Focus on Comanche Feats of Horsemanship and discuss the In popular culture.
The painting is prominently featured in the second episode of 2019 HBO show Watchmen, the sequel to the 1987 graphic novel of the same name. The episode, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship", derives its name from the painting.
In the show, it hangs prominently in the house of Tulsa chief of police Judd Crawford (played by Don Johnson).
According to the annotated notes of the show, written in-universe by FBI Agent Dale Petey (played by Dustin Ingram), the painting was given to Crawford by Senator Joe Keene, who wrote the Keene Act, which banned costumed vigilantes except when sanctioned by the U.S. government, setting forth the events of the graphic novel.
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