![]() ![]() ![]() Every page is filled with details and could be studied with a magnifying glass. The use of a nine-panel grid for the plates by Dave Gibbons enhances the thrill and the impact on the reader. The bright colors of superhero comics give way to a noir and darker atmosphere. ![]() ![]() Right from the start, the superhero setting mingles with something new: a detective story with solid political nuances. Graffiti saying: “Who Watches The Watchmen?” marks some city walls. When the plot starts, skepticism about masked vigilantes is widespread, and the government has already banished them for years. Manhattan, a creature capable of control of all matter. The USA has won the Vietnam War thanks to the American superhero, Dr. In a gloomy world where the Cold War is at its apex. The story takes place in an alternative version of the 80s. But mostly, like that which he already did with Miracleman, Moore unfolds the story with one question in mind: what would happen if people wearing brightly colored costumes and handling superpowers were real? The answer, like in Frank Miller‘s The Dark Knight Returns, is brutal and caustic. Image courtesy of DC COMICS WATCHMEN © 1986įrom strings theory to the Doomsday Clock, Nieztsche and the myth of King Arthur, the author enriched a superhero story with references from multiple fields. ![]()
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