Watchmen (HBO)

I will be the first to admit that I did not read the Watchmen graphic novel that graced the shelves of stores in 1986 with its presence. As someone who does indulge in the causal graphic novel, the style was a bit much for me. But that was the point. Alan Moore’s messy alternate universe where Richard Nixon’s Watergate was never exposed and the clock was always a few mins before midnight was the first graphic novel to demand the attention of serious literary critics. The novel also gained the attention of every Hollywood writer who hoped to turn a master story into a visual masterpiece.