Watchmen Artist Dave Gibbons on Alan Moore & Character Origins (Behind The Panel)

Watchmen Artist Dave Gibbons on Alan Moore & Character Origins (Behind The Panel) | SYFY WIRE

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Dave Gibbons was the artist on Watchmen, the DC Comic that changed everything. Here he tells us about how he got into comics, his relationship with Alan Moore, inspirations for Watchmen characters and more.
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@Kriskazam 4 жыл бұрын

Knowing that Niteowl was a character taken from Dave Gibbons childhood imagination makes reading Hollis Mason’s Niteowl memoirs so much differently now

@conalcohcran2449 6 жыл бұрын

Someone get these men a glass of water.

@cruzjayson7714 3 жыл бұрын

pro trick: you can watch series at Flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies recently.

@estebanlucas2483 3 жыл бұрын

@Cruz Jayson Definitely, I have been watching on Flixzone} for since december myself :)

@tus2521 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Claymann71 Жыл бұрын

SMOKE. ARE YOU SMOKIN YET?!?

@PyroNexus22 6 жыл бұрын

- Hello, this is Len Wein, the editor at DC-- - Yeah, sure *hangs up*

@rikuruohomaki3230 6 жыл бұрын

When your interviewee says he wants to continue the chat, what you do is continue the interview. Especially if it's Dave Gibbons! :D You'll just gather material for "Interview part 2"...

@yggdrasil3 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what about "Give me Liberty"?

@tysparks598 4 жыл бұрын

@@yggdrasil3 oooh, good call, I haven't read that in ages but have the back issues somewhere... Time to pull them out, thanks!

@grandmastercadillac9052 6 жыл бұрын

Hes right it was too short, I wanted to hear how he crushed his enemies! LOL. Jokes aside, we really need more people like him in the industry, such a positive guy.

@thetimelesschannel4810 3 жыл бұрын

Such a class act and a complete sweetheart many people will strive to be like assholes but I'm so happy and refreshed to see such a kind sweet man in the comic book business and he gave me such hope as a young writer to one day be just like Mark Millar writing to his idols and one day working with them amazing

@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 6 жыл бұрын

One of the finest comicbook artists that has ever graced us with his talent! What a guy, indeed!

@Gadget-Walkmen 4 жыл бұрын

agreed.

@BritishNerd- 2 жыл бұрын

Yup favourite comic artist of all time

@jimnewcombe7584 Жыл бұрын

Dave McKean? Bill Sienkiewicz? John J Muth? Simon Bisley? Glenn Fabry? Brian Bolland. I like Gibbons - and he's the right kind of artist for Watchmen - but I'd hesitate to say he's "better" than others who were in the same comic (McMahon, Ezquerra, Kevin O'Neill)

@WalterLiddy 5 жыл бұрын

Gibbons never gets enough credit for his contribution. I don't know how close the collaboration was, but a huge amount of the storytelling going on in Watchmen was visual, and it's his successful rendering and arrangement of images that made it both clear as a bell and visually pleasing - some of the cleanest artwork I've seen in comics. Another artist would have made a different book, and very likely an inferior one.

@BosSupes 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely. This is just straight up a dream team.

@01What10 Жыл бұрын

Such a great guy. Amazing creator/artist. I could listen to him tell stories about his experiences in the industry all day.

@husnainanwaar1992 6 жыл бұрын

“They claim their labors are to build a heaven yet their heaven is populated with horrors. Perhaps the world is not made. Perhaps nothing is made. A clock without a craftsman. It's too late. Always has been, always will be…too late.” ― Alan Moore, Watchmen

@TitoJamesWriter 5 жыл бұрын

Dave Gibbons is really charming

@peterlewerin4213 5 жыл бұрын

I still remember when I saw the first issue of Watchmen. Mr Gibbons' artwork was simply stunning, somehow stylized and elaborate at the same time. The character designs were so individual and expressive. It reignited my interest in comics.

@khattiseitap3367 4 жыл бұрын

One of the problems with comics since Watchman is that the last thirty years have been spent with everyone trying to out-Watchman Watchman.

@gp8052 6 жыл бұрын

what an amazing guy, speaks so openly and his passion for comics is wonderful

@jeffreylawrence6928 4 жыл бұрын

I lived " just down the road" from DAVE when he lived in St Albans, met him on a few occasions- he even drew my then gf in ro-busters as a favour - totally Top Bloke!

@rabbitsnraygunswithgregsch7648 5 жыл бұрын

This is by far the best series on comics creators on the internet.

@cha5 6 жыл бұрын

PLEASE GIVE US A PART TWO FOR THIS INTERVIEW WITH DAVE! Please?

@InnerSunshine 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Dave. Your Watchmen work was wonderful, masterful. Had a big impact on me, reading them month, by month.

@ghost2031 4 жыл бұрын

I just love, love the art in Watchmen.

@geinikan1kan 5 жыл бұрын

What totally enjoyable interview. Gibbons's style is so dry and precise, it's great to hear him talk.

@shomarisimmonsakaillyworld5481 6 жыл бұрын

This was a great Interview

@thetimelesschannel4810 3 жыл бұрын

Also I forgot to mention I completely agree with Gibbons I would love to have a longer interview and hear about his later years

@OfurNayr 6 жыл бұрын

This one interview made me want to read everything he's done.

@22Phantasm 5 жыл бұрын

Harry 20 on the High Rock is, IMHO, his masterpiece.

@smoog 5 жыл бұрын

@@22Phantasm that was written by Gerry Findlay-Day and drawn by Alan Davis you mong.

@theberrby6836 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@celestekwasman5649 6 жыл бұрын

Great interview! He is a lot of fun!

@elkornu8 5 жыл бұрын

Met him today and he signed some books for me :)

@FadeToBlood 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful art at 25 years of age I finally got around to reading it I hate it took me so long I was definitely missing out!

@joshread3740 6 жыл бұрын

This was wonderful. Would have loved it to be an hour long!

@Enid2Sacramento 4 жыл бұрын

What a great interview with a very interesting and open subject. Thanks.

@stephenbeagle2239 4 жыл бұрын

Good interview. Learnt a few things I never heard before.

@ryans756 Жыл бұрын

Gibbons: "It wouldn't have worked if we hated superheroes." Moore: "I hate superheroes." lol

@whade62000 5 жыл бұрын

I totally forgot I’ve been watching this for 15 minutes too, so interesting.

@socabwai 4 жыл бұрын

He is a great person to interview.

@OlafLesniak 6 жыл бұрын

Legend!

@drigodamus 4 жыл бұрын

What a swell guy, love the Gibbs’

@JohnAShort 5 жыл бұрын

Wow.... Showing close-ups Cam Kennedy's art instead of Dave Gibbons in a feature about Dave Gibbons. Well done SYFY. All those issues have credits on them you know?

@caronte008 6 жыл бұрын

Class act

@Sidy610 6 жыл бұрын

Hi @syfywire Title of the background track on the Watchmen segment please? Thx.

@Jon0sterman 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear the origin of the old avatar after all this time :*)

@Acrocanthosaurus Жыл бұрын

He's awesome!

@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. He’s right. He’s very affable.

@losfeliz3421 2 жыл бұрын

So cool

@ArtbyAtlas 5 жыл бұрын

Dave is fantastic :P

@22Phantasm 5 жыл бұрын

Harry 20 on the High Rock would make a great movie.

@patbasque689 6 жыл бұрын

Not long enough ! !!

@JackDanyaKemplin 6 жыл бұрын

Patrick Paradis that's what my girlfriend says...

@mrbran214 6 жыл бұрын

Jack Danya Kemplin she's a keeper

@smoog 5 жыл бұрын

@@JackDanyaKemplin funny, she never says that to me.

@octagonseventynine1253 Жыл бұрын

I love his stuff. Martha Washington is underrate

@fad23 5 жыл бұрын

Brian Bolland, not Bryan.

@smoog 5 жыл бұрын

I hated the talking over the drumming. Couldn't you get the bloke to shut up or turn the drumming up a little bit more so we could just hear the drummer without interruption?

@mariod1547 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@flaggerify 6 жыл бұрын

They couldn’t find images of 2000AD proper?

@joshualong6900 6 жыл бұрын

Can you interview Mark Millar? And all of the great artists that have worked on Millarworld titles with him?

@docproof26 6 жыл бұрын

Josh Long Mark Millar's run on marvel knights Spiderman was amazing.

@biker944 3 жыл бұрын

I love watchmen

@joeblows4694 5 жыл бұрын

Good interview. But someone should tell the guy asking the questions to stop looking into the camera awkwardly.

@theunknowngamer5477 5 жыл бұрын

Rabid fan boys have awful social skills if any.

@kelownatechkid 4 жыл бұрын

Dave is great. Disappointingly short interview though, with a misinformed interviewer.

@ijustwanttocommentfugoogle3839 5 жыл бұрын

5:31 ...despiseD... He said the last D, as he should have. You quoted him incorrectly.

@marknutt4398 5 жыл бұрын

COME ON ARE YOU KIDDING ME !???? THE ENDING IS JUST A TEASE.

@maxducoudray 11 ай бұрын

To this day, DC fandom is still caught up in the “dark” style that Moore and Gibbons never wanted for those classic heroes. It makes me sad.

@thelittlepasty8360 4 жыл бұрын

I guess John Romita Jr is Reliable and nice

@fightflicks4823 6 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about Image comics Youngblood 😁????

@cha5 6 жыл бұрын

farhan alit "How to draw a comic book on crack."

@paulbateman858 4 жыл бұрын

The US reprints of 2000ad shown at around 2 mins in are hated by the UK artists as they just shrunk/squashed/distorted the original art - plus this art isn't by Dave ;)

@John-ul8pp 4 жыл бұрын

Did the interviewer have a bus to catch ?

@trotskyite1 3 жыл бұрын

get rid of that music now

@TheElfishGene 3 жыл бұрын

An interesting interview made unbearable, by the constant drum, drum, drum of mindless muzak in the background.

@bryanrickard7712 3 жыл бұрын

{On American comics becoming darker after Watchmen} “It’s kind of our fault you had to read all of those miserable comics” 😂😂😂

@RightTurnClyde 4 жыл бұрын

You didn't ask him about his Dr. Who comics once? Shocking.

@22Phantasm 5 жыл бұрын

It's Brian Bolland, with an 'I'.... not 'Y.' Get your facts straight.

@carlhiller9659 4 жыл бұрын

After reading how awful Gibbons and DC comics behaved and acted towards Alan Moore, it is more than understandable that they don't have contact anymore

@ComicJunkie 3 жыл бұрын

What even happened between Alan Moore and dc?

@nicolasbazzano2028 5 жыл бұрын

I find it incredibly ironic that he talks about how important it is to love Superheroes in order to do something like the Watchmen so well, and then you have Zach "I hate superheroes, and they look ridiculous in costumes" Snyder do such a bad film adaption because of his distaste for the genre.

@andrewegan7011 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone like raushak wears a mask nowadays

@mrtang18 4 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of John Oliver!

@kevinnevada5342 3 жыл бұрын

All im going to say is....i would say "it makes me sad to see the state of the world " but it doesnt. Humanity deserves its just deserts.

@soupersonic 2 жыл бұрын

Who gave him the acid tho?

@nektekket852 2 жыл бұрын

Is it me, or does Dave Gibbons look like he drew himself.......?

@wesmindo5729 2 жыл бұрын

You got a chance to interview such an iconic artist and you made the interview just 13 minutes long? Are you kidding? Isn't that too short 😢 such a waste...