Watchmen

= Introducing Watchmen =

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Watchmen Chapter Graphic Organizer Pages[| Watchmen chapter organizer 2011.pages] Word [|Watchmen chapter organizer 2011.doc] PDF [|Watchmen chapter organizer 2011.pdf]


 * Watchmen Project: Graphic Thinking**
 * Proposal Due Day After Last Reading**

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= Comics as Literature =

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 * Scott McCloud on the Art and Cognition of Comics at TED**


 * HiLoBrow.com** Visit this link here as major contributors to the medium of comics comment upon work by one of the all time greats, arguably the single most important comic book artist in the history of superhero comics: Jack Kirby.

A Brief Look at Historical Superhero & Genre Comics
Go to **Wowio.com** Here and Look for the Publisher "**Shoulders of Giants**" If It Doesn't Pop Right Up
 * Browse the variety of comics here -- pay careful attention to the publication dates -- it gives a great time capsule for what was popular and when and allows you to explore the sort of comics that inspired work such as Watchmen
 * Note: you only get a five page preview. That's still enough to get feel for the flavor.

Go the **The Digital Comics Museum** Here and behold how much you can preview. A tremendous collection of resources and you do not have to register if you simply preview the title, rather than download it. These are public domain works now.

Heroic Archetype & Monomyth
The culmination of work based on Joseph Campbell's research show in graphic form here A superb site on myths and archetypes at PBS.org here

= Allusions & References to Illuminate Watchmen =

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 * Music of Watchmen**

[|Desolation Row] All Along the Watchtower
 * Bob Dylan**

[|Thus Spake Zarathustra] More about Nietzsche here
 * Nietzsche**

**Rorschach** and the Inkblot Test
More information here





media type="custom" key="3071832" [|Genesis Chapter 18] [|Job Chapter 30]
 * Biblical References and Readings**


 * Historical & Scientific Matter Worth a Closer Look**

History of Atomic Energy Here Go digging through well considered articles AND multimedia

History of Richard Nixon's Presidency Here Lots of tremendous and unbiased information here including lots of primary source documents AND multimedia [|The Tyger]
 * William Blake**

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 * Playhouse 90: The Comedian by Rod Serling**

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[|Hallowe`en] DEAD LINK Incredibly difficult poem to find online -- keep checking back
 * Eleanor Farjeon**

[|Memories, Dreams, Reflections] Text at Archive.org DEAD LINK Working On Another Page 326 has //the// quote in context. Austin Kleon's Visual Notetaking Exploration of Jung's Memories, Dreams, Reflections
 * C.S. Jung**

[|Resource to Help Understand Jungian Ideas/Symbols/Imagery]

[|Ozymandias]
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley**

= Examining Watchmen =

Watchmen Footnotes on Comic Geek Speak Podcast
Here
 * Issue #1** (Jog ahead to around min. 33 to get right into the discussion of the book.)


 * Discussions for Each Chapter Can Be Found** here


 * Chapter 2 Here**
 * Chapter 3 Here**
 * Chapter 4 Here**
 * Chapter 5 Here**
 * Chapter 6 Here**
 * Chapter 7 Here**
 * Chapter 8 Here**
 * Chapter 9 Here**
 * Chapter 10 Here**
 * Chapter 11 Here**
 * Chapter 12 Here**

Superheroes and Supermen: Finding Nietzsche's Ubermensch in //Watchmen// Superheroes and Supermen.pdf "Why Don't You Go Read a Book or Something?" //Watchmen// as Literature Why Don't You Go Read a Book or Something.pdf Watchwomen Watchwomen.pdf
 * Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test**

The Crafting of Watchmen
[|The Alan Moore Interview Index] [|Some Downloadable Alan Moore Comics -- Free and Legal -- As Well as Six Pages of Watchmen Scripts!] Compare Moore's Watchmen Script to a Spider-Man Script by Major Comics Writer Brian Michael Bendis [|USM112.doc] Watch a Documentary on the Man Himself -- Be Warned, He Is a Unique Cat media type="custom" key="8700448"
 * Alan Moore**

[|WordBalloon Podcast Interview with the Artist of Watchmen -- Scroll Down to the Blog Entry and Click the Title to Hear the Show]
 * Dave Gibbons**

=Nuclear Fallout Shelters=



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 * A video supporting/showcasing fallout shelters in the homes of U.S. citizens.**


 * An example of a fallout shelter. Note the survival items shown.**

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