British rocker selling original art from first ‘Watchmen’ comic book Heritage Auctions offers 1986 Issue #1, Page #1 art for "The Watchmen "from collection of rock personality Stephen "Krusher" Joule, 19 Nov.
“Watchmen pages have proven very scarce on the open market,” said Todd Hignite, Consignment Director for Heritage, “and do not change hands very often. In fact, this is the first one Heritage has ever offered – so we couldn’t be more excited that it’s the page that kicks off the entire Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons saga. Many people who’ve never read any other comic books have read Watchmen, and given that mass appeal, we expect very strong demand for this lot.”
In fact, Joule began to realize the importance of this very page many years ago when he attended an Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons signing, where he brought this page to get the signatures of the Watchmen creators.
“When I asked (Gibbons) to sign this page he was more than willing,” said Joule, “but when he saw that it was Page #1, Issue #1, he said, ‘Bloody hell, I told the wife not to sell that one!’ Sadly for him, it was a little too late.”
EDITORS & REPORTERS: Stephen “Krusher” Joule is available for interview. Please contact Noah Fleisher at the number or email below to schedule a time.
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