Name: Watchmen
SKU: 1537794
Price: 47.04 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Alan Moore

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Physical Book

Author

Alan Moore

Publisher

DC COMICS

Pages

334

Weight

ISBN

0930289234

ISBN13

9780930289232

Watchmen

Alan Moore (Author) · DC COMICS · Physical Book

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Synopsis "Watchmen"

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.

Alan Moore

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Alan Moore (November 18, 1953, Northampton) is perhaps the most acclaimed writer in the history of graphic media. In 1979, he began publishing his works in the music magazine Sounds, under the pseudonym Curt Vile. Moore, with a nonconformist spirit, decides to jump into the world of scripting and in 1980 creates Ro-Jaws Robo Tales and Abelard Snazz, in addition to contributing to the Marvel Comics UK series Dr. Who Weekly.

With this background, he creates works like WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, SWAMP THING, and MIRACLEMAN, which have earned him numerous awards. He is also the brain behind the America's Best Comics line, through which he has produced (along with many talented illustrators) THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, PROMETHEA, TOM STRONG, TOMORROW STORIES, and TOP TEN. As one of the most important innovators in the medium since the early 1980s, Moore has influenced an entire generation of comic creators, and his work continues to inspire an ever-growing audience.

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Daniela Veliz Lopez Thursday, August 08, 2013
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El pedido llegó en el tiempo estipulado y en excelentes condiciones, muy contenta.
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