Watchmen Archives

And these offerings are truly blockbusters—Jack Kirby's New Gods Artist's Edition and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen Artifact Edition For the first time ever, readers will be able to see up close Kirby's energy and dynamic storytelling, and Gibbons' intricately designed and beautifully realized pages, as they never have before—as close as possible to how they looked[...]

It appears that the original Watchmen series is just 99 cents a pop on ComiXology Might be worth the trip. Although, you can get similar prices on Amazon marketplace for the print version. They have also got the first issues of the Before Watchmen series for the same price on ComiXology. Which is handy as today's the day[...]

It may look like $13 to us Brits. But in the US, clicking on this link will give you the complete Watchmen for $4 on your Kindle. I think. Try it and let me know… ComiXology aren't matching, because it seems Kindle has the exclusive on the digital collection! Apologies for the other post earlier, Amazon's region locking systems[...]

Knowing that it would always come back to the most iconic versions of the characters, such as Bruce Wayne, Barry Allen and Hal Jordan, Morrison wanted to give these heroes "a world they did inherit, but they didn't inherit anything" worthwhile. Next up is "Pax Americana", Morrison's long-awaited take on the Charlton heroes, such as Blue[...]

In case anyone missed Taylor Ramsey's interview the other day, Len Wein talked about exactly what happened with the Before Watchmen Epilogue that DC Comics withdrew from their schedules, but also the reasons he left the Crimson Corsair back up strip intended to run through the back of all the Before Watchmen comics but in[...]

This is not an easy thing to do as Wein has been in the industry for four decades and has been the subject of renewed interest in recent months, having made a major contribution to DC's Before Watchmen comics, writing Ozymandias and Crimson Corsair. After we got comfy at his table in Artist's Alley, we began[...]

The original cover art for Watchmen issues #1-3 by Dave Gibbons have just sold for a total of $216,892.50 at Heritage Auctions. The cover of issue #1 sold for $155,350, the #2 cover sold for $38.837.50, and the #3 cover hammered at $22,705.00. The Watchmen 12-issue series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons from 1986 is considered[...]

Watchmen — before, during and after, all in one blog post: Tomorrow, DC Comics published Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #5 by Len Wein and Jae Lee Wein was one of the three editors of the original Watchmen, with Dick Giordano and Barbara Kesel also editing the book for periods of time Because Wein resigned over the ending. Most-Read[...]

Tomorrow, DC Comics publish Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #5 by Len Wein and Jae Lee Wein was one of the three editors of the original Watchmen, with Dick Giordano and Barbara Kesel also editing the book for periods of time Because Wein resigned over the ending. Len Wein has spoken out about his unhappiness over it in[...]

These things are forever open to debate, but I'm having a hard time coming up with too many cover images from the history of American comics that I'd definitively call more iconic, more memorable, more instantly evocative of what makes comics what they are, than the cover of Watchmen #1 by Dave Gibbons, which kicked[...]

Chris Thompson writes; [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode20.mp3] This week I take a look back at the absolutely amazing Malta Comic-Con I've recently returned from – then Taylor & I discuss some of the gems found there, including Sean Azzopardi's latest release Same Day Return. We also present a very special panel I conducted with comics industry legends Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Secret[...]

There are spoilers here for Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #4 But then, only if you haven;t read Watchmen In which case, there are spoilers for Watchmen too. I've been enjoying quite a lot of Before Watchmen There are a few things that rankle, the misuse of quantum theory in Doctor Manhattan, a certain ordinariness in Nite Owl,[...]

Then again, a little Watchmen makes everything better Pretty much. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Spawn #225 Gives You The Election You Actually Wanted (SPOILERS) Yes I know Spawn has a reputation for being a late comic, but this was originally timed to come out on the day after the Presidential Election. A Very Bloody Shanna By Frank Cho  I've been[...]

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Skip Harvey writes for Bleeding Cool; The two statements that summed up DC's apparent attitude for me: "We're trying really, really hard." -Amanda Connor "We're giving you what you want." -Brain Azzarello Despite whatever my fanboy opinions may be, DC is in the thick of "Before Watchmen" I'm sure you've heard about it, I'm sure you've either ranted about[...]

Fashion Beast #2 is published today, the second issue that adapts Alan More's screenplay that he wrote in 1985. That he wrote it concurrently with Watchmen, was always going to give Fashion Beast an extra frisson of interest. And reading today's issue, suddenly gave me a shiver Written at the same time, published thirty years apart and[...]

Moloch seems to be present in so many of the Before Watchmen comics, it was about time he got his own title, stepping in to help out on delays to the Nite Owl series, after inker Joe Kubert's passing. Although from the look of this cover by Eduardo Risso for issue 1, he does seem to[...]

ICV2 interviewed Bob Wayne and John Cunningham of DC Comics, and asked them the question I was unable to get a response from DC over, regarding the rumoured Man Of Steel series Bleeding Cool first made mention of… Let me put on my fanboy hat and ask if you can confirm the rumors that Scott Snyder will[...]

Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo Canada; At the Before Watchmen panel at Fan Expo Canada, DC Comics have just announced a new two issue mini-series as part of the Before Watchmen project entitled Before Watchmen: Moloch, by Joe Michael Straczynski and Eduardo Risso The first issue will appear, as a surprise solicitation,[...]

It's been an entertaining pastime for some people reading Before Watchmen to look for continuity niggles Would Comedian's mugshot really be on Captain Metropolis' wall before the Minutemen were formed? Why did the possibility that Comedian killed Kennedy have to be intentionally removed in The Comedian? That kind of thing. Well, they will have a field[...]

The first is in Ravagers #4, with Beast Boy turning into a tiger. The second is in Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #2, featuring a genetically engineered tiger, but a tiger nonetheless. And the third, and the real reason for the spoiler warnings above, is in Batman #12 where… Batman fights a tiger! Batman fights a tiger! Batman fights[...]

This week's Before Watchmen How Things Came To Be panel is from this week's Nite Owl #2 by JMS and the Kuberts. I was going to make a joke about "Next up! How Rorschach got his taste for cold baked beans", but they do that as well. This week's Before Watchmen How Things Came To Be[...]

This is Dave Gibbons first comment on Before Watchmen since his words quoted in the DC Press Release that, even then, seemed rather awkwardly – or rather precisely – chosen, so as not to give them any real blessing. Butwhen talking about his new Madefire comic and his new gaming work for GameCity Nights, Dave Gibbons[...]

No one redefined the comic book landscape quite like Alan Moore in the 1980s, and the year 1985 was one of the most creative of his career.  He'd taken Saga of the Swamp Thing to new levels of horror and brilliance.  He'd introduced the world to John Constantine, a magic con man and later, Hellblazer. [...]

Here is Warbird, undergoing a Rorschach examination by the Shi'ar Empire in the most recent Wolverine And The X-Men.Based on Rorschach doing the same thing in Watchmen Here are some clips. Do note however, that Warbird's experience is the exact opposite of Rorschach's… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other[...]

He'd just begun his work on Saga of the Swamp Thing and V for Vendetta, introduced the character of John Constantine to the world, and was plotting such classic tales as Watchmen and Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? It's a historically relevant piece from a master in the genre. The initial concept of Fashion[...]

Once you've done Before Watchmen, anything is suddenly morally acceptable So, from Dynamite Entertainment, here is the Watchmen toaster. I do hope Dynamite's Nick Barrucci gives his Damsels and Sherlock Holmes writer Leah Moore a freebie. To be eaten with cold beans, straight from the can Schlep schlep schlep.   Once you've done Before Watchmen, anything is suddenly[...]

A few years ago, an aspiring fellow reconstructed the Tales Of The Black Freighter comic from the fragments seen in Watchmen, the panels and the captions that extended into the rest of the comic. But that wasn't enough Jeff Pedigo has filed in the blank panels with images as seen in the Black Freighter film from[...]

So we've all read the Daily Beast interview by now, right? The original Watchmen made quite a lot of the rectangles and circles The nine panel grid, holding smiley face buttons, Dr Manhattan foreheads, watches and Martian constructs One of the more memorable scenes was Ozymandias standing in front of his rectangular TV monitors, with a[...]

[laughs] It's a little odd. And talking about Before Watchmen and Alan Moore; BRUBAKER: But the thing that really bugged me was when Watchmen was announced it was, coincidentally, that same summer the entire industry rallied around Jack Kirby against Marvel It was the era of the "Creator's Rights Revolution" and DC really used Watchmen at the[...]