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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780930289232
ISBN: 0930289234
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: April 01, 1995
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: April 01, 1995
Sales Rank: 15
Studio: DC Comics
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Product Description:
This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.
One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial bestseller, WATCHMEN has been studied on college campuses across the nation and is considered a gateway title, leading readers to other graphic novels such as V FOR VENDETTA, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and THE SANDMAN series.
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Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to gather praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling; rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making 'adult' comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other 'works' and 'studies' on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the finepace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
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Rating:  - A true classic
A significant crossover point between the comic book superhero genre with it's tenuous link to reality and modern literature. The back story is largely the whole story as the superheroes who save the world are given a canvas which is not merely black and white upon which to reveal their varied origins and inevitable flaws. Watchmen peels back a layer of our suspension of disbelief and tells a story that allows us to sink our teeth in. Batman would be proud.
Rating: - Best Graphic Novel Ever!!
Notice how I put 2 exclamation points in the title. They are well deserved! This is the best graphic novel ever, and I don't even like hero stories! I'm more of a horror reader. This is a must have for any book collection.
Rating: - Let's hope the movie doesn't ruin it.
Absolutely phenomenal book. I know you can buy it anywhere now that the movie's coming out but Amazon's price is the most reasonable by far. This book is worth every cent I paid and it's definitely worth owning. I loved it!
Rating: - It's a classic for a reason
A cleverly written interwoven story, which hasn't really dated and rings even more true in today's current environment. Well inked as well.
It will be interesting to see how it translates to the big screen.
Rating: - Turns everything you thought you knew about superheroes, upside down.
There's not much I can say that hasn't been said, it's the best comic book (or graphic novel) out there by a long shot. Heck, it's the only CB/GN to ever win a Hugo Award, and award that only goes to science fiction novels.
Don't let the "lame character design" turn you off, you'll understand when you read it. Everything about this book is top notch, I recommend it to anyone who has ever liked comics, superheroes, or even just science fiction... actually everyone should give it a read.
I can't wait for the movie...
5*
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