That put him in his late forties evaluating his life up until then.

Q: Darwyn, why did you select Nite Owl (Hollis Mason) as the narrative voice for the Minutemen series?ĭ.C: Hollis' autobiography, Under The Hood, seemed like the most logical foundation on which to build my story and when we pick up the story in 1962 he's writing said book. Having been the original series' editor made it even easier. Having already written the Watchmen video game, WATCHMEN THE END IS NIGH, I was more than comfortable writing in this world. Having gone through a similar experience with Will Eisner's Spirit I was very aware of how hard I'd have to work to live up to the source material Alan and Dave created. Were you intimidated at all by the prospect of working on these classic characters?ĭ.C.: Yes. Q: Following up on an iconic piece of art like Watchmen can be very daunting. The chance to flesh out Adrian Veidt's story was just something I couldn't resist. Len Wein: My first reaction was that the project sounded like a great deal of fun, especially the opportunity to play with a character like Ozymandias. Once I knew I had a story that excited me I got involved. It was a couple years before the story idea for Minutemen occurred to me, and that was when I committed to the project. I didn't know I had anything to say that wasn't already there. Upon being approached to work on it, what was your first reaction?ĭarwyn Cooke: My reaction was to politely decline. Q: Before Watchmen is a controversial project, to say the least. In an exclusive Q&A, Before Watchmen creators Darwyn Cooke and Len Wein share their thoughts with Kindle. Q&A with Before Watchmen Creators Darwyn Cooke and Len Wein 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. With gorgeous art by co-writer and illustrator Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL, The Pro), SILK SPECTRE takes a very different perspective at the world of BEFORE WATCHMEN.Ĭollects BEFORE WATCHMEN: MINUTEMEN 1-6 and BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE 1-4. SILK SPECTRE takes an introspective look at the WATCHMEN feature player's struggles with her overbearing superhero mother and her scattered path toward taking the mantle of the Silk Spectre. Can these heroes from completely different backgrounds and with completely different attitudes on crime come together? Or will they fall apart before they begin? As the predecessor to the Watchmen, the Minutemen were assembled to fight against a world that have more and more rapidly begun to spin out of control. The critically acclaimed and Eisner Award-winning creator of DC: THE NEW FRONTIER Darwyn Cooke lends his talents MINUTEMEN. Now, DC Comics has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further paint the world of WATCHMEN, starting with this first volume starring MINUTEMEN and SILK SPECTRE

The controversial, long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: BEFORE WATCHMEN! For over twenty years, the back stories of the now-iconic characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel had been the subject of much debate and theorizing.

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