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Why does "Watchmen" use the 9-panel grid?
It was a decision by the artist, Dave Gibbons.
He has said so in his Twitter, in response to a thread discussing the origin of the 9-panel grid:
Actually, I chose the nine panel grid and sold it ...
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Does Dr. Manhattan have free will?
I think the answer is probably no.
The following is a quote by Alan Moore about his novel Jerusalem (emphasis mine):
I like that idea because when we talk about history we talk about the history ...
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Does Dr. Manhattan have free will?
My answer is no by his own design.
My understanding is that he deliberately created a universe where all of his actions stay fixed, while other people have some free will. Note that my answer is ...
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Does V reference Stanislaw Lem's "His Master's Voice", and if so, why?
No, it has nothing to do with Lem's novel. It's a play on the famous trademark originated by the Gramophone Company (and later used by EMI) in the UK and used by Victor (and later RCA) in the USA. ...
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Is there strong evidence that "room 5" in V for Vendetta was a conscious reference to Room 101?
I've just finished reading V for Vendetta in its collected trade paperback edition. At the end, there is a short essay by Alan Moore, titled "Behind the Painted Smile", which explains the creative ...
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Is there strong evidence that "room 5" in V for Vendetta was a conscious reference to Room 101?
I don't think there's stronger evidence than the reasons you lay out; I'm not sure of an interview where Moore explicitly lays out this connection though I don't think he's the kind of author to do so....
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