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    Watchmen Parody Sends Rorschach Through the Underworld of Children’s Lit

    Someone stole Rorschach’s plums and he isn’t happy. “Blotchmen,” a short comic created by artist Kevin Cannon, skewers Watchmen’s psychotic masked man by putting him exactly where he doesn’t belong: in a children’s book. Rorschach tracks his missing fruit through Harold the Purple Crayon and Where the Wild Things Are, leaving death and mayhem in his wake.

    Cannon created “Blotchmen” for Scott McCloud’s 24 Hour Comics Day, conceiving, writing, and illustrating the book in a single 24-hour period. The comic finds his Rorschach stand-in, Blortshack, on the trail of some favorite children's characters, and he might just be outmatched:



    The rest of the comic is available on Cannon's blog.

    [via Read Comics]


    Send an email to Lauren Davis, the author of this post, at lauren@io9.com.