Watchmen Resources
WEBSITES
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But if there’s a homepage for Watchmen, this is it.
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Based in Northampton, England, Alan Moore runs this mag with his signature style.
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You can write your thesis on Watchmen? Sign us up, please.
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This blog has links to all sorts of funny, random, viral stuff.
MOVIE OR TV PRODUCTIONS
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Thanks to director Zack Snyder, lovers of super slo-mo can finally witness a live-action Watchmen on the silver screen.
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No longer do you have to choose between zombies and pirates. Made to accompany the feature film, this direct-to-video animated short will satisfy Watchmen purists who enjoy a little carnage in their lives.
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Thanks to Dave Gibbons’ original artwork and the fact that one narrator performs all the voices, this project turns out to be one weird hybrid: part cartoon, part book-on-tape, part storyboard. It’s kind of awkward, but it’s authentic Watchmen, word-for-word.
ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
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Click here for a transcript of Moore’s interview with fellow comics writer, Kurt Amacker.
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Barack Obama asks Alan Moore to write his official biography in this satirical piece from The Onion.
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Here’s a quick behind-the-scenes look at the man, the myth, the legend that is Alan Moore.
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This interview with Dave Gibbons sheds some light on Watchmen and his working relationship with you know who.
VIDEO
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Really, what else is there to say? Note the use of “The Times They Are a–Changin” by Bob Dylan, the singer-songwriter who inspired the titles for Chapters I and X.
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This adaptation is Alan Moore’s favorite, no joke.
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Not even the screenwriter knows for sure.
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If you can get used to his accent, anything is possible.
AUDIO
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Listen to this radio review for a professional’s take on Watchmen.
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An archive of memorable lines from the 2009 film.
IMAGES
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Charlie Brown and the gang play dress-up.
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Congratulations, you’ve survived 400 pages inside Alan Moore’s head.
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Minutemen portrait, 1940.
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The Crimebusters, looking tough in 1966.
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Causing trouble, picking on Milhouse, you know, the usual.
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DC Comics wouldn’t let Moore use these guys for his story, so he and Gibbons had to make their own.
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This is Dave Gibbons’ early attempt at the Watchmen look.