Goodbye

Thanks for watching the Watchmen.

The future is entirely in your hands.

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By Milo

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By Milo

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A photocollage of food Rorschach might eat, or did eat over the course of Watchmen.

By Henry

Author Biography

     For this Author Biography post, I decided to talk about John Higgins, the colorist of Watchmen. I feel that he is the "unsung hero" of Watchmen, as although his coloring adds a lot to the story, he isn't even credited on its front cover. John Higgins was born in 1949 Walton, Liverpool. He left school when he was 15 and joined the army. When he left, he spent time at a Wiltshire commune. He then returned to Liverpool, and in 1971 continued studying at Wallasey College of Art. In 1974, Higgins qualified in technical illustration. This let him get a job at the Royal Marsden as a medical illustrator. In 1975, John Higgins' first comic was published in the magazine Brainstorm. He continued to work in comics, coloring Alan Moore's Watchmen and The Killing Joke in the mid-1980s. After this, he began working more with American comics, although today he still writes and illustrates British comics as well, such as Judge Dredd. I hope that after reading this, you know a little more about the man who made Watchmen's artwork pop off the page.

By Henry

Other

I think this picture represents Watchmen because they are all Vigilantes, taking the city into their own hands. In this picture you can see the man punching the other guy has a sort of mask-bandana thing and I think that connects with all of the characters in Watchmen with their masks, cloaks, and other items.

By Jake

Illustrator

By Jake

Extra WatchJoke

Just a little humor to brighten your WatchDay.

By Henry

Correspondent

Dear Rorschach,

      I will be long gone before you get this but I want to let you know that I am sorry that you had to be set up. I know when you walked into my house you were expecting to talk to me but instead found me dead. You might be in jail right now or worse but I can assure you that whatever happens, it was not my doing to have you captured. I am very sorry and hope eventually that you find a way to bust out of jail and do whatever Watchmen do. 

Yours Truly,

Edgar Jacobi

By Jake

Illustrator

By Milo

Discussion Director

Discussion Director

1. If Roschach had never been unmasked how would the story have changed?

2. How do the newspaper man and the guy reading the comic book play into the story line of Watchmen?

3. How does clockwork get involved in the story?

4. Who is the most complex character and why?

5. How do Dr. Manhattan's emotions affect the book?

By Jake

Correspondent

RORSCHACH'S JOURNAL.
OCTOBER 11th, 1985.

I SEE THIS AWFUL CITY BEFORE ME DAY AFTER DAY. IT IS AN ANIMAL, A DYING MONSTER.
THERE IS NO ESCAPE. NOT FOR ME. I HAVE A DUTY TO PERFORM IN NEW YORK AND I WILL NOT COMPROMISE. NOT EVEN IN THE FACE OF ARMAGEDDON.

NEVER COMPROMISE.

THE POLICE WILL NOT GIVE UP. THEY WILL SEARCH FOR ME UNTIL WE ARE BOTH DEAD. THEIR HUNT IS FRUITLESS. I WILL NEVER BE FOUND. I CAN SIMPLY PEEL OFF MY FACE AND DISAPPEAR, BECOMING ONE WITH THE MONSTER I AM COMPELLED TO PROTECT.

NOW IT IS DARK. NOW I MUST FIGHT THE ENDLESS WAR AGAINST THE DARK UNDERBELLY OF MY AWFUL HOME.

RORSCHACH, OCTOBER 11th, 1985.


By Henry


(This is a Correspondent because Rorschach eventually mailed his journal to the New Frontiersman)

Discussion Director

1. Did Rorschach really have to die?

2. Would anyone have believed him if he made it back to New York?

3. Will Seymour pick up Rorschach's journal?

4. Will the New Frontiersman publish it?

5. What did Dr. Manhattan mean by "Nothing ever ends"?

6. Was it right of Adrian to kill half of New York?

7. What about Edward Blake?

8. Is it right to see the world as Rorschach does, with a black-and-white morality view?

9. Was the Comedian good or bad in the end? (Of course, this question assumes you have a Rorschach black-and-white morality)

10. Will Robert Redford be elected president in 1988, therefore lending the Watchmen timeline some semblance with ours?

By Henry

Illustrator

Two images of Dan Dreiberg's Owlship, "Archie".

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By Henry