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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781852860240
ISBN: 1852860243
Label: Titan Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Titan Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 424
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Studio: Titan Books Ltd
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Has any comic been as lauded as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns but Watchmen remains the critics' favourite. 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 recently 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 garner praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterisation 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 fine pace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it retains its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
Rating:
- Watchmen forever!
I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading ... Read More
Rating: - !!!!!!GREAT!!!!!!!!
I didn't really know what to expect from this book.I bought V for Vendeta {by the same author Alan Moore} because of it's positive feedback but after reading it for a couple of hous I knew that I would be giving it negative.So as you can imagine I was a little bit wary of buying Watchmen but boy am I glad I did.Right away from the fdirst page I was hooked by its compelling story and often had to fight with myself to put it down.The characters are ingaging (Rosoach especially) and are all totaly different.The ... Read More
Rating: - Surprisingly great
Recently, I have reached a part in my life in which I have gone back to reading comics. This is not a comic.
This is one of the finist pieces of literature I have ever read.
Alan Moore is is a very good writer, getting across the themes of this book, and has defined how good books should be written in the graphic novel form.
A very good book. NOT A COMIC.
Rating: - The Most Depressing Story Ever Told
Alan Moore is a genius of the very worst kind. He produces work which you have to read, because frankly it's brilliant, but which you really don't want to, because fundamentally it's horrible.
Well, except Voice Of The Fire. Even an endorsement by Neil Gaiman couldn't put a shine on that.
Watchmen, however, is fantastic. I don't want to give it five stars, but it pries them from my begrudging hands. I have never come across a work of art so good which left me feeling so bleak and ... Read More
Rating: - Still a good vintage
I hadn't read this since it was first out, and boy it has still got what it takes to be a classic.
I will agree some points of the book have dated but then again hasn't dickens? its a book of its time, but should be read and remembered always
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Watchmen
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Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781852860240
ISBN: 1852860243
Label: Titan Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Titan Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 424
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Studio: Titan Books Ltd
Related Items:
- Batman: Dark Knight Returns (Batman)
- Batman: The Killing Joke (Deluxe Edition)
- V for Vendetta
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- Batman: Hush
- see more
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Has any comic been as lauded as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns but Watchmen remains the critics' favourite. 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 recently 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 garner praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterisation 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 fine pace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it retains its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Watchmen forever!I have always been a graphic novel buff ever since buying Hitman & Preacher in my late teens. And now in my early 30's I came across an old box containing my old graphic novels, I felt that I struck gold! I loved the V for Vendetta movie and decided to purchase the V for Vendetta graphic novel and found it gripping, intense and incredible (not that I'm a non-conformist!). Thus leading me to Watchmen. What can I say, WOW! This is my second read of Watchmen within a month. It's definately better reading ... Read More
Rating:
- !!!!!!GREAT!!!!!!!!I didn't really know what to expect from this book.I bought V for Vendeta {by the same author Alan Moore} because of it's positive feedback but after reading it for a couple of hous I knew that I would be giving it negative.So as you can imagine I was a little bit wary of buying Watchmen but boy am I glad I did.Right away from the fdirst page I was hooked by its compelling story and often had to fight with myself to put it down.The characters are ingaging (Rosoach especially) and are all totaly different.The ... Read More
Rating:
- Surprisingly greatRecently, I have reached a part in my life in which I have gone back to reading comics. This is not a comic.
This is one of the finist pieces of literature I have ever read.
Alan Moore is is a very good writer, getting across the themes of this book, and has defined how good books should be written in the graphic novel form.
A very good book. NOT A COMIC.
Rating:
- The Most Depressing Story Ever ToldAlan Moore is a genius of the very worst kind. He produces work which you have to read, because frankly it's brilliant, but which you really don't want to, because fundamentally it's horrible.
Well, except Voice Of The Fire. Even an endorsement by Neil Gaiman couldn't put a shine on that.
Watchmen, however, is fantastic. I don't want to give it five stars, but it pries them from my begrudging hands. I have never come across a work of art so good which left me feeling so bleak and ... Read More
Rating:
- Still a good vintageI hadn't read this since it was first out, and boy it has still got what it takes to be a classic.
I will agree some points of the book have dated but then again hasn't dickens? its a book of its time, but should be read and remembered always
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