Tag Archives: Watchmen

Here be watchmen

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

With a title like, To Set A Watchman, it’s small wonder that Harper Lee‘s new novel rings a bell with even the most casual reader of graphic novels. However, leave it to Ruben Bolling to use that pavlovian response and … Continue reading →

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Don’t blame a dog for its owner’s sins

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Remember that one scene in Watchmen, when Rorschach is looking for a child that’s disappeared and he sees two dogs gnawing on what seems to be a human bone? Well, you may want to look at that scene from the … Continue reading →

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Dude, we’re in jail

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Wim Lockefeer

Thunder Mates is a hilarious series of comics mash-ups by Ben Hutchings, in which he adds surprisingly fitting new dialogue to exisiting comic art.  I totally am amazed by this scene in which Rorschach and his shrink turn out to … Continue reading →

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Don’t watch the watchmen

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

“Everybody should have read the book” – wonderful piece of satire.  They even got the accents right. (via Chris Roberson)

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Stripgids 14 – iStrips, iemand ?

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

Eind februari van dit jaar lanceerde internetboekhandel Amazon zijn Kindle 2, een verbeterde versie van zijn ebook, met meer geheugen, een scherper beeld, en toegang tot online winkel voor ebooks.  Om de een of andere reden leeft bij Jeff Bezos … Continue reading →

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Gibbons Draws Rorschach

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

Again, one of those peeks into the creative process of a cartoonist.  This time it’s Dave Gibbons painting Watchmen‘s maverick vigilante, Rorschach. (via Tor)

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New Frontiersman syndicated

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

Even though I’m quite hesitant to go and see Watchmen (I’m just afraid that it will be bad enough to spoil the book for the rest of my life), I do like many of the various marketing endeavours that have … Continue reading →

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Dave Gibbons on drawing Watchmen

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

This short film from Wired is actually quite informative when it comes to the creative process of the Watchmen comic. For more Watchmen today, check out the most recent marketing ploy, 6 Minutes To Midnight.  It’s not bad at all.

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Ombudsmen

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

I’m afraid we may have been getting a bit of Watchmen overload lately (at least it didn’t make me look differently at the original comic, the way the Dark Knight marketing bonanza did), but you gotta love PvP for bringing … Continue reading →

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I Did It

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Wim Lockefeer

Found this via Reddit.  No idea who did this, but i like it. update – it would seem that this is in fact the grand finale to Rich Johnston and Simon Rohrmuller’s Watchmensch, which is available here was in fact done … Continue reading →

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