Thursday, March 5, 2015
Rorschach
This guy is one seriously messed up, sick in the head dude that is creepy, but still he happens to be my favorite character so far. Being a fan of the newer, darker Batman, I can't help to feel like a product of my environment and liking the heavier movies, books, and even comics. Since this book was before the really heavy movies, what so you think the people felt back then? Most of the people who read this book would have known the goofy comics and the silly "BANG, POW" highlights, and then comes this over the top darkness that no one was expecting. What do you think the readers, and even the publishers thought the first time they had read this book?
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I agree he seems so dark in a time where all of the comics and tv shows were extremely stupid and funny humor and then this guys in a way narrating this book/graphic novel. I think it's kind of cool to see the way that the superhero story is being shifted during this time from a very upbeat way of telling the story to a rather dark way instead.
ReplyDeleteSeeing how, through my class's discussion, it was evident that people were disturbed even today in a culture where we see this type of stuff daily through video games and movies, I can only imagine how disturbed people were upon the release of Watchmen. My class struggled with one moment in particular where Rorschach essentially discounts the attempted rape of Sally Jupiter's mother just because the Comedian "fought for his country". This particular moment stuck with us as it shows just how troubled Rorschach's motives are.
ReplyDeleteThe publishers probably had some skepticism about the graphic novel because this was a brand new style of comics. One thing that I think influenced this style of comic is the great depression. During this time a lot of people had no hope, and the city was dark (comparable to gotham). I think that this time period ignited the idea of dark and sadistic comics.
ReplyDeleteRorschach is terrifying. There is no question about it, and while I'm sure publishers were concerned that someone that demented being the main narrator would bring down sales, but still this story was so relevant at the time. Also even though he's terrifying I do not feel like people are routing for him, it is just that his story is interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis book probably faced a lot of scrutiny from the public when it was first published. Even in this time of the dark superhero movies, Rorschach seems very creepy. Some other issues are also addressed, such as rape, so this book was probably very controversial in its time.
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