Around the Year Reading Challenge Item #46: A Crime Story I am only a casual fan of Batman, but the credit for any of the fandom I have for the series goes back to Batman: The Animated Series from the nineties, which I still consider to be the best incarnation of Batman yet. So I was excited to re...
I had a tough time with this one. I almost put it down and said "F*ck it" Here's my problem with it. "I gots no job." "Don' hardly" "waz'at?" "eh, Li'l brah?" now imagine every character talking like this. it gets on your nerves real fast. So why did I keep reading....I think the story plot in t...
This is even darker than the Flash volume! Batman isn't the Batman we know and love. He's a much more driven, more morally compromised version. What would happen if a man's child was killed in front of him and he was powerless to prevent it. The Joker is probably even more twisted, and you wouldn't ...
As much as I appreciate Greg Rucka's writing, I wasn't too fond of this graphic novel. Not an auspicious start to my Wonder Woman graphic novel reading career. I thought it was way too mired in politics. I hate politics. I don't see Wonder Woman as a woman of rhetoric, but a woman of actions which s...
Much the same as movies, extreme violence is more palatable if the story is strong enough to justify it, otherwise it's just boring and deeply unpleasant.
The second volume of Batman: Black & White is much like the first. Editor Mark Chiarello gathers together some of the most acclaimed writers and artists who then produce short stories about The Dark Knight. While I didn’t find the overall experience as strong as the first collection, there were st...
I can't say that I loved the entire story arc, but I am still interested in seeing where this goes. I do like the increasingly complex way the story is plotted, and I like the way Azzarello gives out just enough hints to keep me interested in the greater story. I also love how the artist, Eduardo Ri...
Crossposted at The Bibliosanctum.This book is a series of mini-arcs giving a glimpse of a world where Bruce Wayne’s Batman doesn’t exist. It asks: “What kind of ripples would’ve been made in the world if Bruce had been the one to die in that alley and not his parents?” Initially, I read “Batman: Kni...
I'm rating this having been told this is only part of a serial. I won't be reading the rest of the serial until it's finished because a) I don't have enough patience or attention span to read a WIP, and b) I'm pissed off that I bought this without the author or publisher allowing me to make an infor...
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