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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#comicsky Which brings us back full circle to the secret image found on the cover to Watchmen 1. Right off the bat, on the cover of Watchmen 1, Moore and Gibbons secretly tell you what the entirety of Watchmen is all about. Thanks for listening!

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#comicsky You can see “limbs” coming forth from within the buildings structure. Those are “Yellow Peril” limbs, and they are not seen until Larry Schexnayder is hovering above it.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#comicsky When she is caught by Larry Schexnayder, try to focus on what’s going on inside that Snowglobe.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#comicsky There’s another factor here but you would have to read my essay first explaining that Larry Schexnayder is the true secret identity behind Hooded Justice. But let me try anyway. In 1955, Laurie becomes entranced with a Snowglobe in her home.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#comicsky Adrian Veidt creates the Alien Squid…an octopus type creature with several limbs. And what is this Squid meant to do? It is propaganda meant to unite the world against an outside force supposedly trying to destroy Earth’s way of life.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#comicsky Here’s another image of the yellow octopus creature on the cover of a book that came out about 10 years (?) back. This image is a redrawing of the popular John Bull strip.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#comicsky Yellow Peril. The image on your right was a classic example of Yellow Peril propaganda, a popular John Bull ‘comic strip’ in the UK that I guarantee Alan Moore saw at least once in his life. Note the eyes, nose, and smile on both creatures are the same.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#comicsky This image is the cover of Watchmen issue 1 when mirrored on to itself symmetrically. What you see is a nightmarish Klansmen, in Hooded Justice’s colors, rising above what looks to be a rendition of the racially charged “Yellow Peril” propaganda found in western countries circa 1880-1940

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#comicsky What is going on down here? This man is pulling her hair back and choking her on the bottom corner of Watchmen issue 12 page 1. What was happening when Adrian Veidt’s squid landed? Were they doing some sort of public display of bdsm or was he actively trying to murder this woman?

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Oh yeah, we’re G’Nort buds! Long may you run, G’Nort, long may you run!

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Now we’re here. Jon is simultaneously extracting Walter from his intrinsic field, and teleporting Walter to Mars. When this happens, the blood of both the dogs from 1975 and Lawrence the Prisoner from 1985 heats up and expands over the snow. That is not Walter’s blood.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Directly before Jon sends Walter to Mars, Veidt makes this comment about Walter being “without stain.” Alan Moore is very deliberate with his word usage, he is drawing attention to Walter’s blood stains that Walter has been wearing since issues 8 and 10, respectively.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Nite Owl II and Rorschach go back to Rorschach’s apartment to pick up a hidden spare costume and journal after Rorschach is busted out of prison. It appears that Rorschach decided to tuck this costume hidden away, unwashed, after murdering those dogs 10 years previous. You can see the stain there.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

While Rorschach is in prison, a prisoner named Lawrence is murdered right in front of him, and Lawrence’s blood gushes all over Rorschach’s shirt.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

In the mid 70’s, Rorschach’s jacket is stained with blood after murdering a couple of dogs. He then kills their owner. Here you can see the blood stain.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

#comicsky #booksky That is a truly excellent question and I’m glad you asked! The blood you see covering the snow is a combination of blood but none of it is Rorschach’s.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

@stevelieberart.bsky.social @seanphillips.bsky.social @joequinones.bsky.social @philhester.bsky.social Scenario You establish one pattern that represents destruction and another that represents teleportation. If the teleportation pattern is used, then this likely suggests teleportation. Right?

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

In Watchmen, when Jon destroys something, a visible explosion is seen. But this pattern isn’t visible with Rorschach. Instead, the teleportation pattern is visible. Gibbons establishes the circle within circle with black dots pattern in issue 3 when Jon teleports his button. Why the switch up?

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Why do we get the teleportation pattern but not the visible explosion when Jon “kills” Rorschach? #comicsky #booksky

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

#comicsky #booksky @comicsjournal.bsky.social When Doctor Manhattan destroys something, the symbol associated with that destruction is visible explosion. But when Manhattan “kills” Rorschach, we don’t get explosion. We get the teleportation pattern that Gibbons previously used for Jon’s button.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I don’t expect Busiek or Simone to know the answer for sure as they didn’t work on the book, but perhaps they have a certain insight? Why would a comic book artist use the same exact pattern for killing that they already used for teleportation? That’s confusing.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

@comicsjournal.bsky.social @kurtbusiek.bsky.social @gailsimone.bsky.social #comicsky #booksky Genuine question… If Dave Gibbons used a certain pattern to indicate teleportation in “Watchmen”, then shouldn’t all future uses of said pattern indicate teleportation?

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

This is the gimmick that Adrian himself employs at the end of the novel. A gigantic alien other, with multiple octopus style limbs as seen in the Yellow Peril propaganda above, used as propaganda to unite the Earth.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The Yellow Peril was anti-Asian propaganda produced by the US and our friends overseas. It even reached its way into comic books. Asians would be portrayed primarily as monsters with slim eyes and large teeth. In the picture is propaganda from overseas.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Here’s Hooded Justice, a Klan costumed member of the Minutemen, wearing the same colors as the Klan figure seen on the mirrored cover to Watchmen # 1. Cape colors inverted.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

#comicsky #booksky I posted about this the other day but I have some new findings. The cover to Watchmen # 1, when mirrored against itself, showcases two secret illustrations. One - A nightmarish rendition of the rise of the second KKK. Two - Gibbons’ rendition of “The Yellow Peril.”

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#comicsky #booksky The cover of Watchmen # 1 mirrored against itself. That looks like a KKK member, and considering Watchmen is built on symmetry and mirroring, while the universe’s first hero was directly inspired by the KKK… That would be a wild coincidence if unintentional.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Now, mirrored across four quadrants, what do we see? A silhouette of a butterfly and within the butterfly we see tons of scattered particles.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Here is the very first time we see Rorschach in costume albeit in silhouette form. We did see Walter out of costume two panels earlier but this is our first glimpse of Rorschach in costume.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

And there's one final piece of evidence, maybe the most stunning piece of all. Going back to Rorschach’s ink blot that he mirrors across four quadrants, I decided to try something. What if I took an image from the book and mirrored it across four quadrants?

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We end where we began. Rorschach's first journal entry, “they had a choice, all of them, they could have followed in the footsteps of good men... instead they followed the droppings of lechers and communists”

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Dan and Laurie haven't learned a thing. Their last on page convo is about getting more aggressive costumes and carrying guns. The same cycle of escalation that produced the Comedian and Rorschach is starting up again, on the last page of the book, with the same characters who should know better.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

He spares his lying landlady because of her children. The dude who who once threw a harmless pervert down an elevator shaft suddenly choosing not to hurt someone. He apologizes to Dan. It's the first apology he's ever made on page in the entire book, and he tells Dan he hasn't been a good friend.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The panel in issue 3 where Jon sits alone on Mars, with caption boxes from a Cabinet meeting overlaid on the image: "I'd always kind of hoped that the big decision would rest with somebody else. This is going to take some thinking about". This is Moore using his cut-up technique again.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Where else would Jon send the scattered particles of Rorschach if not into oblivion? Mars is the only place in the book where humanity gets judged from outside. Jon brought Laurie there in Chapter 9 specifically to argue about whether the human race deserved to keep existing.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The figure in Veidt's vision is a Manhattan class being on Mars with Rorschach's clothes, you can see his coat, hat, and even his mask all caught in the swirl. Veidt thinks he's seeing himself as a future pharaoh. He's actually seeing Rorschach's future on Mars. Remember, pink represents Mars.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The clothes swirl matches a Chapter 3 panel where Jon’s suit fragments orbit around him as he prepares for a TV interview.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The figure is standing on a pink landscape, with dark scraps of fabric and clothing swirling around him.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

When Jon arrives, the butterfly is at his feet. Jon steps on it. Then he does the finger circle gesture on Rorschach. After Jon walks away, the butterfly is gone. Not dead and visible but GONE. Both creatures are removed from the scene by the same person at the same moment in the same way.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

When Veidt destroys his paradise, the butterfly tries to escape. As Dan and Rorschach approach Veidt’s fortress, the butterfly appears in the snow. Dan delivers the line: "We're out of our natural element."

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Let’s talk about the butterfly, another huge clue. Chapter 11 opens with its first image: a colorful butterfly that Veidt genetically engineered in his tropical paradise bubble. It's a creature transformed into something new by a god figure with the power to remake life.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The rising of smoke that appear at Rorschach's "death" are the same that Jon leaves behind when he teleports. When Jon first leaves for Mars in Chapter 3, the smoke rises from the ground where his particles disassembled. The smoke is teleportation residue. Jon moved Rorschach somewhere.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Pink in Watchmen is reserved. It marks Jon’s teleportation to Mars in Chapter 3. It marks the surface of Mars itself. The pink shown in Rorschach's “death” is a destination signature. Pink means Mars.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The energy bloom around Rorschach’s body looks like the energy generated by the intrinsic field subtractor, the machine that disintegrated Jon in 1959. Jon is using on Rorschach the same process that once created him.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

There's an even earlier hint on page 1. The third panel of the entire book shows Rorschach walking past a deli clerk who's hosing a pink/red circular splatter off the sidewalk. The clerk is wearing blue which is Jon’s color. Does the pink swirl stop Rorschach? No, he keeps going. Symmetry.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Jon kills people other times in the book, the soldiers in Vietnam, the criminals in Moloch's bar, and the visual is always different. Just a finger, no glowing circle, just pure raw force. The glowing circle gesture is reserved, across the whole book, for one thing only: making and modifying matter.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The glowing circle finger gesture is the most important visual clue. It only appears twice in the entire 400 page book. Once in Chapter 1, where Jon uses it to build something. And once in Chapter 12, where he uses it on Rorschach.

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

And during this same scene, Jon delivers his line about death: "A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts."

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matthewlovesbread.bsky.social @matthewlovesbread.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Then Jon picks up the machine and moves it across the room. A few minutes later, when Laurie tells him to get rid of Rorschach, Jon teleports him away.

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