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Dallas
@dallas_comics
noted wifeguy, comics critic, and cohost of the comic book podcasts @cmxcollective and @whatsnextcomics
Mar 17, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
One of the most interesting metaphors in Watchmen is that of Doctor Manhattan as “The Bomb”
By providing a personification of the concept of the nuclear bomb we are able to explore how he bomb changed the world around it and created the existential dread of the 20th century (1/4) Taking the symbol for hyrdrogen as his own Doctor Manhattan marks himself as our stand in for the nuclear bomb. His advent ended the world as it was known before and ushered in a new age of scientific progress and sociological decline. (2/4)
Mar 16, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I’ve wondered for years why Watchmen is so popular in regular spheres as well as the superhero comic fan sphere. To me this book has felt like a book so baked into the superhero comics world with specific observations and critiques that I couldn’t see the broader appeal (1/4) I realized during my most recent reread that the superhero critique is certainly interesting but is ultimately set dressing on a deep critique of America’s “golden age” from WWII into the then current Reagan administration. This book is popular outside of comic fans because (2/4)