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Watchmen by Alan Moore
Watchmen by Alan Moore





From that point on, we looked to make it more layered, more complex, more mazelike. Rorschach was created by writer Alan Moore with artist Dave Gibbons as with most of the main characters in the series, he was an analogue for a Charlton Comics character, in this case Steve Ditko s the Question.

Watchmen by Alan Moore

So I started with a close-up on the sign and juxtaposed the ominous narration of the pirate comic with the news vendor saying, “We oughta nuke Russia and let God sort it out.” Something spooky was happening in the way these elements sparked off each other. Rorschach ( Walter Joseph Kovacs) is a fictional antihero in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics in 1986. I remember looking at the black shapes of the radiation symbol on the sign and thinking you could construe a black ship. In a world watched by superheroes and vigilantes, who watches The Watchmen This graphic novel is considered to be the finest work of Alan Moore and Dave.

Watchmen by Alan Moore

But the opening sequence of issue 3 is where Watchmenreally clicked.

Watchmen by Alan Moore

We were contracted for 12! The solution was to alternate issues of plot with “origin story” issues about the characters…. MOORE While writing the first issue, I realized I only had enough plot for six issues.







Watchmen by Alan Moore