by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale
This is a reread for me, I like to pull it out every Halloween despite the fact that, well, it's not very good. Let me rephrase that: it's not as good as it should be. Sale's artwork's is wonderfully Gothic, strange and so evocative, with Gotham's seasonally stormy night skies consistently dumping r...
Just as fantastic as the Long Halloween, a MUST READ for any Batman fan.
Review later.
I began Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Batman trilogy in 2008 when I grabbed Batman: The Long Halloween. After 4 years, it still remains my favorite Batman graphic novel. It's follow-up (I think - not really sure of the order), Batman: Dark Victory, was an excellent sequel. For whatever reason, I let f...
Collecting three Halloween specials that feature a very reflective Batman. The first story, Fears, is sort of a Scarecrow story, but is really more about Batman's memory of his father. The second, Madness is (fittingly) more about his relationship with his mother. Hands down my favorite of the colle...
Far less sophisticated thematically than it's predecessors, and what the heck happened to the artwork? I don't know, I just wasn't feeling this one.
Borrowed as well from the local public library. See my short note on the book here: [http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/12/short-notes-on-graphic-novels-8.html]
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