After months of speculation, rumor, and leaked artwork regarding a Watchmen prequel, DC Entertainment confirmed today the release of Before Watchmen, a comic book series collection that will serve as a prequel to the critically acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen.

Watchmen prequel comics miniseries collection entitled Before Watchmen is the banner title for seven all-new inter-connected prequel mini-series from DC Comics, which will begin publishing this Summer. No exact release dates have been announced at this time, though DC has released the title, creator, and series length for each prequel series.

Okay, so there are a lot of rumors circulating across the Internet that concerns a work that many a comic book reader holds dearly in their hearts. And that comic book work is Watchmen. Now, are they Spielberg-ing by replacing The Comedian’s gun with a walkie-talkie? No. But the rumor is that we’ll be seeing a Watchmen prequel comic from DC Comics sooner rather than later. But, there is a petition for that.

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel mashes up Hello Kitty with Watchmen in “Hello Watchmen” by artist D4N13L.

The sale at RIPT began today, Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

DC Comics announced last week that they will be bringing at least 100 collected works exclusively to Amazon‘s brand new Kindle Fire eReader.

Contrary to the thoughts in my head, the Kindle Fire is not an unfortunate malfunction of the popular eReader. It is, in fact, a brand new model that allows full-color appreciation of digital media. And with this new device’s announcement, it was only a matter of time until we started seeing information about comics. The interesting thing about this, though, is that DC will be offering these 100 books exclusively to the Kindle Fire. This sounds like a really big deal as it abandons the comiXology model and the extremely iOS devices from Apple. Well, at least it sounds like it’s interesting.

If you’ve read the classic Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons graphic novel, Watchmen, or seen director Zack Snyder’s fantastic cinematic adaptation, then you’re familiar with the enigma himself, Rorschach.

Rorschach is a hero in most definitions of the word, out to rid the world of all the evil that taints it, though his methods are quite extreme and sometimes questioned. He stands out due to his iconic mask, a simple white with a blot of ink inspired by the psychiatric test of the same name that changes and moves depending on the hero’s mood.

You might have never thought you would read these words, but as it turns out, someone that goes by guinness0507 on YouTube figured out a way to make that very mask…WITH the ability to alter the “ink” as you wear it.

Be sure to head on over to the other side to see a brief video that shows you how you too can make your very own Rorschach mask from Watchmen.