It is often said that Watchmen
The following article utilizes William S Burroughs influential “Cut-Up” technique, as Burroughs is one of the major influences of Ozymandias. The texts it uses are as follows: Last War in Albion Vol. 2 by Elizabeth Sandifer, Watchmen by Alan Moore, Pax Americana by Grant Morrison, Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs, Alien Covenant by John Logan & Dante Harper, The Architects of Fear by Meyer Dolinsky, The Book of Urizen by William Blake, The Great Red Dragon by Nick Antosca, Steve Lightfoot, & Bryan Fuller, and The Matrix Reloaded by Lana & Lily Wachowski. The specific methodology of Cut-Up utilized a nine panel grid. [Read more…] about Who Watched the Watchmen? Before Watchmen: Ozymandias
The art deco style that Gotham City is rendered in not only gives the show this pulp quality that ties it perfectly with Batman’s influences, it has become synonymous with how Batman fans perceive Gotham City. Alan Burnett, one of the producers on the show, described the show’s look as “dark deco.” Paul Dini, who not only served as the story editor on the show but also wrote some of its best episodes, described it as “what if the 1939 World’s Fair had gone on another sixty years or so” and it really does feel that way. The world of Batman: The Animated Series is a world where supercomputers and rocket cars can co-exist with black-and-white TV screens and rotary dial telephones.
, at the funeral of our protagonist. “It all just seems so pointless somehow,” says one of his heroic colleagues. “Six months from now, who’s even going to remember Dollar Bill?” Great question.
and co-write Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre with Amanda Conner. Although the experience and reaction was far from a party (Cooke described it as a “shit show”), Cooke’s legacy remains largely untarnished by his significant contributions to the debacle. At the time, I remember thinking of “Minutemen” as the series held in the highest regard (or at least as the one not held in contempt!). A near decade ago, I even spent an entire 
saw Dark Horse and DC Comics come together for the first time for a story that sees Fox Studios’ alien hunter arrive in Gotham, pursuing dangerous game throughout the city until it encounters the most dangerous prize – The Dark Knight. With Batman trying to solve who is behind a string of grisly murders in his city, his search leads him directly to the Predator, only to be badly beaten and nearly killed in his first encounter. Now with Bruce Wayne physically broken and the Predator tearing through Gotham, Batman will have to find a way to beat an enemy unlike any he’s faced before for the sake of his city.