Watchmen #1-12

Absolute Watchmen

alan moore dave gibbons

This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.

Genres graphic novelsfictionscience fictionfantasygraphic novels comicsclassicscomic bookdystopiadc comicssuperheroes

464 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1,1987

Series

Watchmen

Literary awards

hugo award, locus award, harvey awards, prix du festival dangoulême, urhunden prize, will eisner comic industry awards, ign award,

Places

new york city new york, new york (state), the united states of america,

This edition

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Published: October 5, 2005 by DC Comics
ISBN: 9781401207137
ASIN: 1401207138
Language: English

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About the author

alan moore

Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.

As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes, he brings a wide range of influences to his work, from the literary–authors such as William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Anton Wilson and Iain Sinclair; New Wave science fiction writers such as Michael Moorcock; horror writers such as Clive Barker; to the cinematic–filmmakers such as Nicolas Roeg. Influences within comics include Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby and Bryan Talbot.