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(CW: Racism/Antisemitism) Alan Moore Predicted Ben Garrison and Stan Kelly - a page from Watchmen Graphic Novel (1985) (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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this is satirical for anyone unfamiliar. It's a page from the right wing newspaper that the character Rorschach reads devotedly. It's got everything. Excessive labels. :liberty-weeping:, the works

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure the crying statue of liberty is less of a prediction and more of Stan Kelly lifting the joke straight from this panel. There's simply no way he isn't aware of Watchmen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i'm pretty sure it was just an actual cliche used by hack right wing political cartoonists (but i repeat myself)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That is probably true. I tried looking into it, but there's like only one interview that deals with the crying statue of liberty and Kelly frustratingly enough doesn't break character:

BNR: Where did you first get the idea for the crying Statue of Liberty who so often appears in your cartoons?

SK: I take issue with your question. Lady Liberty is a powerful symbol of our nation, and I take great care to use her sparingly. It’s only when a cartoon is dealing with issues crucial to the survival of the Republic that I usher her into my panel. To see her shed a single tear should be enough to reduce every honest, patriotic American to a puddle of distraught emotion. I think hard and long before I use a weapon like that on my readers.

Pretty funny answer though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

God damn that's a perfect answer. If this were a post on this website no one would bat an eye. Kelly is one of us