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'''Rorschach''' ('''Walter Joseph Kovacs''') is a [[fictional ~~character|fictional]]~~ [[antihero]] in the [[graphic novel]] [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] ''[[Watchmen]]'', published by [[DC Comics]] in 1986. Rorschach was created by writer [[Alan Moore]] with artist [[Dave Gibbons]], but as with most of the main characters in the series, he was an analogue for a [[Charlton Comics]] character, in this case [[Steve Ditko]]'s the [[Question (character)|Question]]. Moore also modeled Rorschach on [[Mr. A]], another Steve Ditko creation on whom the Question was originally based.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a29565670/watchmen-hbo-backlash-controversy-white-supremacy/ |title=The Right-Wing Troll Backlash Against HBO's Watchmen Is Hilariously Stupid |first=Matt |last=Miller |date=October 24, 2019 |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |access-date=November 5, 2019}}</ref>

While ''Watchmen'' has an [[ensemble cast]], many consider Rorschach to be the [[protagonist]] as he drives most of the plot forward and serves as the series' narrator.<ref name="National Post">{{cite news|last=Medley|first=Mark|title=A comic book neophyte's guide to ''Watchmen''|newspaper=[[National Post]]|date=March 3, 2009|url=https://nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1345804|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="UTF1">{{cite web |url=http://www.unleashthefanboy.com/comics/before-watchmen-rorschach-1-review/24102|last=Alvarez|first=Daniel|title=''Before Watchmen: Rorschach'' #1 Review|date=August 15, 2012|publisher=Unleash The Fanboy|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Inescapable Collapse">{{cite web |url=http://archive.lewrockwell.com/luongo/luongo16.1.html|last=Luongo|first=Thomas|title=The Inescapable Collapse of ''Watchman''|date=December 9, 2010|publisher=[[LewRockwell.com]]|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> In the beginning of the story, he is introduced as the only masked [[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 test]]s, also his namesake, with the mask's black and white coloring consistent with his [[Splitting (psychology)|sense and view of morality]].