Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

After watching the trailer for this film I decided to find it at the library. Watchmen is a graphic novel about vigilantes. There was a group of people who fought crime even though they really didn't have super powers. The only guy to really have powers was Dr. Manhattan (the blue guy).

The story is set after the US government created a law making it illegal to fight crime as a vigilante unless you're employed by the government.

We enter the story after one of the crime fighters, The Comedian, is killed - pushed out of a window. For the rest of the comic, we're introduced to each character and learn of their back story while the surviving heroes try to solve the murder. You'll find characters like, Nite Owl, Rorshache, and Silk Spectre. Their stories intertwine and create a depth that is now expected in graphic novels.

So why was The Comedian killed and who is at fault. That is the quest Rorshache and his vigilante ex-partners must complete.


This graphic novel won a few awards and the storyline is actually good. I can't wait for the movie.