What is Rorschach (character)?
[[File:Comikaze 2011 - Rorschach (7099963275).jpg|thumb|Cosplayer impersonating Rorschach during the 2011 Comikaze Expo.]] '''Rorschach''' is a fictional [[DC Comics]] [[antihero]] in 1986 graphic novel ''[[Watchmen]]'' and in the [[Watchmen (movie)|2009 film at the same name]]. Rorschach was created by British book writer [[Alan Moore]] and artist [[Dave Gibbons]]. Rorschach was named after [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[psychiatrist]] [[Hermann Rorschach]]. == Fictional character biography == While ''Watchmen'' has an [[ensemble cast]], many consider Rorschach to be the primary protagonist as he drives most of the plot forward and serves as the series' narrator. In the beginning of the story, he is introduced as the only masked [[Vigilantism|vigilante]] to remain active on his own terms and initiative, a criminal outlaw as opposed to other former superheroes now covertly employed by the U.S. government. A ruthless crime-fighter, Rorschach believes in [[moral absolutism]]—[[good and evil]] as pure ends, with no shades of gray—which compels him to seek to punish any evidence of evil at all costs. His mask displays a constantly morphing inkblot based on the ambiguous designs used in [[Rorschach inkblot tests]], also his namesake, with the mask's black and white coloring consistent with his [[sense and view of morality]]. == In other media == The original character was positively received, with multiple references in other comic titles and appearances in other media. He reappears in the ''Before Watchmen'' comic book prequel including his own miniseries. Rorschach made his live-action debut in the 2009 movie ''Watchmen'', played by Jackie Earle Haley, who also voices him in the video game ''Watchmen: The End Is Nigh''. A successor to the Rorschach mantle, named Reggie Long, debuted in the sequel limited series ''Doomsday Clock'', which connects the ''Watchmen'' universe with the mainstream DC Universe. Another incarnation of Rorschach, Wil Myerson, appears in the DC Black Label limited series ''Rorschach'', a