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Watchmen's Dave Gibbons: How to Get Into Comics

News Wednesday, July 29 by Captain



Dave Gibbons is the man who made Watchmen a reality. When he and co-creator Alan Moore created their series of comics in the early 80's, they had no idea that their take on what would happen if super heroes were 'real' would literally change the way people not only looked at comic book superheroes, but created them as well.

A quarter of a decade later, the graphic novel has been made into a blockbuster by Zack Snyder, the director of 300. Wowing hard-core comic book fans and newcomers alike, the film was a richly intricate and extremely faithful rendition of the comic book, with a structure and a style that was not designed for the lowest common denominator - certainly a classic moment for geeks everywhere who lament good ideas told in a way that tries to popularize them (ie dumbed down). The box office may have suffered, but creatively, a triumph.



Smelling the cigar smoke of his creation, The Comedian, was one of the most surreal things for Dave when filming Watchmen.


Dave Gibbons is first and foremost and illustrator of comics, but his long and illustrious career also includes writing comics, and working with the likes of Frank Miller, whose Batman epic, The Dark Knight Returns continued the 'darkness' set by Watchmen and went on to reinvigorate comics in the 80's to a similar degree (not to mention the effect of the filmed version, The Dark Knight).

If you had to describe Dave Gibbons, you would have to use the words enthusiastic, passionate and erudite. He understands comics and storytelling on a deep level, and we asked him to share some of that knowledge with us.





Watchmen will be out on Blu-Ray and DVD July 29, with possibly the greatest commentary of all time (so far) from director Zack Snyder.










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