Superheroes Hit the Big Screen

Comic book readers unite! The epic graphic novel Watchmen, considered a classic of its genre, hits theaters March 9. Written by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen was first published in 1986-87 by DC Comics as a 12-issue series. In this first superhero comic aimed at adults, a ragtag group of ex-heroes, led by a vigilante named Rorschach, must reunite in order to save the free world.
Before heading to the movie, read the original comic and let’s us know what you think by leaving a review or reserve the Watchmen Motion Picture Soundtrack coming soon to a library near you.

Read the critical essay Moore and Gibbons’s Watchmen: Exact Personifications of Science by Brent Fishbaugh.
Extrapolation 39.3 (Fall 1998): p189-198.
Detroit: Gale, 2004. p189-198.  Find it in the database Literature Resource Center.

Read a biography of Alan Moore in Biography Resource Center.

Superheros hit the big screen

Comic book readers unite! The epic graphic novel Watchmen, considered a classic of its genre, hits theaters March 9. Written by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen was first published in 1986-87 by DC Comics as a 12-issue series. In this first superhero comic aimed at adults, a ragtag group of ex-heroes, led by a vigilante named Rorschach, must reunite in order to save the free world. Before heading to the movie, read the original comic or listen to the movie’s soundtrack Watchmen Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Graphic Novels Online

Find graphic novels in eLibrary Elementary by selecting the Books icon  on eLibrary Elementary’s main page, and scrolling down to the Weekly Reader titles from the alphabetical list.

 

Find graphic novels in the eMedia Catalog (OverDrive). Enter the term graphic in the search box to get a list of titles available.