Neil Gaiman and Bruce Dickinson on Watchmen

Cover art by Iain Clarke (after Gibbons)

Below, two little excerpts by Neil Gaiman and Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden lead singer) from Journey Planet n. 77.

Journey Planet: Do you have any opinion on Watchmen's place in comics' history?
Neil Gaiman: For me, it was a revelation. I had imagined comics that literate and smart but they didn't exist. I loved the process of reading one issue and then rereading it all. For me Watchmen exists in black and white. That's how I read them, in photocopy form.

Journey Planet: What sort of impression on you did [Watchmen] leave?
Bruce Dickinson: Watchmen for me is the gold standard of comics. It can stand repeated readings and still have secrets to reveal. It's something to aspire to in my opinion.

Journey Planet is an acclaimed sci-fi and comics fanzine. Its 77th issue, released at the end of December, is fully focused on Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins' Watchmen. 

Editors: James Bacon, Michael Carroll, Chris Garcia, Helena Nash and Pádraig Ó Méalóid.

The 96-page project, free to download right HERE, presents analysis and contributions on Watchmen from different angles including short interviews with Neil Gaiman, Bryan Talbot, Antony Johnston, Bruce Dickinson and Peter Hogan; longer interviews with Paul Levitz and John Higgins; Todd Klein on Dave Gibbons’ iconic lettering and... much more!

 

You can get the complete package HERE. Highly recommended!