Watchmen - Alan Moore Reviews

"Watchmen" is a series of 12 issues published during 1986, and later collected into a single volume. It was written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons. Both are very prolific British creators. Moore especially, as a large number of his graphic novels have been adpated into (generally bad) hollywood movies. "Watchmen" ...  Read the complete review

Watchmen is Alan Moore's 12 episode comic series captured into one graphic novel. It has been rated as one of the best of all time by Time Magazine, and is generally considered a masterpiece in the realm of graphic novels. I came across it only by dint of it being made into a film, which I watched and thoroughly. However, reading a number of ...  Read the complete review

Comics? They're just for kids, right? That pretty much summed up the attitude of most people. Then in the late 1980s, comics took a much darker, more adult tone which forced a change of attitude. Spearheading this shift was Alan Moore's seminal Watchmen. Watchmen examines the idea of "costumed heroes" by looking at the lives ...  Read the complete review

'Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?' Alan Moore's 'Watchmen' is a classic in the genre of the graphic novel. Comprising a well constructed and thought provoking story with beautiful illustrations from Dave Gibbons, it is for a good reason that this popular work of fiction is ranked as one of Time Magazine's '100 best ...  Read the complete review

It seems timely to review Alan Moore's reputed Magnum Opus, as the much anticipated big screen version will soon be upon us. The graphic novel, which collects the dozen comics with a little extra material, concerns the investigation of the murder of a superhero, The Comedian (it is his bloodstained smiley face symbol on the iconic ...  Read the complete review

Read this classic graphic novel with a knowledge of its time: fear and paranoia towards the threat of nuclear war, assassinations of presidents, a lack of trust of those in positions of power in the age of media and subterfuge, and vast modernity sprawling out and producing crime and disillusionment....... Alan Moore takes on all this ...  Read the complete review

Probably the most acclaimed work by Alan Moore, an adaptation of which is due to be released this year. This is often a book I point people to who are skeptical of comic books/graphic novels in general - often resulting in an instant convert. The book deals with some questions regarding the superhero as an idea that im sure most have ...  Read the complete review

Alan Moore is one of the most famous and acclaimed writers in comic book history. His work includes classic books such as V For Vendetta and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen volumes I & II. His most famous piece of work though is Watchmen, a groundbreaking comic/graphic novel first published in 1986 which Moore wrote and Dave Gibbons ...  Read the complete review

Why should you be watching the Watchmen? In every art form and every genre, there are classics. Works that change the way we see and appreciate the form as a whole. Watchmen is one of these works and if you don't own it, you should. Personally, I think this is Alan Moore's finest work to date. Everything that people, myself ...  Read the complete review

First Impressions ************** I’ve never really been into comic books or graphic novels, whichever title you choose to give them - if you do indeed believe that the two are separate. Sure, when I was a kid, I enjoyed the occasional Spiderman comic but the adventures were continuous things and you had to wait a week to see what ...  Read the complete review

Imagine an alternate 1980s, one where Nixon is still president (after some careful renegotiating of the laws regarding number of terms), one where America won the war in Vietnam. One where the threat of global nuclear war is partly held in check by the presence of a deity like individual who works for the American government. Where the comic ...  Read the complete review

Watchmen was recommended to me by a friend who had his hair cut into pointy horns and sported a very long, very dodgy goatee, I’m clearly mixing with the right people. Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” is probably about the most important comic ever released, it changed the way people view comics as an art form and as literature. I ...  Read the complete review

This book along with 'V for Vendetta' and 'Daredevil:Born Again' completes the list of my all time favourite comics,or if you will graphic novels.Although all three are published by American companies the talent behind them is mostly British with Alan Moore penning both this masterwork and 'V'.Only Daredevil maintains the ...  Read the complete review

Nowadays, in comic circles, comic books which concern what the world would really be like if superheroes existed are dime a dozen. There are comics such as ABC’s ‘Top Ten’ or Brian Michael Bendis’ ‘Powers’ and ‘Sam and Twitch’, which examine how police-work might be dealt with in a world full of ...  Read the complete review

So, in the dark recesses of the past, some two decades ago, Alan Moore wrote the seminal work 'Watchmen.' And it was seen to be good. And it still is. It's still amongst the best pieces of comic fiction ever written. It's difficult to put a finger on which part of 'Watchmen' makes it so good. Could it ...  Read the complete review

Watchmen is one of those titles that everyone who reads comics should own. Written by Alan Moore it explores an alternative world where heroes and one superhero exist. This isn't your standard superhero stuff though as Moore creates an incredibly realistic world. Following the story we see the affect of the heroes on society and on each other. ...  Read the complete review

Quis cutodiet ipsos custodies or who watches the watchmen is the phrase you will find at the end of the book and it is very apt considering the subject. This is what I count as one of the classic graphic novels written about our world, but with superheroes. These, in the majority, aren’t your Superman or Spiderman type they are very like ...  Read the complete review