I actually burst out laughing at Strutting Rorschach. So ridiculous, but it's a nice statue. Note that he has the "hidden penis" mask on (like he was wearing on the Entertainment Weekly Watchmen movie cover). :)
I don't get why there's so much interest in The Comedian. At least now there's a chance that DC might make sculpts of Nite Owl II and Ozymandias, but I wonder if they'll do the comics or the movie costumes. I didn't like their movie costumes that much.
More likely a deliberate omission. The yellow smiley face image is trademarked, so DC would have to pay to use it on merchandise. None of the official movie merch (action figures, statues, keychains, etc.) used it either. Not even the cover of the GN uses the full image.
Actually, no one can now claim trademark over the smiley face any longer.
The "Loufrani vs. Wal-Mart" smiley face court case was finally decided and closed on March 20, 2009 (the same month the Watchmen film was released) when the judge dismissed Loufrani's claims to any rights on either the generic smiley face symbol or the word "smiley," noting that both had become "ubiquitous" in American culture long before Loufrani's initial trademark application in 1971 when he claimed copyright of the smiley face under the Smiley Licensing Corporation, Ltd.
Also, during a 2005 trademark infringement case against online parodist Charles Smith, Wal-Mart tried to claim it held the trademark rights to the yellow smiley face. In March 2008, Wal-Mart lost the case and the judge stated in his decision that Wal-Mart did not own rights to the smiley face
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Jaunty Stroll Rorschach is hilarious. And like when the movie came out, I'm bummed at how much merchandise the Comedian gets. :/
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I don't get why there's so much interest in The Comedian. At least now there's a chance that DC might make sculpts of Nite Owl II and Ozymandias, but I wonder if they'll do the comics or the movie costumes. I didn't like their movie costumes that much.
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The "Loufrani vs. Wal-Mart" smiley face court case was finally decided and closed on March 20, 2009 (the same month the Watchmen film was released) when the judge dismissed Loufrani's claims to any rights on either the generic smiley face symbol or the word "smiley," noting that both had become "ubiquitous" in American culture long before Loufrani's initial trademark application in 1971 when he claimed copyright of the smiley face under the Smiley Licensing Corporation, Ltd.
Also, during a 2005 trademark infringement case against online parodist Charles Smith, Wal-Mart tried to claim it held the trademark rights to the yellow smiley face. In March 2008, Wal-Mart lost the case and the judge stated in his decision that Wal-Mart did not own rights to the smiley face ( ... )
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DC, I am disappoint!
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Also, the veins on the Comedian's arms are so pronounced that it's freaking me out a bit.
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... and suddenly a huge market for repainting rorschach figurines springs up...
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