Watchmen parody Watchmensch out this week
I know, the world can probably live without another Watchmen blog post, but I've been intrigued by the news that a graphic novel parody, entitled , is out this week. My initial impressions weren't positive - the Comedian has been replaced by Krusty the Clown and Nite Owl has turned into Nite Nurse - and although the artwork looks pretty good I haven't been drawn in by the . What did make me prick up my ears was Valerie D'Orazio's comment on that "Watchmensch is actually an allegory about the rift between Watchmen creator Alan Moore and DC Comics -- and, by extension, a meditation on the issue of creator's rights". This is a really interesting story, touched on again in an in which he refers to DC as being like "a rich stalker-girlfriend".
Cover of Watchmensch by Rich Johnston and Simon Rohrmuller
Even if Watchmensch's parody is a touch broad - all I've seen are the first few pages - there's plenty of mileage in the relationship between authors, artist and the large commercial organisations who attempt to adapt and exploit their work.
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