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“Watchmen” di Alan Moore e Dave Gibbons, pubblicato nel 1986-87, è un fumetto che ha rivoluzionato il genere dei supereroi, introducendo una narrazione complessa e una profonda riflessione sociopolitica.

Ambientato in un’alternativa realtà degli anni ’80, “Watchmen” segue un gruppo di vigilanti in pensione, mentre una misteriosa minaccia si profila all’orizzonte. La trama si snoda attorno all’omicidio di uno di loro, Edward Morgan Blake (il Comico), e alla scoperta di una cospirazione che potrebbe distruggere il mondo.

Invece di eroi invincibili, i protagonisti sono esseri umani con debolezze e traumi, mostrando il lato oscuro della vigilanza e della giustizia.
Il fumetto esplora temi complessi come la paura della guerra nucleare, il totalitarismo, e la moralità. La società è rappresentata come corrotta e inquieta, riflettendo una visione cinica del potere e della giustizia.

Le illustrazioni di Dave Gibbons sono dettagliate e realistiche, utilizzando una griglia di nove pannelli per pagina che contribuisce a una narrazione densa e articolata.

La storia è narrata attraverso flashback, racconti paralleli e documenti fittizi, creando una trama stratificata e ricca di dettagli. La narrazione si alterna tra i punti di vista dei vari personaggi, offrendo una visione sfumata delle loro motivazioni e conflitti.

“Watchmen” è stato acclamato per la sua innovativa de-costruzione del mito del supereroe, la sua profondità tematica e la sua struttura narrativa complessa.

Books looks good, I would give it 5 starts if not for the damaged bent cover in the back. It also isn’t packaged in any way/protected with any foil – just placed directly in the cardboard amazon envelope. COmic itself looks amazing

One of the greatest graphic novels ever written. I loved the watchmen and bought the graphic novel a long time ago, loved the film also. However, as soon as i realised it was available on kindle I bought it instantly. I love the feeling I can read this anytime, anywhere. I highly recommend purchasing this book if you like comic book heroes with an edge

I have to say, this is just the best comic I have ever read. The art was just to die for, the characters were well thought out, and a brilliant plot was implemented into the comic. I have read many comics where the story seems jump around to useless side stories for no typical reason other than to show that the writers want to make a long ass story, but this was different. Sure the story jumped around a lot in this but there was some point to it; it helped me understand when, why, and how the heroes became who they are.
For example, Jon a.k.a. Dr. Manhattan, was not always an immortal bipedal h-Bomb, he was once human. He had a life once before where he was human. He grew up a the son of a watch maker so he was always around time. Things changed and he became a scientist in Nuclear- Atomic- Atoms- whatchamacallit. He met his first love and he offered one day to fix her watch because someone stepped on it. He left it in his lab coat one day, and his lab coat was left inside a room where objects were de-atomized. He went to fetch the lab coat and an accident occurred, causing him to be trapped inside the room and he was De-Atomized. Thought to be dead, everyone tried to think as if it never happened. Then Jon appeared, living and well but had changed. He was glowing bright blue, his skin was like a blueberry threw up on him, and he now had abilities unlike anyone. He had become God, which he denied to every extent. But he was also fixated on how time flowed. He always knew what would happen before it would happen, and it made him quite a pain in the ass to be around since he seemed to never be impressed or seemed to care. However he at times does wish to be normal, but he blames three people for his transformation, but never could he choose the main person to blame. He blamed the man who stepped on the watch, he blamed his girlfriend who he offered to fix her watch, and he blamed himself for ever leaving his coat in the De-atomization chamber in the first place.

Another example of a well thought out character (which is one of my favorite heroes of all time) is Walter Kovacs a.k.a. Rorschach (pronounced: Roar•Shack). Rorschach is more or less the character that actually knows when stuff is going on, and he knows how to get the information he wants. He doesn’t need fancy gadgets (although he does have a Grapple Hook launcher), he doesn’t need superpowers, he doesn’t need the force, and he sure as hell doesn’t need money. He used something called breaking limbs. It works to the very least, and that’s how he found out about WW3 (which was about to happen but events at the end of the book caused the world to stop all war). He did find out about a plot to stop the war by interrogating a retired villain who was dragged into the whole mess. But how did Rorschach become like this? How did Walter Kovacs become the cold, paranoid vigilante that he is? Walter grew up in a broken home, raised by his whore of a mother that treated him like garbage and he was bullied by the other kids because his mother was a whore. At some point he grew tired of all of the worlds evils. He, when he became an adult, started working at some package-fashion store place, and a package with a dress that was specially made came in. The dress was an ink blot dress which meant that the dress design ‘moves’ via body heat reacting with ink in between special fabric. They were holding it for a celebrity who died before she could ever pick it up. The way she died caused Walter to break. The Celebrity had been raped and murdered, and bystanders watched as it happened. The cold injustice that happened to the lady created Walter Kovacs’s alias. But, through a confusing explanation on how Rorschach truly began, he tells a doctor the birth of Rorschach and the death of Walter. According to Walter, Rorschach began the night he promised to find a kidnapped girl. He found the kidnapper, but no girl. The girl was dead, chopped to pieces and fed to dogs like kibble. He changed drastically, and instead of arresting the kidnapper, he killed him. As Walter said: “whatever was left of Walter died that night with little girl.” He now kills those who dare to cause injustice. He even hates the politicians (for going on with war as the only answer) and prostitutes (because of his childhood).

But to truly understand the story, YOU. MUST. READ. IT. You’ll be sorry if you don’t. I will cherish my copy and pass it down for future generations to experience an era of comics from before my time. Thanks for reading!

Famous Quote from Rorschach:
“Dead dog found in alley way, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me, I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters, and the gutters are filled with blood until the drains finally scab over and all of the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of their sex and murder will rise up around their waists, and they will look up and scream: Save us! And I will look down and reply: No.”