
To start with a quote from the second chapter of the watchmen:
“Rorschach’s Journal. October 16th 1985…
.. Edward Morgan Blake. Born 1924 Forty-five years a comedian. Died 1985, Buried in the rain. Is that what happens to us? a life of conflict with no time for friends. so that when it’s done, only our enemies leave roses. “
The second chapter is all really about burying an old friend. I feel it no spoiler to say the Comedian is dead, and this chapter is about him, though the eyes of those who knew him. (more…)