Complex sentence: Rorschach appears as a "nutty" character who is a "friend to the animals", and is shown petting a pair of German Shepherds, in contrast to the graphic novel, where he kills the two dogs with a meat cleaver.
Split into simpler sentences: Rorschach appears as a "nutty" character who is a "friend to the animals", and is shown petting a pair of German Shepherds. In the graphic novel, Rorschach kills the two dogs with a meat cleaver.