One of my favourite weekly columns, Grumpy Old Fan, showcased the original set of ads for Watchmen (the 1986 comic series) last week. These advertisements appeared on the back of some DC titles prior to and during the period in which the series was coming out, and I remember several of them well. However, column writer Tom Bondurant included 2 unused versions, featuring Nite Owl (shown here) and Silk Spectre, which I'm seeing now for the first time. It's amazing how much detail each one holds, and how absolutely representative of the series each is. As Bondurant notes, Moore and Gibbons clearly poured as much into the creation of those images and text as they did everything else Watchmen-related. It's doubtful the movie will be up to that standard, but we'll find out in approximately 51 weeks!
1 comment:
Nice!
Now that would be a great piece to get for the wall. Dream on, eh?
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