WATCHMEN's Ever-Full Moon, Part 1

THE EVER-FULL MOON

PART THE FIRST

 

            To quote Andy Rooney, “Did you ever notice ...”

            ... that in Watchmen, the moon is always full?

 

IN THE COMIC

 On Saturday, October 12, 1985 it’s full on the night Rorschach visits Comedian’s apartment (1:5).

A week later, on Saturday, October 19, it’s full on the night Doc Manhattan goes to Gila Flats (3:20).

Eight days following, on Sunday, October 27, the lunar orb is at its apex of lucidity when Laurie & Dan rescue the apartment-fire victims (7:28).

And on Halloween, Thursday, October 31, as Nite Owl and Silk Spectre 2 rescue Rorschach, it’s full (8:16).

It’s still full on All Saints Day, Friday, November 1, as Nite Owl and Kovacs head for Rorschach’s spare outfit (10:4)...

... and on the same night, as Pyramid Delivery’s death ship departs from the secret island near Nicaragua (10:18).

After midnight now, into Saturday, November 2, the moon is still full as Rorschach & Nite Owl search Adrian’s office and leave for Karnak (10:22).

About sixteen hours later, on Saturday, November 2, a full moon watches as Ozymandias’s squid arrives in New York (11:27:03).

Soon thereafter, it’s still full when Laurie & Jon arrive in the devastated New York (12:7). Look in the uppermost part of the center, in panels 1 and 3.

Next time, we’ll see that, in the comic, the moon is full even in non-diegetic sequences!

What do you think about this lunar singularity, comics fans?  See you Monday!

  

TIME Magazine Gave a Crappy Review

... and I called 'em out on it!

This review of STTMP was printed in TIME's December 17, 1979 issue.

I was not the only person who howled over the reviewer's cluelessness.  See below!

I'm sure you can figure out which part of the above image is my letter of protest, which is TIME's semi-canned reply, and the printed responses to the so-called review.

'NUFF SAID!  See you on Thursday.  Thanks for joining me on this month's TREKKING WITH CLIPPINGS!  Don't worry, I have about 200 more images to go before we run out!