Watchmen | book design
French edition of Watchmen, The Absolute Edition
I collaborated with Eric Laurin and Willem Meerloo in designing this deluxe, 464 page edition containing all 12 chapters, additional story and documents presented at the end of each chapter, and a 54-page editorial layout describing the authors' creative process, with roughs, cover art, script proposals, preparatory drawings…
Published by Urban Comics under the DC Comics license, January 2012
Scenario: Alan Moore
Art: Dave Gibbons
Art direction: Eric Laurin, Willem Meerlo, Rebekah Paulovich
Book design, layouts and backgrounds: , Willem Meerlo, Rebekah Paulovich
Logo: Eric Laurin
Watchmen French edition, front cover
title page
preface by Doug Headline
Chapter 1 title page
Chapter 5 title page
Chapter 5 last page, followed by 4 page interlude from the "Treasure Island, Treasury of Comics"
"Treasure Island, Treasury of Comics"
Last page in the "Treasure Island, Treasury of Comics", followed by end-of-chapter break
Chapter 6 title page
Chapter 12 title page
Last page in Chapter 12 (end of story), followed by final end-of-chapter break.
Editorial 54-page layout : title page
postface by Alan Moore
Double spread #1 in the editorial layout : The World
editorial layout double spread
editorial layout double spread : Dr. Manhattan
dossier: Dr. Manhattan
editorial layout double spread : Ozymandias
dossier: Ozymandias and Night Owl
editorial layout double spread : Comedian
editorial layout double spread : Silk Spectre
editorial layout double spread : the minutemen
editorial layout double spread : the Minutemen
editorial layout double spread : clocking on
postface by Dave Gibbons
back cover
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For Urban Comics
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Type book design, art direction, editorial layout
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