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WHO WATCHES THE BOTCHMEN??

There have been numerous "WATCHMEN" parodies, since the original comic in 1985 up until the movie in 2009; this is one of the more clever ones from MAD MAGAZINE:






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From:[info]nagaoka
Date:May 8th, 2009 09:28 am (UTC)
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Wow, the artist did a fantastic job on this.


I really want those flying mini owlships Ozy has.
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From:[info]irenem
Date:May 8th, 2009 10:24 am (UTC)
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Compared to the other Mad parody of Watchmen that was posted here a while back, this thing is comic GOLD.

And that is some excellent art.
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From:[info]jahanshahili
Date:May 8th, 2009 11:00 am (UTC)
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Agreed. The first thing that struck me, before the great writing in comparison to most Mad Parodys, was the art. It's part panel copy, part Glenn Farby (on a good day).
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From:[info]halloweenjack
Date:May 8th, 2009 11:01 am (UTC)
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It actually is Glenn Fabry, isn't it?
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From:[info]skitty_kat
Date:May 8th, 2009 03:01 pm (UTC)
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I'd say it is.
Anyone know for definite?
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From:[info]sandoz_iscariot
Date:May 8th, 2009 03:17 pm (UTC)
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Yeah, it's him.
From:[info]thandrak
Date:May 8th, 2009 11:44 am (UTC)
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Really excellent art. Good composition, too.
From:[info]besamim
Date:May 8th, 2009 01:16 pm (UTC)
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You know what's odd, though? Both parodies were written by Desmond Devlin, who is IMHO about the only MAD writer these days who's actually funny, especially when satirizing comics. On the old s_d I posted some brilliant parodies he did of Sandman: Endless Nights and Cathy as if written by Frank Miller.

Maybe Devlin wrote the movie parody on an off day, or was strictly instructed not to deviate from the formula of "just say over and over how bad and stupid the movie is", which is what basically every MAD movie parody has consisted of for the last 20 years.
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From:[info]irenem
Date:May 8th, 2009 02:39 pm (UTC)
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Hot damn, if Frank Miller started actually writing Cathy I'd be forced to start liking Cathy and Frank Miller. The universe would collapse.

It is odd that the same guy wrote both. Based on the other, I had thought the writer hadn't even read Watchmen, or probably even seen the movie. The awful "amusement-park-caricature-artist"-style art didn't help it much.

Imma gunna hafta find those other parodies now, because this stuff is refreshingly funny.
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From:[info]foxhack
Date:May 8th, 2009 12:33 pm (UTC)
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This is leaps and bounds funnier than the usual MAD fare!

Just amazing, whoever made this, they're AWESOME!
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From:[info]zegim
Date:May 8th, 2009 02:44 pm (UTC)
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That was good. Loved the ending :D
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From:[info]fungo_squiggly
Date:May 8th, 2009 04:10 pm (UTC)
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My favorite part is faux-Rorschach announcing his intention to "stand around making strange noises until I get on your nerves."
From:[info]besamim
Date:May 8th, 2009 04:45 pm (UTC)
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I love the patterns on his mask face, and Laurie's "Let's ruin it right away!" line.
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From:[info]dustbunny105
Date:May 8th, 2009 05:34 pm (UTC)
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"Can you believe this is the best plan the world's smartest man could come up with?"

Brilliant! XD And, I admit it, something about the rubber ducky in the toilet made me crack right up. not!Dan clutching his costume to his chest with that WTF-did-I-just-do? look on his face is great, too.

Much better than the other parody that was posted.
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From:[info]tavella
Date:May 8th, 2009 06:29 pm (UTC)
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The sequence in the jail is particularly great. "Dammit, we have to have a unifying theme before we kill him!"
From:[info]psychop_rex
Date:May 9th, 2009 07:21 pm (UTC)
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The more I look at that panel with the merchandise, the funnier it gets. I think it's because it simultaneously depicts 'Watchmen' fans' fondest dreams and most horrible nightmares. I mean, on the one hand, it's a terrible cheapening of one of the best, deepest and most complex comics ever written, but on the other - A RORSCHACH PLUSHIE! Little flying Owlships! Me want! (Plus - 'I am NUTTY 4 U.' Hee hee!)
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