Abstract This paper explains that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' "Watchmen" has awaken the need for superheroes in the U.S. government; however, the leadership of President George Bush is even more ludicrous than that portrayed in this 'comic' book. The author points out that the reader can easily see the current Washington administration in "Watchmen"; the character Dr. Manhattan, like Mr. Bush is a self-resurrected, all but omnipotent man. The paper relates that the book activates numinous perception held and offered by Mr. Bush such as that Iraq held within its 'evil' boundaries many undiscovered stores of Weapons of Mass Destruction; even the terminology sounds that a comic book.
Table of Content
We Need a Hero
Ordinary Superheroes
Life Imitating Art?
Parallel Universe
Flawed Heroes
From the Paper "In fact, "Watchmen" is the perfect foil for the current superhero juggernaut of the United States. Thompson notes that "much of the comic's poetry lies in the counterpoint and convergence of its parallel narratives and visual motifs. In keeping with its themes of surveillance, symmetry and time, the story emerges from a multiplicity of perspectives, incorporating flashbacks, found correspondence and precognitive clues." It is, in fact, an apt parallel universe for the United States Congress and administration."
