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Watchmen

Deze baanbrekende strip saga ontvouwt zich in een wereld waar superhelden overbodig worden en politieke spanningen oplopen. De serie onderzoekt de complexe aard van heldendom, moraliteit en de mensheid zelf. Volg een groep voormalige helden terwijl ze verstrikt raken in een complot dat de wereld zou kunnen vernietigen. Het is een duistere en tot nadenken stemmende deconstructie van het superheldengenre en onze eigen samenleving.

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    A New York Times best-seller! 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! Watchmen begins as a murder-mystery, but soon unfolds into a planet-altering conspiracy. As the resolution comes to a head, the unlikely group of reunited heroes--Rorschach, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias--have to test the limits of their convictions and ask themselves where the true line is between good and evil. In the mid-eighties, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created Watchmen, changing the course of comics' history and essentially remaking how popular culture perceived the genre. Popularly cited as the point where comics came of age, Watchmen's sophisticated take on superheroes has been universally acclaimed for its psychological depth and realism. Watchmen is collected here in deluxe hardcover, with sketches, extra bonus material and a new introduction by series artist Dave Gibbons.

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  • Watchmen is widely considered to be one of the greatest graphic novel of all time. This book gives an account of the genesis of Watchmen.

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