Tag Archive | "Watchmen"

Your barista today is… Rorschach

Friday, February 25, 2011

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So now we know what happened to Rorschach after the Watchmen – obviously Alan and Dave couldn’t bring themselves to really have Doctor Manhattan kill him, instead they gave him a new life as a barista, enjoying the back and forth of social interaction with caffeine hungry customers… (this made me smile – even down [...]

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Phenomenology and Watchmen

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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Okay, I make no pretense to fully understand all of this, but nevertheless it’s an interesting use of Moore and Gibbons’ Watchmen graphic novel and its use of ‘split scenes’ between events happening simulatenously in different parts of the world and the perception of memory, present and future by Doctor Manhattan to illustrate concepts of [...]

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Who listens to the Soundmen?

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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Tommie Kelley has posted up Soundmen, a cracking spoof drawing on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal Watchmen. Made me laugh out loud, although it is not advisable for anyone who has issues with big blue willies. (Soundmen art by and (c) Tommie Kelly, Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, published DC)

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Why hello, Kitty!

Saturday, July 17, 2010

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Aren’t these Hello Kitty modifications just brilliant? Cool and also still quite sweet but with added SF/comics appeal! Joseph Senior’s MySpace has numerous clever and very well done examples like this, go and enjoy them (via Robot 6 who got it in turn from The Design Scene Blog)

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Beans: a Watchmen parody

Monday, May 24, 2010

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From the same folks (Kohrs Films) who brought us the Iron Man parody Iron Chef comes this Watchmen send up of the scene where Rorschach breaks into Dan’s home and eats some beans while waiting for his former crime fighting partner to return. And yes, it has Rorschach actually saying “I’ve got a rumbly in [...]

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Imagining the superheroes through 60s paperbacks……

Sunday, April 18, 2010

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These are just a couple of the set of gorgeous retro pulp paperback style reworking of classic comics. All designed by Fonografiks (Steven Finch), the designer/letterer of Popgun. The rest are here; Power Pack, Daredevil: Born Again and FF. (via Robot 6)

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The regular Bill Watterson interview slot (next one due 2030) ……. and Watchmen 2????

Saturday, February 6, 2010

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Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin & Hobbes, and famous recluse, breaks a 20 year silence with an interview for the  Cleveland Plain Dealer. “By the end of 10 years, I’d said pretty much everything I had come there to say. It’s always better to leave the party early. If I had rolled along with the [...]

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Would you like to Watch the Watchmen with Dave Gibbons?

Sunday, August 30, 2009

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The British International Comics Show (BICS) is gearing up for it’s 3rd annual weekend (- and I shall probably only get the hang of calling it the British show rather than the Birmingham one by the 10th anniversary)at Birmingham’s Millenium Point with more and more events and guests announced over on their website. Bryan Talbot [...]

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It was 20 years ago today….

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Well 21. I was recently home clearing out a load of stuff my dad left when he died early in the year and amongst the things he had kept was a little insert magazine I had written with my business partner Jim Hamilton. It was called ‘Cut Comics 88′ and we produced it for the [...]

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Dave Gibbons on the Beeb

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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The mighty Dave Gibbons will be guesting on the George Lamb show on BBC 6Music this morning at some point during its run from 10am to 1pm; as usual with the Beeb radio programmes, if you miss it you can use the Listen Again feature to catch it for seven days after transmission. (Dave Gibbons, [...]

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Who watches the Watchmen on the wall?

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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Artist Chu will be installing a piece of Watchmen inspired street art in the skatepark in London’s Southbank to mark the DVD release of Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal graphic novel; Chu’s website has some preparatory sketches you can check out (as well as some other very cool street art). [...]

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Den of Geek talks to Dave Gibbons

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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Over on Den of Geek Michael Leader talks to the Dave Gibbons about the Watchmen movie as it comes out on DVD and how the addition of the Black Freighter and the ability to stop and re-watch scenes on disc adds to the sense of the film (I must confess I’m not convinced on that [...]

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