Watchmen is a division of the Boston police department.
Watchmen . The series was created by a British collaboration consisting of writer Alan Moore , artist Dave Gibbons , and colorist John Higgins . A commercial success , Watchmen has received critical acclaim both in the comics and mainstream press , and is considered by several critics and reviewers to be one of the most significant works of 20th-century literature . After a number of attempts to adapt the series into a feature film , director Zack Snyder 's Watchmen was released in 2009 .