Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen
Kevin McNeilly’s lecture in March 2015 for the Repetition Compulsion theme.
Watchmen Part Two
Well, I didn’t get around to writing this second post on Moore and Gibbons’ Watchmen (for Arts One) as quickly as I’d have liked. That’s a four-day holiday weekend for you, I guess. But I did still want to write out my thoughts on something about this text, in order to clarify them for myself […]
Watchmen Part One
Our final text of the year in Arts One is Moore and Gibbons’ graphic novel Watchmen. We only had one seminar meeting on this text this week, as opposed to our usual two. Which means I didn’t spend as much time going over the text, deciding on my own interpretations, as usual: usually I spend […]
Watchmen and my first impression on comic books
This is the first time ever I am reading a comic, and I am wondering what took me so long. Watchmen has changed my entire perspective on comics. I never thought they could actually deal with serious matters, have highly complex characters and the dynamism and detail of a well-crafted story. The text itself (dialogue, […]
Women in Watchmen
The characters in Watchmen are all psychologically interesting and complex. The Comedian, Rorschach,and Jon all have a complicated and tragic past. The book starts with the death of The Comedian. At the end of the first chapter Laurie says there doesn’t seem to be “many laughs around these days” and Dan replies “The Comedian’s dead”. […]
The Real Superhumans
Wow. I cannot believe that we are on our last book of the year. And what a horribly depressing way to end off. Why couldn’t we have just read something else? Why did it have to be Watchmen? I thought comics were supposed to be fun. I thought superheroes were people you could count on […]
Watchmen
After yesterday’s lecture I had a few new thoughts on the comic in general. Looking at Dr. Manhattan, aka John, the comparisons between him and Superman are very visible. I liked how the lecturer said that Superman is your friendly neighbor. … Continue reading →
Candy’s blog post for 30 March
Why Comics in Arts One: The Power of Visuals (posted on behalf of Candy, whose blog isn’t working) To be honest, I never had a thing for comics. For my taste, I’d rather experience a story and it’s world through … Continue reading →
Watchmen
This was the first novel I was actually completely stoked to read. Before I started reading Watchmen, I was expecting a relatively fast read, like a darker Archie comic. I soon realized how wrong I was. When I first began reading, from all the books and texts from arts one, I went into an automatic […]
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Watchmen
I’ll get this off my chest first – why an alien, Veidt? I think the movie had it better (it is just an explosion – mind you not near as horrific as the comic book’s depiction). So Watchmen is at heart, a graphic novel, which seems to be an increasingly popular medium for literature […]
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