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Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel (Hardcover)

by Dave Gibbons (Author), Chip Kidd (Author), Mike Essl (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Titan Books Ltd (24 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1848560419
  • ISBN-13: 978-1848560413
  • Product Dimensions: 30.4 x 23.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Acclaimed as one of "Time Magazine's" 100 Best Novels, "Watchmen" is widely considered to be the greatest graphic novel of all time. "In Watching The Watchmen", artist Dave Gibbons gives his own account of the genesis of "Watchmen", opening his archives to reveal excised pages, early versions of the script original character designs, page thumbnails, sketches and much more, including posters covers and rare portfolio art.Featuring the breathtaking design of Chip Kidd and Mike Essl, "Watching The Watchmen" is both a major art book in its own right, and the definitive companion to the graphic novel that changed an industry.


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Dave Gibbons is best known for his iconic artwork on the groundbreaking Watchmen. He has also written and/or drawn Superman, Batman, Doctor Who and his semi-autobiographical graphic novel The Originals. Chip Kidd is an award-winning writer and designer, whose books include Batman Collected.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An essential companion for my favourite graphic novel, 5 Nov 2008
By Jesse (Richmond, Surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I must have re-read Watchmen once a year since I first bought it and loved it, and thought there was nothing new I could now discover about it, but this book has changed my mind. I found it's a book to dip into, not read from start to finish in one big bite, but there's so much to see and pore over on every page, I didn't want to gulp it down anyway, lots of colours and textures and so much fine detail in every frame. Alan Moore gets loads of kudos, and deserves it 100%, but it's good for once to see Dave Gibbons get his time in the sun - a fantastic artist.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth Watching the Watchmen, 7 Nov 2008
By John Freeman "jfreeman_lancaster" (Lancaster UK) - See all my reviews
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For Watchmen fans, Watching the Watchmen offers a gorgeous companion to the comics masterpiece, revealing excised pages, early versions of the script, original character designs, page thumbnails, sketches and much more.

Gibbons deliberately skirts around the controversy that ensued the publication of Watchmen, which ultimately led to Alan Moore refusing to work for DC Comics because of royalty and character ownership disputes. While not averse to scandal, the consummate artist prefers instead to celebrate the work and its ongoing success.

While I would have liked to have seen more of Alan Moore's script for this seminal work, the art samples are stunning and a testament to Gibbons artistic skills. This is a beautifully packaged, superbly designed celebration of the Watchmen which should encourage fans to revisit the original work and see its pages and storytelling in a whole new light.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Manhattan perfect transfer, 1 Dec 2008
By M. Osterloh "Spamfritters" (Forest Hill, South East London) - See all my reviews
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`Watching the Watchmen' is the hardback equivalent of all those extra features you get in a deluxe DVD movie package. Dave Gibbons delivers the text equivalent of the audio commentary and opens up his portfolio to offer us page after beautiful glossy page of early, revised or deleted scenes from key stages in the development of the greatest graphic novel of all time.

It is a refreshingly frank and humble guide. Despite already enjoying huge critical success on a variety of other projects, Gibbons recalls how he and (Alan) Moore did not take DC's exclamations of approval for granted as they began to submit pages and receive the glowing feedback.

If you've ever wondered how your favourite comic strips go from concept to critical acclaim, this is the book for you.

One word of advice, this may have the weight and girth of a coffee table book, but you may want to read it wearing white gloves. It really is a thing of beauty - and such beauty should remain untainted!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
Brilliant book!

Seeing all the ideas grow is amazing, great to see how Dave Gibbons works!
Published 6 months ago by Pete L. Harries

4.0 out of 5 stars Who watches the watchers of the watchers?
Read in conjunction with Absolute Watchmen this helped me get so much more out of the book, as the artist Dave Gibbons points out all the visual clues that I would never have... Read more
Published 8 months ago by M. A. Ramsay

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