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Dave Gibbons On The Origins Of The Watchmen
Matt Kaufman. , January 6th, 2009 12:05

Is there anything that he would do differently now? What is the future of the comic book? And, does a certain deity actually reside in Alan Moore's beard? Matt Kaufman talks to Dave Gibbons.

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The Omega Man 1971

This classic Charlton Heston vehicle not only plays on the topical fears of apocalyptic war (oddly between the Soviet Union and China) but also on the self-righteous Western fantasy that we are the sole protectors of progress, technology and enterprise against backwards, cultish barbarians.