![]() ![]() I had no idea “writing” could be anything but linear, or that words could do anything but describe what was in a picture, that they could also emphasis what wasn’t. I didn’t know that “writing” could be a combination of images, words and subtleties. Until I grabbed Watchmen randomly off a shelf about seven years ago, I didn’t really understand that writing could be something I did outside a school paper. But occasionally, for some young people who picked it up, it was life-changing. Watchmen was violent, and it was dark, but at the same time Watchmen was human. ![]() They could be legitimate literature, and they could move you. In 1986 the collected version of Watchmen, along with Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and Art Spiegelman ‘s Maus, reminded comic audiences that these funny-pages weren’t just for children. It’s also, coincidentally, incredible in terms of comic book history. ![]() Manhattan who is blue and constantly naked. Oh, there is also an all-powerful man-god known as Dr. ![]()
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