Just spotted these beauties whilst browsing Forbidden Planet. One of the finest graphic novels ever and SIGNED no less by Dave Gibbons.
In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect.
Buy in store to buy at this price or you can have delivered for £3.
All comments (25)
oUkTuRkEyIII
18 Jun 161#1
Heads up Andy, your Tarantino box-set is now £14.99
moko84 to oUkTuRkEyIII
19 Jun 16#11
Que?
cannibalwombat
18 Jun 161#2
Already have a copy, but still so tempted.
robertr
18 Jun 16#3
Love it.
MoneyTrain81
18 Jun 16#4
Sod the copy I have already. Hardback here I come!
johnmcglinchey
18 Jun 16#5
Great. A must have. Thanks
queeg
18 Jun 16#6
Bought. Treating myself!
joedredd
18 Jun 16#7
Already got the Absolute edition signed by Gibbons. :wink:
ValueForMoney
18 Jun 161#8
For anyone just interested in the book itself you can get a used copy for £3 from Waterstones Marketplace.
Its different from the film, so if you loved the film definitely buy this you will enjoy the novel
fubob11 to AzeemB
19 Jun 16#15
Its not hugely different, just the ending is tweaked and some extra side story, but i'd still definitely recommend it.
bleachedsmiles
19 Jun 16#10
Awesome. Film is on Netflix now...and I don't care what anybody says, the film is better (ending makes more sense).
Sparkles to bleachedsmiles
19 Jun 161#23
I too prefer the movie ending. That said, I doubt the comic ending could've ever worked in a movie, and it was fine for the comic.
gb1999 to bleachedsmiles
19 Jun 16#24
Sacrilege! Sacrilege!! How very dare you both :wink:
Best book ever written imo. Even if you don't like the comic book form you should give it a try. Very well deserving of heat
malm
19 Jun 16#12
Pardon my ignorance is this a potential moneymaker.
fubob11 to malm
19 Jun 16#16
Maybe you'll get £20 in 50 years :smile: , honestly speaking, only original release comics make money.
quadnas
19 Jun 16#13
Still remember 1988 when I was in the old Forbidden Planet, they were selling all the original artwork for the first 2 issues.
It was like £100 a page. I bought 2, to sell them within a year. I look at them online now and they are worth about £32000
Kicking myself here.
Don_Mega
19 Jun 16#14
Watchmen! Hot!
The 15th
19 Jun 16#17
Ordered. I'm sure I'll get kicked by the Mrs for ordering more 'kids books'. She just doesn't understand the passion for graphic novels unfortuantly. Thank you :smiley:
johnieutah
19 Jun 16#18
There seem to be loads of different versions of Watchmen, anyone know which is best?
sunnyhot to johnieutah
19 Jun 161#19
The best version is written by alan moore.
XOXJADEXOX
19 Jun 16#20
May be a good stocking filler for my bf am sure I bought him some watch mans books before for £20ish
ScroopEgerton
19 Jun 16#21
Mine's signed by Alan Moore. Deluxe version. Mwah hah ha haaaa!
Ric_Margiotta
19 Jun 16#22
Does anyone know more about this 'Titan Edition'? The cover looks like what Amazon lists as the international edition. How does it compare in paper size, content and colour quality to the Deluxe and Absolute editions?
Justme1969
19 Jun 16#25
Well, here is a vote for the utterly bizarre but magnificent original ending which made perfect sense.
If you recall some of the ideas floating around during the time period when Moore wrote the script - there were concepts like a tangible off-world threat helping unify mankind under a common flag... so there you go, not so hard to see where he came up with the idea. Plus, visually speaking, when I first turned the page and saw the artwork - I thought WTF !! - whereas a few nukes going off, pft - big deal. As good as the movie was, and it was really good, the book is leagues ahead - you just cannot adequately move these ideas to film without drastic compromises. V for Vendetta - grrrr, now, that was an utter disgrace, but at least Watchmen was handled well.
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In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect.
Buy in store to buy at this price or you can have delivered for £3.
All comments (25)
http://www.waterstonesmarketplace.com/Watchmen-Alan-Moore/book/23892476?matches=46
Sacrilege! Sacrilege!! How very dare you both :wink:
Best book ever written imo. Even if you don't like the comic book form you should give it a try. Very well deserving of heat
It was like £100 a page. I bought 2, to sell them within a year. I look at them online now and they are worth about £32000
Kicking myself here.
If you recall some of the ideas floating around during the time period when Moore wrote the script - there were concepts like a tangible off-world threat helping unify mankind under a common flag... so there you go, not so hard to see where he came up with the idea. Plus, visually speaking, when I first turned the page and saw the artwork - I thought WTF !! - whereas a few nukes going off, pft - big deal. As good as the movie was, and it was really good, the book is leagues ahead - you just cannot adequately move these ideas to film without drastic compromises. V for Vendetta - grrrr, now, that was an utter disgrace, but at least Watchmen was handled well.