![]() ![]() But Watchmen is more than guys and gals somersaulting around in costume for good and evil. And in 1988, it received a Hugo Award, which is like an Oscar for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy crowd. In 2005, Watchmen became the only illustrated book to make it onto Time Magazine’s “ All-Time 100 Greatest Novels.” That’s no easy feat. In a decade filled with one-hit wonders (hello, Dexys Midnight Runners), Alan Moore stood strong as a one-man wrecking crew, critiquing the era as it swirled around him (cyclone of shoulder pads anyone?), and doing so in a way that remains relevant and fascinating to audiences today. Not only did he manage to completely miss the decade style-wise (seriously-dude looks like this in pretty much every picture ever taken of him), but he based Watchmen in the '80s as well. ![]() What were people thinking? Not Alan Moore, though. ![]() Most people look back on the '80s and shake their heads. Along with Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns (1986), Alan Moore’s Watchmen(published first as a limited series in 1986 and then as a graphic novel in 1987) has revolutionized the world of caped crusaders. Holy guacamole, Watchmen! Without you, superheroes would still talk like that, and even worse, they’d have nothing important to say. ![]()
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