The document discusses the Before Watchmen prequel comics and the controversy surrounding their creation without Alan Moore's involvement. It mentions how Darwyn Cooke explored the closeted heroism of one of the characters in Minutemen. It also notes how Alan Moore was credited as the original writer of Miracleman and how he was depicted as slaying corporations in a parody Miracleman cover art. Finally, it references a tweet about how colorists are sometimes underrecognized for their creative contributions to comics.

1. Before Watchmen and before
Watchmen
Kathryn M. Frank

2. Addition to the Watchmen universe as insult to Alan Moore and the “original”
Watchmen (The Simpsons, “Husbands and Knives,” 2007).

3. The passion of the closeted hero in Darwyn
Cooke’s Before Watchmen: Minutemen

4. Alan Moore credited as “The Original Writer” on a re-issued volume of Miracleman

5. Alan Moore imagined as slayer of
corporations and franchises in parody
“variant cover” of Miracleman
(Andy Yates/Plumdill,
https://tmblr.co/ZG04ov1c9ySMq)

6. Colorist Matt Wilson tweets an example of
how certain creative personnel are
underrecognized for their work in comics
(@COLORnMATT on Twitter)