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Watchmen (comics)
''Watchmen'' is a comic book limited series by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-volume edition in 1987. ''Watchmen'' originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics. As Moore's proposed story would have left many of the characters unusable for future stories, managing editor Dick Giordano convinced Moore to create original characters instead. Moore used the story as a means of reflecting contemporary anxieties, deconstructing and satirizing the superhero concept, and making political commentary. ''Watchmen'' depicts an alternate history in which superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s and their presence changed history so that the United States won the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal was never exposed. In 1985, the country is edgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Gibbons
David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story " For the Man Who Has Everything". He was an artist for '' 2000 AD'', for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977. Early life Gibbons was born on 14 April 1949, at Forest Gate Hospital in London, to Chester, a town planner, and Gladys, a secretary. He began reading comic books at the age of seven. A self-taught artist, he illustrated his own comic strips. Gibbons became a building surveyor but eventually entered the UK comics industry as a letterer for IPC Media. He left his surveyor job to focus on his comics career. British comics work Gibbons's earliest published work was in British underground comics, starting with ''The Trials of Nasty Tales'', including the main cover illustration, and continuing in ''cOZmic C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiley
A smiley, sometimes called a smiley face, is a basic ideogram representing a Smile, smiling face. Since the 1950s, it has become part of popular culture worldwide, used either as a standalone ideogram or as a form of communication, such as emoticons. The smiley began as two dots and a line representing eyes and a mouth. More elaborate designs in the 1950s emerged, with noses, eyebrows, and outlines. New York radio station WMCA (AM), WMCA used a yellow and black design for its ''"WMCA (AM)#Good Guys era, Good Guys"'' campaign in the early 1960s. More yellow-and-black designs appeared in the 1960s and 1970s, including works by Harvey Ross Ball in 1963, and The Smiley Company, Franklin Loufrani in 1971.INPI Brand: FR1199660 ***RENEWAL*** OF THE DEPOSIT MADE ON OCTOBER 1, 1971 AT THE National Institute of Industrial Property (Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Universe
The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. In context, the term "DC Universe" usually refers to the main DC Continuity (fiction), continuity. It contains various superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash, and Aquaman; as well as teams such as the Justice League, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. It also contains well-known supervillains, including the Joker (character), Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah (character), Cheetah, Deathstroke, the Eobard Thawne, Reverse-Flash, and Darkseid. Beyond the main continuity, the Multiverse (DC Comics), DC Multiverse encompasses all Parallel universes in fiction, alternate realities within DC Comics. The primary universe has been known by various names over time, with recent designations including "Prime Earth" or "Earth 0" (distinct from "Earth Prime"). The DC Universe and its alternate r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sequel
A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music, or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same fictional universe as an earlier work, usually chronologically following the events of that work. In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings. A sequel can lead to a series, in which key elements appear repeatedly. The difference between more than one sequel and a series is somewhat arbitrary. Sequels are attractive to creators and publishers because there is less risk involved in returning to a story with known popularity rather than developing new and untested characters and settings. Audiences are sometimes eager for more stories about popular characters or settings, making the production of sequels financially appealing. In film, sequels are very common. There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doomsday Clock (comics)
''Doomsday Clock'' is a 2017–2019 superhero comic book limited series published by DC Comics, written by Geoff Johns with art by penciller Gary Frank and colorist Brad Anderson. The series concludes a tangential story established in the New 52 and DC Rebirth, and it is a sequel to the 1986–1987 graphic novel ''Watchmen'' by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins, making it the first official crossover between ''Watchmen'' and the mainstream DC Universe. At the time, DC co-publisher Dan DiDio promoted ''Doomsday Clock'' as an official “sequel” to ''Watchmen''. However, series writer and DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns declined to characterize it as such, viewing it as a “standalone” story. The series's debut issue was published on November 22, 2017, and the final issue was published on December 18, 2019. Publication history ''Doomsday Clock'' is part of the DC Rebirth initiative, and it continues the narrative that was established with the 2016 one-sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prequel
A prequel is a literary, dramatic or cinematic work whose story precedes that of a previous work, by focusing on events that occur before the original narrative. A prequel is a work that forms part of a backstory to the preceding work. The term "prequel" is a 20th-century neologism from the prefix "pre-" (from Latin ''prae'', "before") and "sequel". Like sequels, prequels may or may not concern the same plot as the work from which they are derived. More often they explain the background that led to the events in the original, but sometimes the connections are not completely explicit. Sometimes prequels play on the audience's knowledge of what will happen next, using deliberate references to create dramatic irony. History Though the word "prequel" is of recent origin, works fitting this concept existed long before. The '' Cypria'', presupposing hearers' acquaintance with the events of the Homeric epic, confined itself to what preceded the ''Iliad'', and thus formed a kind of int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before Watchmen
''Before Watchmen'' is a series of comic books published by DC Comics in 2012. Acting as a prequel to the 1986 12-issue ''Watchmen'' limited series by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, the project consists of eight limited series and one one-shot (though two were planned) for a total of 37 issues. Publication history Moore stated in 1985 that if the ''Watchmen'' limited series was well-received, he and Gibbons would possibly create a 12-issue prequel series called ''Minutemen'' featuring the 1940s superhero group from the story.Heintjes, Tom (March 1986). "Alan Moore On (Just About) Everything". ''The Comics Journal''. DC offered Moore and Gibbons chances to publish prequels to the series, such as ''Rorschach's Journal'' or ''The Comedian's Vietnam War Diary'', as well as hinting at the possibility of other authors using the same universe. Tales of the Comedian's Vietnam War experiences were floated because '' The 'Nam'' was popular at the time, while another suggestion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End Is Nigh
The end is nigh is a phrase frequently used in relation to potential apocalyptical and eschatological events or the Biblical Apocalypse (''nigh'' is an older word for ''near''). It can also refer to the following: Film * "The End is Nigh", a chapter title in the Malcolm X documentary ''Seven Songs for Malcolm X'' * ''Kiamat Sudah Dekat'' (''The End is Nigh''), a 2003 Indonesian film by Deddy Mizwar Games and video games * '' Watchmen: The End Is Nigh'', an episodic video game series * ''The End Is Nigh'' (video game), a 2017 video game Literature * '' The End Is Nigh (fanzine)'', defunct British fanzine * ''The End is Nigh'', the first book in the apocalyptic anthology trilogy ''The Apocalypse Triptych'' Music * ''The End Is Nigh'', a 2013 parody of the Lady Gaga song "You and I" by YouTube Internet personality VenetianPrincess * ''The End is Nigh'', a song by Irish rock band Bell X1 on their 2013 album '' Chop Chop'' * ''Wake (The End Is Nigh)'', a song by American me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watchmen (2009 Film)
''Watchmen'' is a 2009 American superhero film based on the 1986–1987 DC Comics limited series Watchmen, of the same name co-created and illustrated by Dave Gibbons (with co-creator and author Alan Moore choosing to remain uncredited). Directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay by David Hayter and Alex Tse, the film features Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson. A dark and dystopian deconstruction of the superhero genre, the film is set in an alternate history in the year 1985 at the height of the Cold War, as a group of mostly retired American superheroes investigate the murder of one of their own before uncovering an elaborate and deadly conspiracy with which they are all connected. For nearly two decades from October 1987 until October 2005, a live-action film adaptation of the ''Watchmen'' series became stranded in development hell. Producers Lawrence Gordon (producer), Lawrence Gordon and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Snyder
Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with ''Dawn of the Dead (2004 film), Dawn of the Dead'', a remake of the 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead (1978 film), of the same name. Since then, he has directed or produced a number of comic book and superhero films, including ''300 (film), 300'' (2006) and ''Watchmen (2009 film), Watchmen'' (2009), as well as the Superman film that started the DC Extended Universe, ''Man of Steel (film), Man of Steel'' (2013), and its follow-ups, ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016) and ''Justice League (film), Justice League'' (2017), the latter of which had a Zack Snyder's Justice League, director's cut released in 2021. Aside from comic adaptation, he also directed the animated film ''Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole'' (2010), the Psychological fiction, psychological action film ''Sucker Punch (2011 film), Sucker Punch'' (2011), the zombie film, zombie heist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Barber ''
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Nicholas or Nick Barber may refer to: Musicians *Doof (musician), real name Nick Barber (born 1968) *Aaron Sprinkle, musician, real name Nick Barber (born 1974) Others * Nicholas Barber (writer) who worked with Nick Percival * Nicholas Barber (MP) for Dunwich *Nicholas Barber, character in ''Morality Play The morality play is a genre of medieval and early Tudor drama. The term is used by scholars of literary and dramatic history to refer to a genre of play texts from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries that feature personified concepts ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time's List Of The 100 Best Novels
''Time'''s List of the 100 Best Novels is an unranked list of the 100 best novels published in the English language between 1923 and 2005. The list was compiled by ''Time Magazine'' critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo. The list includes only English language novels published between 1923 (when ''Time'' was first published) and 2005 (when the list was compiled). As a result, some notable 20th-century novels, such as '' Ulysses'' by James Joyce (published in 1922), were ineligible for inclusion. A list of the ten best graphic novels of the period was subsequently published as a supplement to the list.{{cite magazine , url=https://entertainment.time.com/2009/03/06/top-10-graphic-novels/slide/all/ , title=Top 10 Graphic Novels , last=Grossman , first=Lev , date=October 16, 2005 , magazine=Time ''Watchmen'' (1986) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
