Why people recommend it
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's seminal graphic novel Watchmen deconstructs the superhero genre against an alternate-history Cold War backdrop where masked vigilantes face moral decay and political paranoia. Alex Stein recommended the comic on Timcast IRL, praising it as an absolute masterpiece. Ben Bailey similarly endorsed the graphic novel to Bill Burr on the Monday Morning Podcast, highlighting its dark and compelling tone. Tim Pool referenced the work on Timcast IRL to discuss unwavering moral stances and to draw nihilistic parallels to the character Dr. Manhattan. Michael Malice mentioned the book on the same platform regarding Alan Moore's original intentions to use existing DC characters. Lev Grossman reflected on The Book Review about discovering the text in high school as a formative reading experience. Joe Rogan praised the film adaptation and its source material on The Joe Rogan Experience, while Rebecca F. Kuang discussed on Conversations with Tyler how the work brilliantly captures the Cold War psyche.
Who recommended it
- Tim Pool Discussed
- Alex Stein Recommended
- Michael Malice Discussed
- Lev Grossman Discussed
- Joe Rogan Discussed
- Rebecca F. Kuang Discussed
- Ben Bowlin Discussed
- Ben Bailey Recommended
Tim Pool — 3 mentions
“But the people that are like, 'Oh, I'm I'm Roshchack from uh from the Watchmen.' I I would say just let it out.”
“it's like uh Dr Manhattan in Watchmen when he was like on Mars and he's like would any of this be made better by humans”
“and watchmen exactly you guys have you seen watchmen the third group of people some of it have you read watchmen”
Alex Stein — 1 mention
“You know, Watchmen, are you guys familiar with that a little bit? Oh, it's a masterpiece. You got to read the comic. Watchmen.”
Michael Malice — 1 mention
“You know what's really sad is um uh for Watchmen, Alan Moore wanted to use the DC characters and they wouldn't let him.”
Lev Grossman — 1 mention
“I feel like the great Treatise on this which was a formative reading experience for me is Watchmen by Alan Moore which I read when I was in high school”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
“like like he's [ __ ] ink blot in the Watchmen or Warsaw what is it Rorschach like I was the [ __ ] the watchman's a great movie I watched that again recently on a plane flight it's like I forgot how good that movie is the Watchman”
Rebecca F. Kuang — 1 mention
“And this might be because we're reading Watchmen right now, which is a comic book that I'd slept on for many years, and I hadn't realized what a Cold War work of fiction it was...”
Ben Bowlin — 1 mention
“generally in these stories the way it plays out is very Watchman style where there's not just an alien invasion”
Ben Bailey — 1 mention
“have you ever seen Watchman remember that one that's the same director uh Zack Snider I think his name is he made the Watchman was a which is like super dark superhero movie right based on this graphic novel which is awesome you should check it out you'd love it”
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Other mentions (10: passing, ad reads, own books)
“You know, I I would like to see if some You know that scene from Watchmen where Rorschach is in line? You know what I'm talking about?”
“What you do is you take your diary, you bind it up. Just mail it to the news Roshack style like or what from Watchmen or whatever. Just give someone leave it at the park. Someone will read it.”
“so the biggest one that I've heard of lately is coming next year and it's by Alan Moore who's best known for his graphic novels Watchmen and V and this is his second non-graphic novel”
“so the biggest one that I've heard of lately is coming next year and it's by Alan Moore who's best known for his graphic novels Watchmen and V and this is his second non-graphic novel”
“so we will and I want to give a shout out to the movie Watchmen because one of my favorite lines ever when Dr Manhattan the characters asked about the the the Doomsday Clock being moved Five Minutes to Midnight he says it's as nourishing as a photo of oxygen to a drowning man and and I guess simply put”
“similar to uh the concept in the original version of Watchmen”
“it's very much like uh watchmen the new series”
“I'm reminded of the quote from Watchmen when dr. Manhattan has asked about the the Doomsday Clock being moved to five minutes from midnight”
“have you seen or read Watchmen I haven't read it”
“like uh the the guy with the bladder and the mast what is the watchman who is that guy inkblot”