Why Watchmen Creator Alan Moore Hates The ‘Graphic Novel’ Label – IMDb

Why Watchmen Creator Alan Moore Hates The ‘Graphic Novel’ Label

2024 sawDC Comicsyet again trot out “Watchmen,” this time as a two-part animated film. First debuting in 1986, “Watchmen” is the beloved superhero murder mystery comic created by writerAlan Moore(who infamously has no interest in any “Watchmen” adaptations) and artistDave Gibbons. It’s also the one superhero comic that it’s broadly acceptable for literary critics to enjoy — so much so it spawned a new term for the comic medium: “graphic novel.”

The term goes back a bit further, such as the Marvel Graphic Novel line (begun in 1982). These longer (and more expensive) than usual comic issues told a standalone story. They also tended to be darker than contemporary Marvel comics. Take the “X2” inspiration “X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills” (by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson) where the X-Men battled a televangelist and religious bigotry, and “The Death of Captain Marvel” (by Jim Starlin), where the cosmic hero succumbed to cancer.

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12/24/2024by Devin MeenanSlash Film

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