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|title=<center>Watchmen</center>
|title=<center>Watchmen (original comic's script)</center>
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|imagecaption=A picture showing off some of the script pages.
|imagecaption=A picture showing off some of the script pages.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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Alan Moore's ''Watchmen'' is a 1986 comic maxiseries published by DC Comics. The comic was commercially successful and is one of the most critically acclaimed comics of the 1980's. However, '''despite Watchmen's popularity throughout the succeeding decades, the original script for the comic has never been publicly available.'''  
Alan Moore's ''Watchmen'' is a 1986 comic maxiseries published by DC Comics. The 12-issue series was critically and commercially successful, becoming one of the most successful comics of the 1980s. The sustained popularity of ''Watchmen'' since its original publishing has resulted in film and television adaptations, spin-off comics, and re-releases containing various bonus material, but the original script for the comic has never been made available to the public.
 
==Found Portions==
While the full script (said to be 1032 pages long) is publicly inaccessible, portions<ref>[https://twitter.com/NickArvin/status/1031204330009808896 Nick Arvin's tweet on the original comic's script.] Retrieved 04 Dec '20</ref> have been posted online by Twitter users Nick Arvin and Ganzeer.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ganzeer/status/1315313513146077185 Nick Arvin's reply tweet to Ganzeer on the original script.] Retrieved 04 Dec '20</ref> various PDF files containing the first 5 pages have also been found.


==Found portions==
However despite the entire thing being unavailable to the general population, portions of the script (which is said to be 1032 pages long)<ref>https://twitter.com/NickArvin/status/1031204330009808896</ref> has been partially put onto the internet by Twitter users Nick Arvin and Ganzeer.<ref>https://twitter.com/NickArvin/status/1031204330009808896</ref>
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
watchmenpage1.jpg|A found picture of the script (1/5).
watchmenpage2.jpg|A found picture of the script (2/5).
watchmenpage3.jpg|A found picture of the script (3/5).
watchmenpage4.jpg|A found picture of the script (4/5).
watchmenpage5.jpg|A found picture of the script (5/5).
</gallery>
</gallery>
==External Link==
*[https://idoc.pub/documents/watchmen-script-pdf-pnxk7gqkme4v Link to PDF files of the original script's first five pages.] Retrieved 04 Dec '20
==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:14, 21 December 2022

Watchmenscript.jpg

A picture showing off some of the script pages.

Status: Partially Found

Alan Moore's Watchmen is a 1986 comic maxiseries published by DC Comics. The 12-issue series was critically and commercially successful, becoming one of the most successful comics of the 1980s. The sustained popularity of Watchmen since its original publishing has resulted in film and television adaptations, spin-off comics, and re-releases containing various bonus material, but the original script for the comic has never been made available to the public.

Found Portions

While the full script (said to be 1032 pages long) is publicly inaccessible, portions[1] have been posted online by Twitter users Nick Arvin and Ganzeer.[2] various PDF files containing the first 5 pages have also been found.

Gallery

External Link

References