The only superpowered character, the atomically omnipotent Doctor Manhattan, is actively uninterested in the fate of humanity.
As a consequence ofWatchmens success, it seems like every superhero story since has desperately tried to emulate it.
Everything was so deep and grounded.
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Gary and I are trying to have echoes of that.
Doomsday Clockhas echoes aplenty.
The opening sequence should look very familiar toWatchmenreaders.
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The first page is laid out in the nine-panel grid format Moore and Gibbons employed so heavily.
Perhaps Rorschachs mention of deplorable sounds familiar.
But Geoff kept coming back to it.
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But we kept talking and every so often, Geoff would have more ideas.
There was a sense that something was coming together.
It was at that point it became clear he had something to say with his project.
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I was like, Okay, yeah, Im in.
Its an idea good enough to risk the ire of a millionWatchmenfans.
Beyond the real world,Doomsday Clockalso has a lot to say about the fictional DC universe.
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(Supermanhas a son!
Doomsday Clockitself opens in theWatchmenuniverse, a few years after the end of that book.
WasWatchmena positive or negative influence on comics?
while also telling an entertaining story of their own.
The thingWatchmendid really well is, it was about our world.
This book is about a lot of different things.
Its about redemption, corruption, failure, madness, politics, and perception vs. reality.
Its about a lot of different things not just whatWatchmenmeans, but what Superman and the DC universe mean.
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