By DANIEL BARLOW
Vermont Press Bureau
Published: March 6, 2009

EAST MONTPELIER – The fictional world of "Watchmen"– set in a 1985 where Richard Nixon is still president and the threat of nuclear war looms over the United States – doesn't have much in common with the idyllic, laid-back Vermont.

But the writer of that comic, which sees its film version debut nationally today, enjoyed a special working relationship with two Vermont comic artists for years – Stephen R. Bissette of W...