WATCHMEN. (Moore and Gibbons)

DC Comics presents a special, new edition of the WATCHMEN, complete with recolored cover art by artist extraordinaire Dave Gibbons The WATCHMEN INTERNATIONAL EDITION is created especially for the international market, and is also available in the U.S. and Canada. One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial bestseller, WATCHMEN has only grown in stature since its original publication. Along with a new cover by Gibbons, this volume features the high-quality, recolored pages from WATCHMEN: THE ABSOLUTE EDITION, restored by Wild-Storm FX and original series colorist John Higgins. Directed by Zac Snyder (300, Sin City) the Watchmen is the most eagerly anticipated cinematic release of 2008. This special export edition graphic novel takes you back to where it all began. Penned by the legendary Alan Moore, the Watchmen has transcended its genre to become one of the great literary pieces of the 20th Century. Set in the mid 1980s, the story follows a group of super heroes led by the mysterious Dr.Manhattan. A plot has been hatched to discredit and kill them as freaks. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other works and studies on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the fine pace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced.