Rorschach, was perhaps the most disturbing hero ever created for comics. On the other hand, upon being asked whether he had seen Watchmen, Ditko himself described Rorschach as being "like Mister A, except Rorschach is insane." Moore came to view Rorschach as a logical extension of both Mr. A, being a far more radical right-wing character than the mainstream-suited Question, served as the main inspiration for Rorschach's right-wing views as well as his black-and-white morality. The Question was used as the prototype for creating Rorschach, while Mr. Ditko seemed very fond of that sort of sound, so in some half-assed way, that observation influenced me in giving Rorschach the name Walter Kovacs. It's sort of "Kafka," and "Ditko," and there seemed to be a lot of Ditko characters with prominent Ks. I noticed, when I was a teenager, that Ditko had got some fixation about the letter K, probably because it occurs in his own name. On how he decided Rorschach's name, Moore recalls: In trying to create Rorschach, Moore said he was trying to "come up with this quintessential Steve Ditko character-someone who's got a funny name, whose surname begins with a 'K,' who's got an oddly designed mask". Moore recalled that Ditko's very right-wing agenda was quite interesting to him at the time, and that "probably led to me portraying Rorschach as an extremely right-wing character".
In spite of this, Moore had a healthy respect for Ditko despite having different views politically.
Regarding Rand's philosophy, Moore said he personally found it "laughable". ĭitko, who was inspired by the writings of Ayn Rand's personal philosophy of Objectivism, created both the Question and Mr. A, two comic book characters created by Steve Ditko. The characters Rorschach was specifically based on were the Question (a Charlton character) and Mr. See also: Watchmen: Background and creationĪs with the rest of the main characters of Watchmen, Alan Moore based Rorschach on Charlton Comics characters, using them as a "starting point". Rorschach made his live-action debut in the 2009 film Watchmen, played by Jackie Earle Haley, who also voices him in the video game Watchmen: The End Is Nigh.Ī successor to the Rorschach mantle, named Reggie Long, debuted in the sequel miniseries Doomsday Clock, which connects the Watchmen universe with the mainstream DC Universe. He reappears in the Before Watchmen comic book prequel in his own miniseries. The original character was positively received, with multiple references in other comic titles and appearances in other media. His mask displays a constantly morphing inkblot based on the ambiguous designs used in Rorschach inkblot tests, also his namesake, with the mask's black and white coloring consistent with his sense and view of morality. A ruthless crime-fighter, Rorschach believes in moral absolutism- good and evil as pure ends, with no shades of gray-which compels him to seek to punish any evidence of evil at all costs. In the beginning of the story, he is introduced as the only masked vigilante to remain active on his own terms and initiative, a criminal outlaw as opposed to other former superheroes now covertly employed by the U.S. While Watchmen has an ensemble cast, many consider Rorschach to be the protagonist as he drives most of the plot forward and serves as the series' narrator. A, another Steve Ditko creation on whom the Question was originally based.
Rorschach was created by writer Alan Moore with artist Dave Gibbons, but as with most of the main characters in the series, he was an analogue for a Charlton Comics character, in this case Steve Ditko's the Question.
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Rorschach ( Walter Joseph Kovacs) is a fictional antihero in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics in 1986. Peak human strength, agility, stamina, endurance, and pain tolerance.Skilled in detective work, tracking, and interrogation.Ingenuity and inventiveness in crafting improvised weapons and tools.Master hand-to-hand combatant and expert street-fighter uses a grapple gun to get to high places.
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