WATCHMEN LAURIE SILK SPECTRE ORIGINAL PROMO PRINT ALAN MOORE 1986 GIBBONS ART

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Make sure to BOOKMARK OUR EBAY STORE and check out OUR NEWLY LISTED ITEMS This is a great promotional poster print for the Watchmen series, released by DC Comics in 1986. It measures approximately 9 3/4" by 14 3/4", and is printed on smooth glossy-type cardstock. It features a great image of Laurie preparing, with the quote above her " 'She blames me for her career, but what else would she have been? A housewife?' - SALLY JUPITER discussing her daughter Laurie, PROBE interview, 1976". The familiar sideways Watchmen title logo is on the left side, and at the bottom is stated "A 12 Issue Deluxe Series By Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons". The Watchmen maxi-series, along with Batman The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, forever changed the comic book and graphic novel storytelling mediums. The Watchmen introduced such great characters as Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach, The Comedian, Silk Spectre, Nite Owl, and Ozymandias, and brought a depth and realism to comics that it had arguably never seen before. It is one of Moore's finest works, ranking up there with Batman The Killing Joke, Miracleman, V For Vendetta, From Hell, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Saga of the Swamp Thing. The Watchmen is considered by many to be the greatest comic book work ever created, and is certainly the most important and influential work produced in read more