'It's the way in which we change society. 'I'm someone who believes that knowledge and education are the most valuable things,' Gibbons said. OK Comics Written by Alan Moore Illustrated by Dave Gibbons Published by DC Comics Lenticular Cover Watchmen is an exploration of the history and purpose. Indeed, Google searches for the Tulsa massacre spiked after the episode aired. Popularly cited as the point where comics came of age, WATCHMENs sophisticated take on superheroes has been universally acclaimed for its psychological depth. 'I think it made me, and a lot of other people, actually go and look at the real history of things that have gone on,' Gibbons said. What are your thoughts on Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons Who is your favorite character from the novel Why did you choose him/her as your. But the HBO series provided an educational experience for him: Watching the first episode and its depiction of Oklahoma's Tulsa race massacre of 1921 was the first time he'd heard about the burning of Greenwood, known at the time as Black Wall Street. Gibbons said he has no plans to return to drawing the Watchmen characters. The show is complex, with interweaving story arcs that embrace its freedom from the original comic, Trenholm said. In Understanding Comics Scott McCloud makes a distinction: To define comics. CNET writer Richard Trenholm's review of Watchmen compares the new show to a western that's also an alternate history of America. Vision and Controlling Frames in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons Watchmen. Watchmen, graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, published as a 12-part series by DC Comics from September 1986 to October 1987. Gibbons had no creative input on HBO's adaptation of Watchmen, which aired in nine episodes last year.

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