A Chat With Dave Gibbons at GameCityNights
A month ago to the day, legendary English comic creator, Dave Gibbons, sat down at Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, UK to talk about comics, heroes, video games, and more. Jonathan Smith, Head of Production at TT Games Publishing & Game Director of Lego Batman 2, played moderator for the event, driving Gibbons questions in a very entertaining fashion. This June 28th sit down was all a part of Game City Nights, a late night exploration of video games and the culture surrounding them that takes place on the last Thursday of every month. The video of this great interview went up about a week ago but is just now doing the rounds of many comic news groups. Most sites want to focus on what Dave said about the Before Watchmen prequel comics, that “the movie, the game, the prequels – are really not canon. They’re subsidiary. They’re not really Watchmen. They’re just something different.” However, I feel the entire interview is brilliant and if we want to walk away with any amazing Watchmen information, it is the tale of how Watchmen #5 (Fearful Symmetry) was so sketchily put together (though both quotes appear around the same time, about an hour and five minutes in). So watch the video below to get an enjoyable insight into the comic creator, Dave Gibbons.









