The man in the top left visual is connected to the other four visuals. Identify all the visuals and the connections. Do try to connect all the visuals to the top left rather than just identify the overall theme.Update: I might have made the question too obscure. So here are some hints - the connect is a work authored by the man in the top left. The man in the top right is a psychoanalyst obliquely related to the work. If you are familiar with the work, the top middle visual should give a big hint. The man in the bottom right is an ancient Roman satirical poet.
Answer: The man in Alan Moore, the author of the graphic novel Watchmen. The other visuals are the Galle crater in Mars (which looks like a smiley and was included in the novel as part of the recurring motif), Rorshach of the inkblot test fame (after which a character in the novel is named), Ramases II (after whom another character is named), Juvenal (who wrote quis custodiet ipsos custodes or Who watches the watchmen after which the series is named). This work along with The Dark Knight Returns redefined the genre of graphic novels. Swapnaa, Rajesh, Rajeev, Iam, Keshav, Srivats and Johnny Walker got it. Well done.
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Damn, I lost my whole answer to some server error. Here's the shorter version:
1. Alan Moore wrote Watchmen
2. Top middle: crater from Mars that resembles a smiley (theme from the comic)
3. Top right: Rorschach
4. Bottom left: Ozymandias, a main character, named after the pharaoh
5. Juvenal who coined the phrase "Who watches the watchmen?" (in Roman, of course).
6. I had to ask... why do you even know about this whole damn piece of work???
- Swapnaa
Alan Moore, Galle Crater, Hermann Rorschach, Ozymandias & Juvenal
Connect - Alan Moore's The Watchmen
The Galle Crater resembles a smiley which is a recurring theme in the book. Rorschach and Ozymandias are characters in the book and Juvenal asked the question, "Who watches the Watchers?"
watchmen
alan moore/smiley on mars/rorschach/rameses II
and juvenal
Connect - Watchmen
Alan Moore - writer
Galle crater Mars (Smiley)
Rorschach of Ink blot test fame
Ramasses II / Ozymandias
Juvenal (Who peeps at the Toms?)
journal entry october 16th 1985:
1. alan moore( creator of the watchmen)
2. the galle crater on mars( the smiley)
3. hermann rorscach( 'note to self: must investigate further')
4. ramses 2 aka ozymandias( behold my works ye mighty and despair')
5. juvenal ( who watches the watchmen?)
Ok... thats Alan Moore on the top left, so the connect should be the Watchmen.
The Galle crater appears frequently on the series, contributing to the smiley motif.
Top right is Rorscach, of ink blot test fame, inspired his namesake character in watchmen
Bottom left is Ramesses II, also called Ozymandius and again, inspired his namesake character(only partly, the other half inspiration was Alexander the Great)
Bottom right is, of course, Juvenal, a corrupted translation of whose "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" is the inspiration for the title.
(PS: Great question, wasn't too obscure. Hint wasnt really required)
watchmen - alan moore, rorschach, galle crater
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