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Podcast: New Books in Performing Arts
Episode: Drew Morton, "After Midnight: Watchmen After Watchmen" (U Mississippi Press, 2022)
Description: Alan Mooreâs and Dave Gibbonsâs Watchmen fundamentally altered the perception of American comic books and remains one of the mediumâs greatest hits. Launched in 1986ââthe year that changed comicsâ for most scholars in comics studiesâWatchmen quickly assisted in cementing the legacy that comics were a serious form of literature no longer defined by the Comics Code era of funny animal and innocuous superhero books that appealed mainly to children.After Midnight: Watchmen After Watchmen (U Mississippi Press, 2022) looks specifically at the three adaptations of Mooreâs and Gibbonsâs WatchmenâZack Snyderâs Watchmen film (2009), Geoff...