – $4.99 (W)[...]

But nevertheless, I did find it amusing that he chose to "Like" my description of the movie as "Stupid Watchmen" in a non-spoiler The Suicide Squad review I wrote yesterday ahead of its general release in the US this week I mean, I did totally mean it in a positive way, Zack Snyder's movie gets[...]

The character that originally inspired Watchmen's Comedian, here he is more the opposite of Rorschach, absolutist in the other direction.  In that case, Peter Capaldi's Thinker is playing the role of a Nazi Ozymandius, and it is Rick Flag who becomes the All-American Rorschach And oh look, they all got to fight a massive squid[...]

HBO Max is tapping Oscar Sharp, Damon Lindelof (Lost, Watchmen), and Matt Reeves (The Batman, Planet of the Apes films) to develop a magical-realist medical drama called The Human Conditions The series follows a young British doctor who must learn to treat impossible, fantastical illnesses by healing the emotional issues that underlie them — and[...]

Personally, I'm all about HBO's Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof's theory on where Bezos got the idea for "Blue Origin" from Think back to that scene early in the series's run when Jean Smart's FBI Agent Laurie Blake reaching into her silver briefcase for a little (well, definitely not "little") bluish trip down memory lane (was[...]

Rorschach #10 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, continuing the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes In this issue, we will learn more about the attempted assassination of Governor Turley What secrets will be uncovered? Check out the preview below. RORSCHACH #10 (OF 12) DC Comics 0521DC102 0521DC103 – RORSCHACH #10 (OF 12)[...]

This week sees the tenth issue of Rorschach #10, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes being published by DC Comics Which included another dive into the alternate history of the Watchmen world in 2021, going back a couple of decades. Why Watchmen Never Had A 9/11 (Rorschach #10 Spoilers) And it looks[...]

Who watches the Watchmen? And who tweets out Wendy's Watchmen posts? That was the question humanity had to grapple with yesterday as a social media employee freelancing for fast-food chain Wendy's references a meme in an attempt to farm likes/attention for their employer And despite the world-weariness of the whole endeavour, it seems to have[...]

HBO's Watchmen EP Tom Spezialy has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios, with Deadline Hollywood reporting exclusively that Spezialy's deal has him joining the series as the showrunner and an executive producer Amazon and Sony representatives declined to comment for DH's reporting. Silk (Image: Marvel Comics) Created by Dan Slott & Humberto Ramos and first introduced[...]

Rorschach is an unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes Ostensibly the investigation of an attempted assassination of a Presidential candidate by someone dressed as Rorschach And set in the world of Watchmen many years later It has gone on some entertaining tangents that may well double back into the narrative[...]

Rorschach #9 is in stores from DC Comics on Tuesday, continuing DC Comics' authorised spinoff of Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes In this preview, we get a glimpse back at a scene from the past between Laura Cummings and Wil Myerson, as Rorshach manages to crack Cummings up with a joke The real[...]