Watchmen

Name: Watchmen
Author: Alan Moore

by Alan Moore

Deconstruction of superheroes where masked vigilantes operate as powerful political actors

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Alan Moore

Alan Moore is a British comic book writer considered the most important author in the history of the medium. Watchmen revolutionized the superhero genre, V for Vendetta depicted a fascist Britain resisted by an anarchist in a Guy Fawkes mask, and From Hell is an exhaustive meditation on the Jack the Ripper murders. His work has had an enormous influence on science fiction and fantasy.

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