The 9-panel grid appears 132 times, or 38% of the book. See the breakdown of the top 10 page layouts with a deeper look at some particularly effective and unique grid configurations, such as grid style #34 that appears only twice, on Chapter 7 Page 27 and Chapter 11 Page 28.

Which grid layouts do you think are most impactful?

Like I don’t know if they somehow magically got access to the a DVD of the movie and watched it.

lets just ignore the fact that it’ll reveal Ozymandias plans.

To be clear, I'm not knocking the Watchmen miniseries. It is a genuinely amazing work of art, and a fitting follow-up to the graphic novel, and hands down the best Lindelof project that I've seen thus far.

I just can't help but wish that Laurie could have had a moment to actually talk with Dr. Manhattan again. Given that she's now in a similar position to Janey, things have come full circle for her. It would have been very interesting to have her and Doctor Manhattan have one last conversation.

Also I read the book and saw the movie recently, tell me if I got something wrong or missed something

Since there is no pattern available for Rorschach I had to custom make it, how did I do?

The face was the hardest for me, tried to make it as close to the original as possible. I would also like to use blue or black for the pants the next time I make them.

Rorschach despises rapists and gun toting criminals but he looks up to the Comedian and even justifies his actions to Laurie and Manhattan. What is it about the Comedian that exempts him from his black and white unflinching view of the world. Sorry if im being dense or didnt catch something.

Way back when IMDb still had message boards, I got into a discussion with someone about their theory that Ozymandias was responsible for the deaths of his parents. At the time, I thought it was a strange assumption to make. Their biggest argument for it was the panel depicting Adrian lounging on his parents' tombstone, with a reed between his teeth. Such behaviour was, in the poster's mind, a sign of Adrian's sociopathic disregard for human life when it suited his purposes. The guy was obsessed with building himself up from nothing and making something of himself on his own terms, so why wouldn't he do away with his own parents to speed the process along?

Personally, I think I still disagree with that assumption. Veidt could have left regardless of whether his parents were alive or dead, and if they did die later, he could still give that money away, and his plans would continue as before. No part of his personal journey required his parents to be out of the picture.

What do you all think, though? Is there something I'm missing or forgetting?

Here I am trying to prep to dress up like rorschach for Halloween, got everything and some purple paint to paint my gloves and my fedoras silk band and I cannot for the love of God find some pinstripe purple pants For cheap online, every option is too expensive or won't deliver before Halloween. I need some help finding something online any is appreciated

I am a lifelong lover of superheroes and have read a lot of comics even while only being 16 and got around to reading watchmen recently but one part didn't really make sense to me.

In Chapter 9, Jon is adamantly against saving earth until Laurie breaks down and realizes that Blake is her father, causing Jon to realize the improbability and miracle of life.

My question is, Jon already knew this would happen, he knew Laurie would break down, he knew she would reveal that Blake was her father and he knew he would change his mind yet before that the entire chapter he says there is nothing she can say to change his mind and she has failed to convince him. Why did he pretend like he didn't know that he was going to change his mind after Laurie's breakdown?

Maybe I'm stupid and this is a stupid question but its the only thing that doesn't really make sense to me as of now.

literally never seen anyone mention this before

My ears are uneven in the second photo..

A friend and I dressed up as Nite Owl (me) and Rorschach for a local con. This is my first time ever cosplaying and I was happy with how it turned out.

The main parts are made by a friend, but the goggles are cobbled together from two different pairs and the gloves are walmart wool gloves combined with the forearm of a way-too-small hoodie. My boots didn’t arrive in time so I’m just wearing my normal boots. Got the belt off etsy and had a friend print the moon.

It will change the way you see the story. Then check out issue #17 of Denny O'Neil's Question run with a appearance of Rorschach. Then read Pax Americana, the single issue quasi-reinterpretation of Watchmen by Grant Morrison. THEN come back here and go back to posting about Rorschach...

Mine is chapter 6

I really love how much depth and backstory we get for Rorschach(who is my favorite character) Seeing what shaped him, understanding his motives, and learning more about his worldview makes him such a fascinating character to me. I especially love the distinction between Rorschach and Walter Kovacs, and how the chapter explores the relationship between the two identities.

Probably the 4th time I am watching the series but just noted something: The watchmen series ends with the cliffhanger, Angela's foot barely just touching the surface of the pool before dissolving into the end credits. So we don't know if she received dr Manhattan's powers or not.

But I would assume that she didn't because wouldn't her intellect and sensory perceptions immediately become supernatural if the egg was really embued with Jon's powers?

I always found this detail interesting. I never read the comic but in the movie after he beats her up she kind of gives in and is about to let him do it before he is stopped. So the fact she goes back to him means she was into it in my opinion.

I owned a trade paperback copy of Watchmen that has been worn out and read front to back. I'm thinking of buying a DC Absolute next, and one of the options is the Absolute Edition.

Is the upgrade worth it to you guys, even though there is no difference in contents between the two versions?