
Hillary Clinton Watchmen Comic
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Hillary Clinton Watchmen Comic refers to an alternate universe comic imagining America during the Donald Trump administration as the Watchmen comic by Alan Moore. The comic, particularly the reverence with which it paints Hillary Clinton, became a target of mockery on Twitter after the publication of it's second part, "Hillary's Escape," which imagines Hillary Clinton as the Watchmen character Dr. Manhattan.
Origin
On January 20th, 2017, The Outline[1] published the first part of a comic strip by Aaron Edwards and Arlen Schumer called "Who Watches the Men?" The first part imagines the Inauguration of Donald Trump as the beginning of Watchmen.

On April 26th, The Outline published the second part of the comic, which compared the way Hillary Clinton has been scorned by some after the election to the way Dr. Manhattan is scorned after it is suggested his blue skin gives people cancer (shown below).






Spread
Shortly after its publication, the comic began to be mocked in Weird and Leftist Twitter for the reverence with which it imagines Clinton. Twitter user @ByYourLogic[2] (Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House) tweeted about it shortly after publication, writing "What the fuck is this?" In response, Twitter user @futurecanon photoshopped a frame of Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen saying "Just Chillin In Cedar Rapids," a reference to an infamous Vine by the Clinton Campaign,[3] gaining 423 retweets and over 2,200 likes.

Several other photoshops were posted to Twitter over the following two days. Several threads were posted in /r/ChapoTrapHouse[4] mocking the comic as well.
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External References
[1] The Outline – Who Watches the Men? Part 1
[2] Twitter – @ByYourLogic Reaction
[3] YouTube – Cedar Rapids Vine
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Hutchinsonian Demon
Apr 29, 2017 at 12:08PM EDT
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Apr 28, 2017 at 12:32PM EDT