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HBO's Watchmen dares to imagine a righteous black vigilante whose actions whether or not right, are justified
FirstpostYou can think of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen graphic novel series as an extended answer to a set of questions about the superhero as an idea and an ideal This essay includes spoilers for the sixth episode of HBO_’s_ Watchmen_._ You can think of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen graphic novel series as an extended answer to a set of questions about the superhero as an idea and an ideal. Watchmen is a compelling story, but the essence of the series is its critical eye — Moore and Gibbons’ attempt to show us something about our world through skillful deconstruction of a fictional one. It depicts the in-universe past as a gritty, violent action series — a callback to and satire of Snyder’s Watchmen, which used the thematically rich source material as fodder for high-definition brutality. But if there were a Hooded Justice — if our history of racial violence and trauma had produced an avenger, of sorts — then Watchmen seems to say that whether or not it’s right, it is justified.
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