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X-WR-CALNAME:Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons in Cleveland at P
	ostal code 44114\, United States - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
DESCRIPTION:  Graphic novel time! And not just any graphic novel - the
	 one that started everything. The book that changed what graphic novel
	s were\, and what comic books could be. The Hugo award winning Watchme
	n was originally a twelve issue comic book series from the mid 80's th
	at was later collected into one book\, and that book hasn't been out o
	f print since. And for good reason: It's a complex\, very adult story 
	that redefined what a superhero is\, treating them as fallible humans 
	with problematic relationships and the potential corrupting nature of 
	power. Here's a summary excerpt from Wikipedia: Moore used the story a
	s a means to reflect contemporary anxieties and to deconstruct the sup
	erhero concept. Watchmen takes place in an alternate history United St
	ates where the country is edging closer to a nuclear war with the Sovi
	et Union. After government-sponsored superhero The Comedian is found m
	urdered\, the vigilante Rorschach warns his former colleagues of what 
	he believes is a conspiracy to kill costumed heroes. As the story prog
	resses\, the protagonists discover that one of the heroes has resolved
	 to stave off war between the United States and the USSR by carrying o
	ut a plan that will kill millions of innocent people. Creatively\, the
	 focus of Watchmen is on its structure. Gibbons used a nine-panel grid
	 layout throughout the series and added recurring symbols such as a bl
	ood-stained smiley face. All but the last issue feature supplemental f
	ictional documents that add to the series' backstory\, and the narrati
	ve is intertwined with that of another story\, a fictional pirate comi
	c titled Tales of the Black Freighter\, which one of the characters is
	 reading. Watchmen has received critical acclaim both in the comics an
	d mainstream press\, and is regarded as a seminal text of the comic bo
	ok medium. After a number of attempts to adapt the series into a featu
	re film\, director Zack Snyder's Watchmen is scheduled for release in 
	March 2009. I've read it several times and look forward to reading it 
	again. If you've never read it\, here's your excuse to read a comic bo
	ok. (Not that you need one\, but some people seem to.) I've been wanti
	ng to do a meetup on this for a while (our last graphic novel was Blan
	kets by Craig Thompson\, still highly recommended) and now that the hi
	gh-profile movie is to be released in March\, I want to make sure we g
	et to it before then. And it wont take you more than two hours to read
	 :) See you on the 8th!\n
LOCATION:Postal code 44114\, United States @ Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Uni
	ted States
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