It’s time for Eddie Blake’s funeral, and everyone is having fond memories about the departed Comedian. Just kidding, he was a monster, as we discover through flashbacks and stories. But how much does the extremely non-comedic Comedian represent America? And comic book characters of the time? Find out, as we break down Watchmen #2, “Absent Friends.”

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Alex:                 Welcome to Watchmen Watch, a
podcast about HBO’s Watchmen where we watch Watchmen, talk about Watchmen and
watch you watching the Watchmen. I’m Alex.

Justin:              I’m Justin.

Pete:                I’m Pete.

Alex:                 And we are going to be talking
about the second issue of the Watchmen comic book series as we ramp up to the
HBO series here. Very exciting. It’s coming out October 20th. We know that now.

Justin:              We know that now.

Alex:                 It has been known. We’re very
excited.

Pete:                10/20.

Alex:                 But to bone up, we’re reading
through the book. So, issue two, this is not called Almost Friends as I wanted
to call it.

Justin:              No. And it’s not called Friends,
the pilot of the TV show Friends.

Alex:                 Right, because Alan Moore and
Dave Gibbons were on a break.

Justin:              That’s true. We should mention
Alan Moore can’t be here today.

Alex:                 Right.

Justin:              Our fourth host for...