But how did an ’80s cult comic book series spawn a growing media empire, with multiple comic series, graphic novels, video games, a movie, and a television series? is the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank and colorist Brad Anderson is the sequel series to the original Watchmen, that ultimately sees the characters cross-over with the main DC Universe. Rorschach, a comic book sequel published under the DC Black Label imprint. Set in 2020, the series follows the mysterious return of the titular detective as The accepted understanding from this is that Lindelof's Watchmen will be inspired by the continuity of the comic books, but it won't be depicting those events in the series itself. It also seems likely that the project will not be adapted from either the prequel comics B efore Watchmen or the official sequel, Doomsday Clock . Lindelof previously described his version of Watchmen as a remix — not a reboot — and revealed to EW that his series should be considered a sequel, acknowledging Moore and Gibbons’ comics as canon. Zack Snyder’s polarizing movie adaptation of the comics came out 10 years ago to mixed reviews — it has a 64% Tomatometer score on 306 1. This all started as a graphic novel. Watchmen started as a DC comic series in 1986, with a compilation of all 12 issues being published in 1987. The graphic novel regularly features on lists of uNuRhm.