Watchmen Archives

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[...]

 I have attended comic signings before but this was my first with actual rules. No more than four items would be signed. Only Moore/O'Neill League of Extraordinary Gentleman items would be signed. Tickets would be given out to the people as the queue built. It broke my heart that I would not be getting my copy of Watchmen, and[...]

This article contains minor spoilers, but nothing that I believe spoils the comic book reading experience. It would be easy to be fooled by the

It would seem horrible to compare Watchmen #1 with Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 But it's unavoidable I can't read this one issue without those twelve issues ringing in my ears So let's get it all out there. 1 From Watchmen To Mad Men Watchmen ran without advertising, each issue becoming an artifact of its own, every aspect of it[...]

But that was just a marketing bit of bumf. But the first issue of Before Watchmen: Minutemen goes out of its way to line itself up to the future Hollis Mason moving into the aprtment he will one day die in, including time spent with the statue that will one day become his murder weapon[...]

  Here are the first five pages of Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1 by Darwyn Cooke, published tomorrow Let's have a look Note that the front cover does not work as the first panel to the story, as it did with the original However there is a feeling of gratitude, the key to the city, ticker tape…[...]

Before Watchmen, with Minutemen Though I'm told by DC sources that the one that comes out in two weeks, Silk Spectre, is really the one to look out for. Next week brings the DC tenth issues, a potential outing for Alan Scott in Earth 2 #2, the first issue of Creator Owned Heroes from Image, the[...]

The first book in the series, Minutemen #1, is out on 6 June, with a new issue to follow each week. He also talks about the motivation for the project; When you have a product like Watchmen that is as worldwide known as it is, and the fact there are millions of copies in print, we wouldn't[...]

  Dynamic Forces is to produce toasters featuring Warner Bros imagery, including the likes of Watchmen, The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Story, Where the Wild Things Are, The Goonies, Gremlins, Little Shop of Horrors, Watchmen, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Mad Magazine, Friends and the like. The toasters will burn related imagery onto[...]