before watchmen Archives

The Adult In The Room – A New Column By Lee Barnett
Occupy? Presidential debates? No – the comic book industry, the creators and personalities in this entertainment medium. It's truly astonishing how, at a time when so many stories in comics are dealing with the complexities of moral choices, the psychological tests with which characters are faced, that stories about comics so often come down to who[...]
Watch Amanda Conner Draw This Silk Spectre Piece
Here's a sketch of Silk Spectre by Amanda Conner, the character she'll be drawing in the upcoming Before Watchmen books. And here is Amanda actually drawing it, at Megacon, a few weeks back… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vs2QYNjbIo[/youtube]   Here's a sketch of Silk Spectre by Amanda Conner, the character she'll be drawing in the upcoming Before Watchmen books. And here is Amanda[...]
First Minutemen Art From Darwyn Cooke – And The Watchmen Contract
There's no point in wasting resources for decades, when effectively, if there's a legal case, I'd be prohibited from speaking about it, which DC is more worried about." Moore contines at length with his concerns for the medium, with Dan DiDio defending the decision to publish Before Watchmen, citing Dave Gibbons support. Hurm. FastCoCreate has a new[...]
Collectors Cornered – Watching Men
Unscripted, reality CC. This week we ask our customers what they think about the Before Watchmen announcement and follow it up with few photos from our team up with a local food chain on Kids Night, giving away Free All Ages comics. Owner of Collectors Corner, in Baltimore, Maryland, Randy Myers on Before Watchmen: My favorite series and[...]
Swipe File: Strutting Rorschach
On the left is the new Rorscach statue from DC Comics as part of their Before Watchmen line And on the right is Leonardo Di Caprio, taken during the making of the movie Inception And named "Strutting Leo". The pose that has repurposed and reused for comic effect repeatedly, thus;   Could Strutting Rorschach be[...]
When DC Comics Fell For Jae Lee
Amid all the Before Watchmen hype, the appointment of Jae Lee as the artist on the Ozymandias series is an interesting development, if only because for years, he has been considered a Marvel and an Image boy — and mostly Marvel at that. He's basically had just one DC book — Jekyll And Hyde —  from seven years ago. His[...]
Thursday Trending Topics: Not Watchmen
Ok, that's kind of interesting...  there was much less Watchmen at the top of the charts (even beyond the top 3) than I would have expected today (and it
Kevin Smith Turned Down BEFORE WATCHMEN
When reporting early rumours about Before Watchmen, almost every name I was given turned out to be true – Darwyn Cooke, Brian Azzarello, JMS, Amanda Conner, JG Jones, Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert, Adam Hughes and John Higgins There was another name that I dismissed as it was denied directly – that of Kevin Smith. His name[...]
The Ethics Of Before Watchmen
This article was published at Bleeding Cool at the beginning of December last year, under the title The Ethics Of Watchmen 2. Due to popular request, it
Retailers Talk Before Watchmen
This summer, retailers will be ordering X-Men Vs Avengers and Before Watchmen simultaneously Marvel are introducing discounts to those who order large numbers of the central comics It is likely, but not definite, that DC will run some programme to encourage retailers to order sizeable amounts too, though likely more around returnability But faced with[...]
Thursday Runaround: Who Watches The Before Watchmen?
The fools. Just Say AH! :: Adam on BEFORE WATCHMEN So, you see, I have some strange sort of orbital relationship to WATCHMEN  I feel pretty honored to be working it  I'm looking forward to drawing all these characters  Yes, DOCTOR MANHATTAN is an unusual choice to assign me to, but I'm assured that DC has a[...]
Wednesday Trending Topics: Surprise, It's Before Watchmen Day
To the surprise of few, it's one of the most predictable trending topic days ever: All Before Watchmen, all the time I suppose the only surprise is that no Watchmen rumors surfaced on the movie side  Overall, it was also an interesting day in comics history, with major birthdays for two of our most important[...]
Leah Moore On Before Watchmen
Leah Moore, co-writer of the medium-redefining webcomic The Thrill Electric – and also one of Alan Moore's daughters – had something to say about the announcement today of Before Watchmen. I have to say I find it hard to disagree. Leah Moore, co-writer of the medium-redefining webcomic The Thrill Electric – and also one of Alan[...]