The Watchmen: Motion Comic is a 2008

2008 in film

This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

 American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 animated short film series

Film series

A film series is a collection of related films in succession. Their relationship is not fixed, but generally share a common diegetic world. Sometimes the work is conceived as a multiple-film work, for example the Three Colours series, but in most cases the success of the original film inspires...

 of motion comic

Motion comic

A motion comic is a form of comics combining elements of print comic books and animation.-History:The earliest examples of motion comics are found in independent creations such as Broken Saints....

s for web

World Wide Web

The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...

 and television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 based on the comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 series Watchmen

Watchmen

Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colourist John Higgins. The series was published by DC Comics during 1986 and 1987, and has been subsequently reprinted in collected form...

, written by Alan Moore

Alan Moore

Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...

 and illustrated by Dave Gibbons

Dave Gibbons

Dave Gibbons is an English comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything"...

. The series consists of twelve abridged

Abridgement

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 25–30 minute segments, each based on and sharing a name with one of the twelve chapters of the book. Both male and female characters are voiced by actor Tom Stechschulte

Tom Stechschulte

Tom Stechschulte is an American film and television actor. His most prominent role may have been that of the Presidential candidate Robert Arthur in The Manchurian Candidate. He has also had guest appearances on the television series Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Mrs...

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Episodes

#	Title	Viewers	Original Airdate	Production Code

International broadcasters

Country	Broadcaster	Series Premiere	Timeslot
Canada	Space	June 9, 2009	22:00, 22:30
Australia	GO! Go! (Australian TV channel) GO! is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel launched by the Nine Network on Sunday 9 August 2009.-Origins:...	December 5, 2010	23:00
Portugal	RTP2	November 22, 2010	23:30

External links

• Official site