Hackers' Pub

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Darius Kazemi @darius@friend.camp

8/21/2025, 8:00:00 PM

Public

I had to stop everything I was doing today to make this.

Famous panel from Alan Moore's comic "Watchmen". Drawing of an older man coughing up blood on the floor. Caption overlaid, which is obviously edited from the original, says:

"Heard joke once: Superintendent goes to principal's. Luncheon promised. Roast planned but ruined."

The next three panels in the sequence from "Watchmen." Instead of the original text, the sequence goes:

Panel 1: "Smoke explained as steam from clams. Principal sneaks out. Buys burgers to pass off as own cooking." This is superimposed over a picture of a mercenary holding a gun, the past career of the older man.

Panel 2: "Superintendent confused. Expected clams. Principal lies: promised hams, not clams. Regional dialect. Misunderstanding." This is superimposed on a first person POV shot of the older man from the original panel, present day, bloodied and held up by an attacker, from the POV of the attacker.

Panel 3: "House on fire from neglected oven. Superintendent asks what's happening." Flashback to the older man having killed his lover.

Last panel: "Principal says, 'Aurora borealis.'" Widescreen shot, from POV of assailant, where the older man is thrown out a window, glass shattering.

Bradley Momberger @air_hadoken@mastodon.social

8/21/2025, 9:02:48 PM

Public

@dariusDarius Kazemi

Three panels from "Watchmen" following the ones used in the parent post. Two drawings of the older man falling from the skyscraper. Caption overlaid, which is obviously edited from the original, says:

"Odd fellow. But I must say. Steams a good ham."

The final panel is a solid reddish color and retains its original caption: "Curtains"

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