Finally got around to and finished Alan Moore's graphic novel The Watchmen (illustrated by Dave Gibbons). I was an avid reader of comics as a kid and did not stumble upon this until now. Which is completely fine as the Watchmen is serious literature as the book has won the Hugo award and was named one of Time's 100 best novels.
The Watchmen is a story of aging superheroes in 1985 who reflect on their crime fighting days while anticipating a possible nuclear war with Russia. The death of one of their own brings an investigation by the mysterious Rorschach who believes there is an attempt to wipe out all masked heroes.
Moore cleverly adds fictional material between the chapters such as the autobiography of Nite Owl, newspaper articles and anything else to help you better understand the characters.
