Watchmen subverts the superhero mythology, depriving the world of selfless heroes striving to live lives of virtue. Its costumed crime fighters don’t struggle with wielding power responsibly or grapple with their own weaknesses in the hope of overcoming them. The Watchmen include a brutal sociopat...

R.A. Salvatore’s fantasy novels about his character Drizzt Do’Urden paint a horrifying world filled with dark and disturbing depictions that would make Michael O’Brien’s skin crawl. Indeed, my parents’ vocal concerns about explicit descriptions of infant sacrifice, among other evils, promp...

Rorschach's Journal October 12th, 1985: Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accum...