Watchmen Archives

The Boys is one show President Obama liked to watch in-between writing. (Images: NBC/Amazon Prime screencaps)
Along with The Boys, President Obama also explains what it is about Better Call Saul, The Good Place, and Watchmen that made that perfect for a writing vibe Oh, and don't think he forgot hoops: Better Call Saul, because of its great characters and examination of the dark side of the American dream The Good Place[...]
Is Rorschach A Sequel To Watchmen - Or To Kick-Ass?
Today sees the publication of Rorschach #3, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes But this week's issue looks at the story of Laura, the woman who accompanied the new, older, based-on-Steve-Ditko Rorschach in his failed presidential-candidate assassination attempt. Credit: DC Comics And we learn of her childhood, being brought up by her[...]
Zack Snyder's Watchmen Button Up For Auction
The blood-spattered smiley button from the 2009 adaptation of Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons The actual button used in the movie, worn by The Comedian, and picked up by Rorschach and appearing prominently in all marketing for the film This should be going for big bucks at Comic Connect as the auction comes to[...]
The Insult That Made A Man Out Of Rorschach
The second issue of Rorschach, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, by Tom King and Jorge Fornes, and published by DC Comics out today, take place in Lewis Tower. Art from Rorschach #2. The building in which Will Myerson, a comic book creator, lives Could this be a link to Byron Lewis, the engineer and aviation inventor known as[...]
The Biggest, Baddest Spoilers for The Walking Dead #192
Hence why this page from Rorschach #2 below the spoiler image is doing the rounds over the weekend – just like Death Metal #5. Did Rorschach Create A Character Like The Question? (Spoilers) The link in the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes, between Rorschach suspect comic book creator Will Myerson has been[...]
Tom King Interviews Dave Gibbons Live at Baltimore Comic Con Online
Dave Gibbons is the co-creator of Watchmen Tom King is the author of the new Rorschach comic book, an unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, also published by DC Comics this week And next weekend, as part of a pretty impressive series of live panels from Baltimore Comic-Con (yes, SDCC and NYCC, live panels, so that people[...]
How Rorscharch #1 Betrays, then Kills Steve Ditko
That's the mystery to be unraveled in the comic. In the original Watchmen series, Rorschach was Alan Moore's commentary on Ditko's Mr A character, taking the absolutist black-white moral stance of the character to its logical conclusion It was Moore's opinion that such a character would likely be psychotic, deeply alienated, dangerously violent, and smelled bad[...]
Watchmen included the Rorschach-worshipping Seventh Kavalry (Image: HBO)
Fans of Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel "remix" of DC Comics' Watchmen still continue debating whether or not the multiple Emmy Award-winning HBO series should move ahead on a second season or if the second season should be a direct sequel or something set in another part of Lindelof's universe BCTV has gone on record as saying[...]
Tom Hardy, Pokémon GO, Jeff Goldblum – Daily LITG, 13th October 2020
You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. LITG: Tom Hardy in Legend (2015) All rights reserved, courtesy Studiocanal and Universal. LITG: Pokémon GO, Tom Hardy and Jeff Goldblum – the ten most-read stories yesterday… What you were reading yesterday, the numbers don't lie. We Can Do Better Than Tom Hardy as James Bond Jurassic World: Jeff[...]
Image Comics Says Crossover Will Have The Impact Of Watchmen
But Image still seems to think there is room for more, and has been talking retailers that Crossover #1 will launch with a Watchmen-level impact. The comparisons may go more than skin deep The three circular dots were used for promotion, part of the logo and repeat within the first issue Some saw them as representing[...]
The Wolverine Watchmen Are Not What You Think
But no, "Wolverine Watchmen" is something far worse, than a teased DC/Marvel crossover sequel to Doomsday Clock Instead, it is the name of a militia plotting to start a civil war, with much visibility on social media right now. Thirteen people have been arrested over two separate plots to allegedly kidnap Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and[...]
WWE Star Dave Bautista is outspoken about his dislike of Donald Trump.
Sure, it's still pricey, but isn't it worth it to show your support for Zack Snyder? An Unauthorized Sequel to Watchmen What does an Unauthorized Sequel to Watchmen look like? How about a big paper mache fist clutching a wad of cash Perhaps an anthropomorphic DC Comics logo dancing on the graves of long-dead comic book creators,[...]
Watchmen To Be Adapted Into A Nine-Panel Zoom Play
To follow Zack Snyder, Damon Lindehof, Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, and Tom King and Jorge Fornes, Tristan Basile is directing his own unauthorised adaptation/sequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen, called Watchmen: A Zoom Play. Dave Gibbons Watchmen art. Posting on Backstage, looking for unpaid actors willing to volunteer their time in lockdown, he states "Adapting[...]
HBO Backstories: "Watchmen" (Image: HBO)
To be honest, barring anyone taking up series creator Damon Lindelof's challenge to jump into HBO's Watchmen universe sandbox, we figured the Emmy Awards would be the final chapter on our coverage And a great note it would be to end on, with major wins for the series overall, for actors Regina King and Yahya[...]
Is Tom King Making The New Rorschach Alan Moore? (Spoilers)
This is the solicitation for issue #2 of Rorschach, the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes, published by DC Comics Followed by a little speculation on our part. RORSCHACH #2 What's the connection between an aging comic book artist and Rorschach? That's the question the detective investigating the attempted assassination of a presidential[...]
Damon Lindelof and Regina King speak on Watchmen winning a Peabody Award (Image: HBO).
In Damon Lindelof's defense? He's been saying all along that he had no intention of coming back to craft a second season of HBO's Emmy Award-winning series Watchmen– but that didn't mean the series' universe shouldn't continue to be explored Now, we're on record saying that we feel Lindelof should go the Fargo route and[...]
Rick And Morty And Pokémon GO – The Daily LITG 23rd September 2020
Whether that's Rick and Morty, John Oliver, Watchmen or Pokémon GO The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Rick And Morty And Pokémon GO -The Daily LITG 23rd September 2019 (Image: ABC screencap) LITG: Rick[...]
Angela takes that next step on Watchmen, courtesy of HBO.
Eleven Emmy Award wins isn't too bad of a way for Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel "remix" of the comic book classic Watchmen to wrap its "life cycle" as a series (even if there are additional seasons) The HBO series would earn the honor of being the first comic-book adaptation to walk away with the kind of[...]
Brian Bolland Remakes Killing Joke For Rorschach Forbidden Planet Cover
Naturally, it was a lettering SNAFU that first set him off, but it soon became clear that it's the concept of the book itself that gets under Campbell's skin, just like many comic book readers who recognize that DC's continued exploitation of the property is contrary to both the wishes of Watchmen's creators and to[...]
Angela takes that next step on Watchmen, courtesy of HBO.
Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel "remix" of the comic book classic Watchmen wrapped its award season run in style, becoming the first comic-book adaptation to walk away with the kind of gold that the HBO series did Sunday night Of the 26 total nominations received, Watchmen would walk away with 11 Emmys in total by the time[...]
Angela and Dr. Manhattan meet again and for the first time on Watchmen (Image: HBO).
America Unbelievable Unorthodox Watchmen What The Hell, Ray?: All very worthy nominees- and all worthy enough to lose to Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel "remix" of the classic comic book series Going into Sunday night, it already has 7 Emmy wins- and that number's only going to grow That said? BCTV would like to take a minute to appreciate that entire line-up:[...]
Dave Sim Parodies Tom King's Rorschach in Cerebus In Hell: Hermann
The latest Cerebus In Hell one-shot planned by Dave Sim and his cohorts for December, Hermann, chooses to parody a comic book that hasn't even been published yet, Rorschach, the unauthorised Watchmen sequel by Tom King and Jorge Fornés, published by DC Comics next month Bleeding Cool reported that the new Rorschach would be one[...]
A scene from Watchmen (Image: HBO)
By now, we think it's pretty clear who watches HBO and Damon Lindelof's Watchmen: a lot of people who vote on awards With the series expected to make an impression at this year's Emmy Awards, the pseudo-sequel/remix of  The-Writer-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, David Gibbons, and John Higgins' comic book classic was the clear winner of this year's Television Critics[...]
The New Rorschach is Obsessed With Hannah Arendt, Not Ayn Rand
The Watchmen panel at DC Fandome saw HBO Watchmen showrunner Damon Lindelof interview the new Rorschach creative team Tom King and Jorge Fornes, with Damon Lindelhof's background covered in White Rabbit Subtle. DC Fandome screencap. Tom King talked about his own unofficial sequel, the upcoming Rorschach comic book, leaning on the original Watchmen but also the role-playing[...]
Latest DC FanDome Allows Complete Custom Experience
So for fans of Batwoman, Supergirl, Black Lightning, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Stargirl, Doom Patrol, Harley Quinn, Lucifer, Pennyworth, Superman & Lois, Watchmen, and more, prepare to sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. DC Fandome: Explore the Multiverse Logo with Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman 84 Image courtesy of Warner Bros Here is[...]
A look at Agent Petey aka Lube Man (???) from Watchmen (Image: HBO)
When it comes to a recent chat that Watchmen showrunner Damon Lindelof and series composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails) had with Rolling Stone, it was more of the latter While the entire interview (below) is definitely worth checking out, it was the end of the video that caught our attention: an[...]
A look at the police force in Watchmen (Image: HBO)
While it would be easy for Damon Lindelof to get lost in the euphoria that comes with his "remix" pseudo-sequel to comic book classic Watchmen earning 26 Emmy nominations (including for Outstanding Drama Series and acting noms for Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jovan Adepo, Louis Gossett Jr., and Jean Smart), he's always made it[...]
The Official Watchmen Podcast: Interview with Directors Nicole Kassell and Stephen Williams | HBO
With Damon Lindelof's "remix" pseudo-sequel to comic book classic Watchmen heading into next month's Emmy Awards with 26 nominations (the most this year, including for Outstanding Drama Series and acting recognition for Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jovan Adepo, Louis Gossett Jr., and Jean Smart), Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) has returned for a special edition of "The[...]
More DC FanDome key art (Image: WarnerMedia)
Studios lot; FunVerse, featuring access to digital comics and merchandise; and the DC Kids FanDome, a kid-safe, interactive environment. Which means that most (if not all) of your time will be spent jumping virtual theaters to catch things like the season 7 trailer for The Flash, Damon Lindelof hosting a panel about the expanding Watchmen universe,[...]