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Before Watchmen: Rorschach
Before Watchmen: Rorschach #2
As a serial killer known as "The Bard" continues to stalk the streets of NYC, Rorschach is drawn deeper into his personal war on crime.
28 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 3, 2012
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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February 9, 2017
Rorschach has missed its potential to become one of the better series in Before Watchmen. The story is bland and generic: an investigation to where the villain hides, leaving a trail of blood and broken bones as Rorschach seeks for retribution.
The Bard subplot has been forcibly added in this issue, reminding its readers that there's another grisly thing that is going on. Rorschach may not be pursuing this case but I'm pretty sure it is associated in some way to Rawhide.
Before Watchmen: Rorschach may pass as a good crime graphic novella but fails as a prequel story. It is a forgettable material that can be read to pass time.
The Bard subplot has been forcibly added in this issue, reminding its readers that there's another grisly thing that is going on. Rorschach may not be pursuing this case but I'm pretty sure it is associated in some way to Rawhide.
Before Watchmen: Rorschach may pass as a good crime graphic novella but fails as a prequel story. It is a forgettable material that can be read to pass time.
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 one was less interesting than the first. I get the sense that we are being led on to find out more about The Bard and Rawhead, but this was a slow chapter that did not reveal enough to be very interesting. It felt like filler. Aside from the brutal art that I already enjoy, I feel like this 'chapter' in the story was lacking.
July 25, 2022
3.5 stars
The Rorschach entries might have the best art of the series so far, even if the story is just driving home what we already know about him.
The Rorschach entries might have the best art of the series so far, even if the story is just driving home what we already know about him.
November 20, 2023
Gostei mais desse volume do que do primeiro
E as artes são sensacionais, parece até fotografia
E as artes são sensacionais, parece até fotografia
November 19, 2024
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+ plan da bu ama bana yönü tarif etmelisin
October 12, 2012
I went into the Before Watchmen series with an awful lot of ambivalence. On the one hand, few creators in the comics medium are as vocal as Alan Moore has traditionally been when it comes to taking liberties with his work. To say that he has been disgusted with the commodification of his spectacular 1980s graphic novel would be softening the blow. Moore famously refused recompense for the 2009 film adaptation of Watchmen, he was so disappointed with the end result. And of Before Watchmen, he has been quoted as saying, “I don’t want money. What I want is for this not to happen.”
But on the other hand, I can see the delicious appeal of the concept. Watchmen was hugely successful. It’s highly likely that it will never go out of print in our lifetimes. And it isn’t a huge leap to believe that there are more stories about the characters of the Watchmen universe to be told: The short story “Under the Hood” (included in the graphic novel) gives a tantalizing taste of what the events that precluded Watchmen were like. Purists may argue that “Under the Hood” gave all the exposition that anyone needed, but I wasn’t sure if I agreed. I wanted to know more about the days of the Minute Men, before the Silk Spectre was shacking up with Dr. Manhattan and the Comedian was dead. And I wanted to see them in comic form. I could see both sides of the issue, hence my ambivalence.
Complete Review: http://www.paperdroids.com/2012/10/10...
But on the other hand, I can see the delicious appeal of the concept. Watchmen was hugely successful. It’s highly likely that it will never go out of print in our lifetimes. And it isn’t a huge leap to believe that there are more stories about the characters of the Watchmen universe to be told: The short story “Under the Hood” (included in the graphic novel) gives a tantalizing taste of what the events that precluded Watchmen were like. Purists may argue that “Under the Hood” gave all the exposition that anyone needed, but I wasn’t sure if I agreed. I wanted to know more about the days of the Minute Men, before the Silk Spectre was shacking up with Dr. Manhattan and the Comedian was dead. And I wanted to see them in comic form. I could see both sides of the issue, hence my ambivalence.
Complete Review: http://www.paperdroids.com/2012/10/10...
June 28, 2015
The Bard is still at large. Quiet too. Rorschach having spent three days in the hospital, gets out with one thing on his mind. Vengeance upon the gang that beat him up and left him for dead. And he goes after Rawhead and his crew, starting with a few, dull, uninteresting scum and working his way up.
January 11, 2013
Period pieces are fun, especially when it involves superheroes. Rorschach is a bit of a guilty pleasure character for me, not just because of his social commentary and bizarrely simplistic view of the world, but a as an anti-hero with an almost non-existent personal life.
October 5, 2012
Rorschach is awesome. The end.
October 6, 2012
Like the art but needs the story arc to strengthen...
October 8, 2012
Takes a character as rich as Rorschach and reduces an opportunity like that to just another fanbook.
Great Art but bad story and character development.
Great Art but bad story and character development.
October 10, 2012
How can he seem so cool in Nite Owl then go to this?! Shame.
November 18, 2012
Favorite watchmen character. Holding steady so far. But needs more offbeat weirdness quite frankly.
February 16, 2013
I really don't like the style...too realistic and frightening.
May 26, 2013
Esto me recuerda a Harry el Sucio y a Taxi Driver de manera importante.
August 3, 2015
Slight improvement, but still not quite Rorschach yet.
December 31, 2012
Pretty much the same thing I said for my review of #1. The story is getting juicy!
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