Enjoy the ultimate companion to a comics masterpiece, as award-winning artist Dave Gibbons gives his own account of the genesis of <i>WATCHMEN</i> in this dust-jacketed hardback volume, opening his vast personal archives to reveal never-published pages, original character designs, page thumbnails, sketches and much more, including posters, covers and rare portfolio art. Featuring the breathtaking design of Chip Kidd and Mike Essl, <i>WATCHING THE WATCHMEN </i>is both a major art book in its own right, and the definitive companion to the graphic novel that changed an industry.<br><br>Voted among <i>Time</i> magazine's 100 Best Novels from 1923 to the present, a perennial bestseller over the past twenty years and widely considered the greatest graphic novel of all time, <i>WATCHMEN</i> is a gripping, labyrinthine piece of comic art, which has earned an acclaimed place in modern literary history.<br><br>"I've had a great time, re-visiting the very beginnings of <i>Watchmen</i> and unearthing material I haven't set eyes on for many years. As a fan myself, this is the kind of stuff I eat up and I'm sure the many devotees of the graphic novel will do the same!" says Gibbons.<br><br>© DC Comics 2008. All Rights Reserved.