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Before Watchmen: Rorschach
Before Watchmen: Rorschach #4
“You all got what you deserved...”
32 pages, Paperback
First published February 13, 2013
About the author
Brian Azzarello
1,294 books1,115 followersBrian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. He came to prominence with 100 Bullets, published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo. He and Argentine artist Eduardo Risso, with whom Azzarello first worked on Jonny Double, won the 2001 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story for 100 Bullets #15–18: "Hang Up on the Hang Low".
Azzarello has written for Batman ("Broken City", art by Risso; "Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire", art by Lee Bermejo, Tim Bradstreet, & Mick Gray) and Superman ("For Tomorrow", art by Jim Lee).
In 2005, Azzarello began a new creator-owned series, the western Loveless, with artist Marcelo Frusin.
As of 2007, Azzarello is married to fellow comic-book writer and illustrator Jill Thompson.
information taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Az...
Azzarello has written for Batman ("Broken City", art by Risso; "Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire", art by Lee Bermejo, Tim Bradstreet, & Mick Gray) and Superman ("For Tomorrow", art by Jim Lee).
In 2005, Azzarello began a new creator-owned series, the western Loveless, with artist Marcelo Frusin.
As of 2007, Azzarello is married to fellow comic-book writer and illustrator Jill Thompson.
information taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Az...
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January 5, 2017
If not for the art, the final issue of Rorschach would have gotten a one-star rating. This story is so awful. It is lazily written. This last issue in particular is just a montage of conveniently placed plot points to move the story. It's a terrible creative choice after another. Rorschach himself has just literally walked away! The resolution was very underwhelming. We were not given the satisfaction of that sweet retribution Rorschach is known to give. Rawhide was conveniently dumb. The Bard was conveniently sloppy. Oh god, I'm so sad with what this series has given us. Azzarello could have done so much better. Instead, he let Bermejo do his art thing and prayed that nobody will notice the atrocious story.
Only Rorschach gets to wear the Rorschach face!
It is just so unfortunate that the most complex characters in Watchmen, Rorschach and the Comedian has been poorly written (by the same person) in the Before Watchmen series. These two have bad stories guys. And one doesn't need to have read Watchmen to notice it.
Only Rorschach gets to wear the Rorschach face!
It is just so unfortunate that the most complex characters in Watchmen, Rorschach and the Comedian has been poorly written (by the same person) in the Before Watchmen series. These two have bad stories guys. And one doesn't need to have read Watchmen to notice it.
November 21, 2022
When beautiful art meets decent prequel.
October 9, 2019
Writing sequel or prequel to a story like Watchmen is something which I don't appreciate. After finishing 11 issues of doomsday clock and four issues of before watchman : rorschach I've decided to stick to my opinion.
November 29, 2016
خاتمة ممتازة عدد ممتع بشدة وتربيط للخيوط كويس اقرب شخصية ليا جدا ف واتش مين
February 16, 2023
3.5 stars.
Rorschach is a fascinating character whose lack of self-preservation instincts somehow always serve to keep him alive (although always quite beat up). This issue is another sock ‘em up chapter for our inky-faced friend, but it serves to show an instance of his cynicism being validated (yet again). It’s no wonder he’s so fucked up. It’s no wonder he sees himself as the guy who needs to take action.
Although it’s interesting to ponder just how free of emotion he is. He says that he needs to operate without conscience in order to be effective, but there’s a misanthropic vengeance in his heart. He is lashing out at a world that he feels has wronged him personally, and he hides it behind this notion that he’s serving a greater good. He very well may be, but the personal vendetta in his heart is loudest whether he admits it or not.
Rorschach is a fascinating character whose lack of self-preservation instincts somehow always serve to keep him alive (although always quite beat up). This issue is another sock ‘em up chapter for our inky-faced friend, but it serves to show an instance of his cynicism being validated (yet again). It’s no wonder he’s so fucked up. It’s no wonder he sees himself as the guy who needs to take action.
Although it’s interesting to ponder just how free of emotion he is. He says that he needs to operate without conscience in order to be effective, but there’s a misanthropic vengeance in his heart. He is lashing out at a world that he feels has wronged him personally, and he hides it behind this notion that he’s serving a greater good. He very well may be, but the personal vendetta in his heart is loudest whether he admits it or not.
May 14, 2018
0.5/5 stars.
I absolutely cannot stand how they characterized Rorschach in this comic. Like, honestly. I felt they made him weak, the waitress love interest was highly unnecessary as was the serial killer, (You could have told the story without them both), and I didn't like how they made the big bad this powerful person able to take down Rorschach, but then weak enough that he could be taken down by common street thugs.
The art style felt 'extra' as it were, and really didn't feel like it was doing Dave Gibbon's original art justice, and the paneling also didn't feel right.
There are problems with this comic all around, and I can't consider this story part of Watchmen canon.
I absolutely cannot stand how they characterized Rorschach in this comic. Like, honestly. I felt they made him weak, the waitress love interest was highly unnecessary as was the serial killer, (You could have told the story without them both), and I didn't like how they made the big bad this powerful person able to take down Rorschach, but then weak enough that he could be taken down by common street thugs.
The art style felt 'extra' as it were, and really didn't feel like it was doing Dave Gibbon's original art justice, and the paneling also didn't feel right.
There are problems with this comic all around, and I can't consider this story part of Watchmen canon.
April 9, 2019
This was a disappointing conclusion to the four part series. It basically wrapped itself up instead of having Rorschach wrap it up, like he should have. Why was the waitress even asked out by Rorschach if he cared so little about her? Rawhead basically took care of himself and we didn't even see any repercussions for him putting on Rorschach's mask to commit some public crimes. I was only barely interested in the fact that the waitress got picked up by The Bard and everything else was really 'meh.' I again enjoyed the art, but feel that the whole four-parter would have almost been better with only pictures and no words.
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December 9, 2023
This is a disappointing end. Although I liked some aspects of the story (Rawhead trying to be Rorsach for kicks and failing miserably), it was a pretty disappointing end, with Rorsach not influencing things rather than just letting them happen. Hence the story feel unfulfilled.
A tiger saves him (why? I didn't pick up a callback in my quick read so maybe we don't know), Rawhead takes himself out and even the Bard serial killer setup is ruined by himself, not anything Rorsach does. It's Almost just a story about crime in the city with Rorsach just an observing narrator. Rorsach is a kick ass hero- not here.
A tiger saves him (why? I didn't pick up a callback in my quick read so maybe we don't know), Rawhead takes himself out and even the Bard serial killer setup is ruined by himself, not anything Rorsach does. It's Almost just a story about crime in the city with Rorsach just an observing narrator. Rorsach is a kick ass hero- not here.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 20, 2021
Very good. Starting to get into the meat of the story.
August 3, 2015
This made me so angry. Rorschach is an astoundingly complex character. He is mostly unpredictable and pessimistic, but there are a few standard things about him that have to be carried through: he's ultra-conservative, doesn't swear, and kicks ass. Those are not represented in this arc. Therefore, this is not a good story about Rorschach. In fact, it really sucked. And that makes me angry, because I wanted this to help me decided whether he or Dr. Manhattan is my favorite character. Now I don't know, because Rorschach is better in Watchmen, but Dr. M was gifted with a better prequel writer. Sigh. Oh well. Guess they're both my favorites.
June 28, 2015
Rorschach is ambushed at the club. Can't fight his way out. Rawhead takes off his mask and goes out into the street to do a little vigilanteism. Gets his ass killed. Rorschach manages to evade his captors. And Nancy, even though her neck was slashed survived the encounter with the Bard and identified him as a regular at the dinner. Inept Prosecution botches the trial. Bard is acquitted. He escapes justice justice but not Rorschach's justice.
August 19, 2015
I love Rorschach, he is my favorite character and I'll enthusiastically read anything Rorschach related and will like it, I'm biased that way. But then again throughout the whole thing I kept thinking this just doesn't sound or feel like Rorschach at all which made me a bit disappointed, I had big expectations for this.
April 2, 2013
The ending is pretty dark. I was a bit naive to expect an happy ending. Shame on me. The ending is ugly and dissonant. Explains a bit of Rorschach's worldview.
May 26, 2013
La verdad es que este cómic no te deja indiferente. Hay un par de detalles que quiero investigar.
June 14, 2014
Terminados todos los Before Watchmen. Bastante irregulares, ninguno se aproxima a la obra original. Seguramente fueran innecesarios
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