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As mentioned on our News page, John has recently
returned to Watchmen, re-colouring it for the upcoming Absolute edition.
John is taking great pains to ensure that the re-colouring retains the feel and style
of the original Watchmen specification; much of his work involves correcting
minor errors and bleeds (where the colours have, to put it in layman's terms, "gone
outside the lines") that have crept in over the years.
However, John is also taking the opportunity to make some improvements; when the comic was first published (back in 1986/7) printing and colour technology were more primitive than today; as can be seen from Doctor Manhattan's materialisation panels below, computer-based tools such as Photoshop enable the artist to simplify the blending of two distinct colours, creating a much more satisfying effect. John writes:
"I'm rereading Watchmen as I am going along; I am amazed how it has not dated. It still feels fresh and Dave's art is just unbelievable. It all stands so separate to anything else that has ever been done, I think it's a timeless classic and worth a revisit."
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