Like the title character of Forrest Gump but with lots more guns, smiley faces and cigar-chomping, the Comedian book so far has taken its nihilistic antihero from the early s and the deathbed of Marilyn Monroe to conflict in Vietnam later in the decade.
The violent and twisted patriot's overall intentions are good, yet his actions usually are anything but. In Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' original s Watchmen , where the aging Comedian is thrown out of a window and the whodunit is the core mystery of the book, the vigilante is seen in an alternate version of our USA as a government operative during the Vietnam War, in addition to other eras alongside other characters, such as Rorschach, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre.
Available Wednesday digitally and in comic shops, the fourth issue of the Comedian miniseries continues the Comedian's stint in Southeast Asia, where the CIA has been funding the war through drugs. The new issue and the next will focus on Blake as a soldier and what fuels him to do what he does and the way he does it, the writer adds. He's that aspect of America that's so central to his character.
That's what makes him compelling. Getting the '60s-set plot together for the series was the easy part for Azzarello — getting the character right has been a work in progress, he says, and the writer's had to take his side on how he would handle situations.
But everybody's the hero of their own story. We don't have room to play with him anymore. Before the sixth and final issue, there will be more defining American moments the Comedian will play a role in, although Azzarello admits that the Watts Riots in the third issue were "pretty difficult" to pull off. The Comedian making the riots worse encapsulates his whole personality as a guy who just can't get out of his own way.
Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. In the movie adaptation of Watchmen , we clearly see The Comedian assassinating President Kennedy during the opening montage. But in the new prequel Before Watchmen: Comedian 1 , we see that The Comedian was nowhere near the assassination.
Now I realize that Alan Moore was not involved in either project, and I don't recall anything about the JFK assassination in the original series. So which version movie adaptation or comic prequel is more in line with the original universe? See the Watchmen Wiki for details. So while it was much more explicit about it, the movie is truer to the original comic.
In The Watchmen comic, at his party, The Comedian is telling his "opinion" about the assassination of Watergate journalists Woodward and Bernstein, ending in the following line. So in Alan Moore's version the Comedian is clearly at least connected with the assassination of JFK and possibly the cover-up of Watergate allowing Nixon a 2nd and even 3rd!
We really can't accept either of these accounts as canonical, since Alan Moore wasn't involved in either of them. However, we also shouldn't believe anything that The Comedian says, considering the kind of man he is. While it is easy to believe that he was capable - and probably willing - to kill Kennedy, it is also very easy to believe that he would lie about killing him, if he thought it would impress the people around him. As far as I can recall, the only evidence we have to support the claim that The Comedian killed JFK is the implication he made about it at a party see the image included in a previous answer.
If you know anything about The Comedian, you know that he can't be trusted. His word is meaningless. He's a degenerate, a murderer, an attempted rapist, and an all around horrible person. Thus, if you prefer the version of events in the movie, you are free to accept that account. If you prefer the version of events in the Before Watchmen miniseries, you are free to accept that account.
The only thing you shouldn't do is take The Comedian at his word. Since Alan Moore has all but disowned Watchmen , especially the adaptations of it, we'll probably never know what really happened between The Comedian and JFK. In my opinion the Before Watchmen comic covers both the reality of the Comedian and the movie adaption. In issue 6 he meets Gordy in a bar, who gives him information on an attempt on JFK's life.
He comments on his involmvent with the FBI and JFK; he also states that "in the right light you could be mistaken for me". I surmise that the FBI planned to frame the Comedian for JFK's assassination if someone matching his description was identified on the grassy knoll. Makes sense to me and covers all 3 adaptations of Watchmen law.
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SQB System Down System Down Didn't know this existed. Alan Moore, predictably, has disavowed the project. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Mike Scott Mike Scott See my comment to PeterParker. The Comedian makes a tasteless joke alluding to killing Kennedy.
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