Cover of Watchmen

Watchmen

Alan Moore · 2014

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's 1986 and 1987 DC Comics series set in an alternative history, collected in a 448-page edition.

Watchmen is a comic book limited series by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins, published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987. It is set in an alternative history shaped by superheroes, and a murder pulls retired heroes back into action. Jo Nesbø calls it not an average graphic novel but an ambitious literary project that takes the superhero genre seriously. DC Comics published this 448-page edition in 2014.

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Jo Nesbø

Norwegian Crime Novelist and Musician

Not your average graphic novel, this work about a group of flawed, over-the-hill crime fighters who are roused from retirement by the murder of a former associate is instead an ambitious literary project that takes the superhero genre seriously.

Article · November 2013

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