As you all know, this week is the one we’ve been waiting so impatiently for, the Watchmen Week of Geek!

In celebration of this momentous occasion, I have a collection of great books to tell you about. But before I get into the movie tie-in books, I should mention that if you haven’t read the original Watchmen graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, be sure to get your hands on that! Ok, now that that’s out of the way, we’ll start this entry up with a review of the grand daddy of the Watchmen tie-in books: Watching the Watchmen. After that, we will have more brief looks at Watchmen: The Art of the Film, Watchmen: The Official Film Companion (Hardcover Edition), Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series), and Watchmen: Portraits.

Another great set of Watchmen goodies have come along for all of our enjoyment!

The collection includes a very cool little viral video which is presented as a 1970’s newscast on the man known as Dr. Manhattan, which you can watch at the bottom.

After that we’ve learned about a new book being released by Titan Books called Watchmen: The Art of the Film, which showcases everything from costume sketches, storyboards, concept art, and production designs to set designs and pictures. The thumbnail below is a costume sketch for Nite Owl II by comic artist David Finch.

Continue reading to check out the sketch and also to check out the above mentioned viral video that you just can’t miss!