Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's fi...
Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to gather praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling; rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the finepace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
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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.
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.
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0 有用 PooomBooom 2017-04-24 15:48:54
看过漫画，才知道电影还原度有多高。扎克·施奈德真·宅男！
0 有用 Multivac 2008-01-15 16:23:21
故事无敌。叙事手法无敌。
0 有用 霏昀 2011-06-18 15:18:30
"Looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and GOD was not there. The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever, and WE ARE ALONE." - Rorschach
1 有用 devilium 2019-07-25 14:23:38
近年变得更喜欢 reunion 叙事了：木梁刻下的「超和平 Busters」，秘密基地里写下的「预言之书」，或是一纸宣告义警违法的「Keene Act」。那些乡愁，经年累月渐渐褪色的誓约和正义，走上不同道路的人们面对时代洪流的深深无力。只是，为何重逢的契机总是死别生离？
1 有用 艾小柯 2010-01-04 10:20:42
一场笑话
0 有用 左慈 2023-02-14 11:41:41 内蒙古
我的评价是：漫画的巅峰
0 有用 穆艺 2022-12-24 20:33:56 重庆
神作，无论是内容还是形式。看过的情节最复杂的漫画
0 有用 无忧无虑波尔卡 2022-09-13 11:36:04 上海
电影级的分镜和作画，当之无愧是第一漫画。外部的故事和作为隐喻的黑船传奇以画中画的方式互文、内嵌，最绝的是“读漫画的人”竟然在故事发生的重要场景中全程在场，这个对故事的掌控力和布局堪称纸面调度了！大面积的monologue尤其古典，主客观叙述分离的表现是超漫画的。钟表匠那一卷，用平面线性营造角色的多重时间观，浅吟低唱的节奏实在是好中又好。手表人在叙事上至臻如此，以至于想让它的章回故事永恒地持续下去，... 电影级的分镜和作画，当之无愧是第一漫画。外部的故事和作为隐喻的黑船传奇以画中画的方式互文、内嵌，最绝的是“读漫画的人”竟然在故事发生的重要场景中全程在场，这个对故事的掌控力和布局堪称纸面调度了！大面积的monologue尤其古典，主客观叙述分离的表现是超漫画的。钟表匠那一卷，用平面线性营造角色的多重时间观，浅吟低唱的节奏实在是好中又好。手表人在叙事上至臻如此，以至于想让它的章回故事永恒地持续下去，故而，略显发力不足的反乌托邦结尾章，似乎也是一种对非全能的上帝的主题紧扣了 (展开)
0 有用 hana 2022-06-01 13:32:02
打破了我对“漫画书”的刻板印象，爆推荐！
0 有用 阳 2022-05-25 22:52:11
封神了封神了