Graphic Novel to Silver Screen

Watchmen

Written by Alan Moore

Illustrated by Dave Gibbons

Watchmenstoryfocuses on the emotional and psychological short comings of ordinary people becoming superheroes. The world of the Watchmen is a parallel Earth where the Americans had won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still the President, and superheroes actually exist.

The plot revolves around the violent homicide of a retired member of the Watchmen known as The Comedian, a pathological murdering ex-superhero himself. Rorschach and Nite Owl of the Watchmen regard his demise as a conspiracy to eliminate the remaining members, as superhero behaviour had now become illegal.

The conspiracy turns out to be an inside plan to nuclear annihilate the major cities of the world, and it’s up to the Watchmen to save the Earth. Join Dr Manhattan, Ozymandias, The Comedian, Silk Spectre II, Rorschach, Nite Owl and many more in an epic adventure spanning over three and a half decades from 1939 to 1985.

Written by award-winning recluse British author Alan Moore and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Dave Gibbons, the Watchmen itself won a Hugo Literary Award in 1988.

Grand Central/DC Comics

408 pages

Colour

Paperback

Citation: Moore, Alan (writer) & Gibbons, Dave (illustrator). Watchmen, New York: Grand Central/DC Comics, 1987.

Watchmen (2009)

Director: Zack Snyder

Stars: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer