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Hillary Clinton Watchmen Comic

Hillary Clinton Watchmen Comic

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Added Apr 28, 2017 at 10:43AM EDT by Adam.

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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.


WEINER'S TOURNAL, TANUARY 2O, 20(7: THE ACCUMULATED FILTH WILL FOAM UP ABOUT THEIR WAISTS AND ALL THE RUSSIAN PROSTITUTES AND DEMOCRATS WILL LOOK UP AND SHOUT: STRONGER TOGETHER POSTER IN ALLEYWAY THIS MORNING, TIRE TREAD OVER CLINTON'S NAME. THIS CITY 1S AFRAID OF ME. I HAVE SEEN ITS "SAVE US!" TRUE FACE THE STREETS ARE EXTENDED GUTTERS AND THE GUTTERS ARE FULL OF GOLDEN SHOW- ERS AND WHEN THE DRAINS FINALLY FILL UP, ALL THE AND I'LL LOOK DOWN AND WHISPER "NO." VERMIN WILL DROWN

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).


AND WHAT REALLY DO YOu THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP COLLUDED WITH THE RUSSIANS? I MEAN, IS TRUMP REALLY FIT TO BE PRESIDENT? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? WENT WRONG WIT YOUR CAMPAIGN? WOULD BERNIE HAVE WON? WELL I THINK IT'S A BIT LATE WELL, IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE BUT As IVE SAlD SINCE THE CAMPAIGN GONE TO A PLACE WITHOUT TRUMP WITHOUT BERNIE WITHOUT THE EMAILS. FINALLY, PEACE. BELOW ME, IN THE DIRT, THE SECRET SHAPE OF MY CREATION S CONCEALED. BURIED IN THE EARTH'S FUTURE. I RISE INTO THE THIN AIR. HE WOULD'VE! BERNIE WOULD'VE WON! ALRIGHT. THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER. LEAVE. ME. ALONE! YEAH! BERNIE WOULD'VE SCOOPED up ALL THE SWING STATES THAT HILLARY LOST BUT WOULD HE HAVE WON? GIVE US AN ANSWER! NEWS HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?! WE WERE COUNTING ON YOU! BERNIE!! TO BEGIN SUDDENLY... IN A FLASH OF LIGHT...A HILLARY VANISHES! RENO 2017 TO BE CONTINUED.

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.


Future Canon @futurecanon Follow Replying to @ByYourLogic US CHILLING IN CEDAR IDS RETWEETS LIKES 4232,218

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

[4] Reddit – /r/chapotraphouse clinton comic discussion

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I reckon that the comic ends with Bernie Sanders as a giant octopus alien smashing New York (and Wall Street) and bringing about world peace through the power of implicit hentai horror and being really fucking old.

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