cm0002@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe Military Entertainment Complex:lemmy.mlimagemessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1978arrow-down190
arrow-up1888arrow-down1imageThe Military Entertainment Complex:lemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoIt’s cool because it deconstructs the whole thing, down to having a quasi god as one of the heroes
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 hours agoAnd having Captain America be The Comedian, because American exceptionalism is a joke.
minus-squaretmyakal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 hours agoThe Comedian was based on Peacemaker. The initial pitch was that all of the Watchmen would be DC’s (at the time) recently-acquired Charlton characters. DC nixed the idea, so Moore just tweaked them and renamed them.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoJust like how Nite Owl is based on a Blue Beetle with absolutely no other influences.
Fair enough, but watchmen is cool
It’s cool because it deconstructs the whole thing, down to having a quasi god as one of the heroes
And having Captain America be The Comedian, because American exceptionalism is a joke.
The Comedian was based on Peacemaker. The initial pitch was that all of the Watchmen would be DC’s (at the time) recently-acquired Charlton characters. DC nixed the idea, so Moore just tweaked them and renamed them.
Just like how Nite Owl is based on a Blue Beetle with absolutely no other influences.