Watchmen (1986 comic series)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Watchmen_(1986_comic_series)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:comic_book_series
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:Watchmen_(2009_film)
gptkb:Watchmen_(2019_TV_series)
gptkbp:artist gptkb:Dave_Gibbons
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:colorist gptkb:John_Higgins
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Len_Wein
gptkbp:finalDate October 1987
gptkbp:firstIssueDate September 1986
gptkbp:firstPublished 1986
gptkbp:format gptkb:television_series
gptkbp:genre gptkb:superhero
dystopian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Watchmen (1986 comic series)
gptkbp:includedIn Time's 100 best English-language novels since 1923
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charlton_Comics_characters
gptkbp:inspiredBy Before Watchmen (prequel series)
Doomsday Clock (sequel series)
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Ozymandias
gptkb:Nite_Owl
gptkb:Rorschach
gptkb:Silk_Spectre
gptkb:The_Comedian
gptkb:Dr._Manhattan
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:print
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:Watchmen_(graphic_novel)
gptkbp:notableFor complex narrative structure
metafictional elements
use of nine-panel grid layout
supplementary prose material
deconstruction of the superhero genre
Tales of the Black Freighter (comic within the comic)
gptkbp:numberOfIssues 12
gptkbp:publicationYear 1987
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:DC_Comics
gptkbp:setting alternate history United States
gptkbp:theme gptkb:identity
gptkb:politics
gptkb:conspiracy
existentialism
morality
power
nuclear war
vigilantism
gptkbp:won gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:writer gptkb:Alan_Moore
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Watchmen_universe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7