New Frontiersman

New Frontiersman
Founder(s)	Victor Godfrey
Leader(s)	Hector Godfrey
Former leader(s)	Victor Godfrey
Notable member(s)	Seymour Jamie Hill Franklin Smith Jed Ellis B. Thompson
Former notable member(s)	Walt Feinberg
Headquarters	New Frontiersman Building
Location(s)	New York City
Affiliation(s)	Pioneer Publishing
Status	Active
Appearance(s)
Comic(s)	Watchmen

New Frontiersman is a far-right daily newspaper owned by Pioneer Publishing, based in New York City.

History

Establishment

New Frontiersman was established in 1949 and was owned by Pioneer Publishing. Originally founded by Victor Godfrey, the paper was eventually passed on to his relative, Hector. Typically containing articles espousing far right and reactionary political and societal views, it was a political antagonist of the liberal Nova Express. Its articles also spoke in favor of the costumed adventurers, viewing them as protectors of the America. However, they were often critical of vigilantes who espoused non-extreme right views such as Ozymandias, who is an outspoken liberal, and Hooded Justice, who was believed to be a communist spy.

Honor is Like the Hawk: Sometimes It Must Go Hooded

In 1985, New Frontiersman released in infamous article titled "Honor is Like the Hawk: Sometimes It Must Go Hooded" as a direct response to Nova Express' criticism of both Rorschach, who was an avid reader of the New Frontiersman, and the paper itself. The article contained a political cartoon including some glaring racial and social stereotypes; a fat, greasy Jew representing big business, an Italian gangster (complete with Black Hand tie pin) representing crime, a black prostitute selling drugs, a dark haired Knot Top youth representing delinquency, and, looming behind them all, the Soviet Union represented by a huge man in Russian costume with USSR in Cyrillic letters on his hat. The Hero who is being handcuffed and unmasked by Doug Roth, representing the liberal media, is blonde and "Aryan" and has a stereotypical All-American family in the audience. Also in the cartoon, Lady Liberty can be seen weeping.

Rorschach's Journal

Right before leaving for Ozymandias' Antarctica stronghold, Rorschach mails a package to the offices of the New Frontiersman bearing the word "URGENT". The package contains his journal.

January 1987, Hector Godfrey tells one of his writers, Seymour, to find something to fill two more pages of the next issue, leaving it "entirely" in Seymour's hands. Nearby sits the journal.

Publication History

• February 11, 1956 - "Blacks, Whites, and Reds All Over", regarding the true identity and political affiliation of Hooded Justice. Long considered a U.S. patriot, HJ is now considered a communist spy and lays out evidence that he was circus strongman Rolf Müller.
• October 19, 1985 - "Missing Writer: Castro to Blame?", regarding the disappearance of Max Shea two years prior and questions whether Fidel Castro of Cuba is to blame.
• October 20, 1985 - "Our Country's Protector Smeared by the Kremlin", regarding the Soviet Union's response to the exile of Doctor Manhattan.
• October 31, 1985 - "Honor is Like the Hawk: Sometimes It Must Go Hooded"; includes a missing writer follow-up. Inside, it makes an appeal of clemency on behalf of heroes.

Trivia

• New Frontiersman is similar to other real-life, right-wing publications that were popular during the 1980s, like the New York Post and the Washington, D.C.-based newspaper Human Events.
  • It also echoes in tone and style to modern day far-right news websites that emerged decades after Watchmen was first published in 1986. such as Breitbart, The Epoch Times, OutKick, and WorldNetDaily.
• The slogan "In your hearts, you know it's right" is a reference the 1964 presidential campaign slogan of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater which was "In your heart you know he's right". Goldwater had used this phrase for his advocacy of nuclear warfare with the Soviet Union, a theme which is repeatedly found throughout the Watchmen series.
  • Its slogan is "In your hearts, you know it's right". To that one vandalized the poster adding a graffiti with the word "wing", altering the phrase to "right wing".
• In a sly panel during Issue II, there is a man resembling Adolf Hitler carrying a copy of the newspaper.
• The "hero" portrayed in the New Frontiersman sample article who is being handcuffed and unmasked by Doug Roth is depict a blonde, traditionally masculine man with a stereotypical all-American family in the audience, features that barely apply to any of the actual masked vigilantes in the narrative. Ironically the most blonde and "perfect" of the heroes is Adrian Veidt, the hero New Frontiersman likes least, on account of his liberal leanings. Also, in the cartoon is Lady Liberty weeping, echoing the closeup of the angel seen at the Comedian's funeral.