{"id":558,"date":"2009-03-05T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=558"},"modified":"2010-08-02T01:18:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T05:18:37","slug":"watchmen-graphic-novel-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/05\/watchmen-graphic-novel-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchmen Graphic Novel Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The Unique Geek\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/images\/podcast.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Back in July 2007, the gang from THE UNIQUE GEEK got together to discuss the <em>Watchmen<\/em> graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. On the call was Jon, Patrick, Todd, Holly, Cary, Maria, Sterling, Michael Bailey, and myself. 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