scans_daily: 30 Days of Winter: Day 12 - Deconstructing Superheroes *Master Post*

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@ 2010-12-12 02:24 pm UTC

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char: nite owl/daniel dreiberg, char: ozymandias/adrian veidt, char: rorschach/walter joseph kovacs, creator: alan moore, creator: dave gibbons, publisher: dc comics, series: 30 days of winter, title: watchmen

30 Days of Winter: Day 12 - Deconstructing Superheroes Master Post

Welcome to day 12 of

scans_daily's 30 Days of Winter celebration! Today's theme is deconstructing superheroes, comics that take apart the superhero mythos to analyze the nuts and bolts and find what makes it tick!

Watchmen! The most well-known superhero deconstruction in comics, and certainly the most influential (though not always for the best). Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 12-issue maxiseries changed superhero comics forever with its depiction of morally ambiguous superheroes facing nuclear war in a real-world setting.

So S_D, what are your favorite superhero deconstructions?

Stick with us for all 30 days of our month-long event! Tomorrow's theme is LGBT Comics! And our full calendar can be found here!

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30 Days of Winter: Day 12 - Deconstructing Superheroes Master Post

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	no subject darkblade 2010-12-12 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	To be fair a lot of the symbolism in Evangelion wasn't really symbolic of anything and was just there to mess up people looking at it too closely. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject majingojira 2010-12-12 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	Why do you think I focused on character design elements? Color, Shape and Style over Crosses, Freudian Imagery and Existential Manifestations made things a lot easier. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)