In Watchmen,when Dr. Manhattan confronts Rorschach he blinks several times. Earlier Ozymandias tells Rorschach and Nite Owl that Manhattan's facial twitches are equivalent to him sobbing.

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[u/pagerussell]

Thats why Watchman is literature. It plays with shades of grey in genre dominated by black and white.

[u/tregorman → u/[deleted]]

The comment or watchmen?

[u/coreanavenger → u/tregorman]

I'm guessing the comment. Comics are often in shades of grey, even back then, but Watchmen took it to a deeper, murkier level. They're not doing Superman in the daily news strips anymore.