Can someone tell Batman why not?!?

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 25 May 2006 12:31 (twelve years ago) Permalink

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― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 25 May 2006 12:33 (twelve years ago) Permalink

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― electro-acoustic lycanthrope (orion), Thursday, 25 May 2006 12:57 (twelve years ago) Permalink

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 25 May 2006 13:52 (twelve years ago) Permalink

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― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Thursday, 25 May 2006 16:04 (twelve years ago) Permalink

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― c(''c) (Leee), Thursday, 25 May 2006 17:45 (twelve years ago) Permalink

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Thursday, 1 June 2006 12:00 (twelve years ago) Permalink

― electro-acoustic lycanthrope (orion), Thursday, 1 June 2006 12:11 (twelve years ago) Permalink

this seems as likely a place as any other to post my fave line about Assbats, from CBR: Perhaps this is a book that most people won't look kindly upon because it needs to be viewed in a context they're not aware of yet.

― Dr. Superman, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 05:29 (eleven years ago) Permalink

:)

― Jordan, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 14:15 (eleven years ago) Permalink

It would be great if someone photoshopped Batman and Batgirl into the "So not gonna happen" picture.

― The Real Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 16:21 (eleven years ago) Permalink

I can't tell if Batman is crying or if it's just the greasepaint under his mask: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/06/18/batman-fan-film-city-of-scars/

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Sunday, 20 June 2010 02:43 (eight years ago) Permalink

I saw that a couple of days ago. Pretty good for fan-fiction, it has to be made by industry ringers, as it is pretty slick. The take on Wesker & Scarface was pretty cool.

It's better than the 20 minutes of Smallville I watched a long time back.

― earlnash, Sunday, 20 June 2010 13:03 (eight years ago) Permalink

Whoo-AH, Mister Wayne! This is just straight up BAD.
http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/07/07/get-a-first-look-at-batman-odyssey/
Like joyless bad, not like Frank Miller Combination Pizza Hut & Batman Bell crazy bad but also self-consciously hilarious.

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 8 July 2010 09:01 (eight years ago) Permalink

Adams has always been a TERRIBLE writer, and his artwork has totally gone downhill in the last twenty years or so too (my suspicion is that there are lots of assistants doing most of the actual drawing/finishing). RIP Dick Giordano.

The 60s/70s Adams-Batmans really were something to look at tho', back in the day

― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 8 July 2010 09:07 (eight years ago) Permalink

"He's targetting our - EYYOW! guns."

― Pheeel, Thursday, 8 July 2010 09:08 (eight years ago) Permalink

why does Batman have a gun...?

― has arlen specter never heard clarence thomas's laugh? (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 8 July 2010 19:32 (eight years ago) Permalink

So that he can learn a very important lesson about the Second Amendment.
NB: there's a Kevin Nowlan-inked pinup at the back of this that does justice to Yr memories of Adams.

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 8 July 2010 23:10 (eight years ago) Permalink

skimmed thru this in the comic bk shop yesterday, even more of a trainwreck than i feared, weirdly a cpl of pages are inked by michael golden. can't believe there's meant to be twelve issues of this shit - has adams ever drawn twelve issues of anything, all in a row?

― Ward Fowler, Friday, 9 July 2010 06:31 (eight years ago) Permalink

With a decent artist or two, this could be promising. Am I ready to read two ongoing comic books again? http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/07/14/meet-your-new-detective-comics-writer-scott-snyder/

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 15:12 (eight years ago) Permalink

why did i read that? now i want to start buying comics again.

― not everything is a campfire (ian), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 16:29 (eight years ago) Permalink

I don't quite get the venom being cut loose on the Adams' Batman. The thing is pretty much a straight up bronze age style comic, which should make sense considering who is making the thing. Clean up a bit of the language from Robin and you could drop this thing straight into a 100 Page Detective Batman Family Giant from 78. Maybe I have a heart or a soft head for such comics, I didn't think it was that bad. I just think fans now over think stuff to an extent.

Maybe they should have put on the yellow circle around the bat to make it obvious, I don't know.

As for the artwork, the guy really hasn't lost much at all, some of the pages are almost 3D. The inking style is more Klaus Janson than say Dick Giordano on a lot of the book, which is some of the difference.

― earlnash, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 22:59 (eight years ago) Permalink

http://i.newsarama.com/images/bmody_cv4_02.jpg

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Monday, 19 July 2010 16:41 (eight years ago) Permalink

wtf is happening there

like, is Batman tripping and someone locked him in a hairdresser's basement or something

― HI DERE, Monday, 19 July 2010 16:43 (eight years ago) Permalink

lol at the dialogue in that excerpt

― i'm gonna need a +1 so me & a friend can kick you in the balls (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 July 2010 19:12 (eight years ago) Permalink

TRIPPING BALLS.

― Matt M., Monday, 19 July 2010 19:16 (eight years ago) Permalink

tripping hairs

― oh sh!t a ¯\⎝⏠___⏠⎠/¯ (sic), Monday, 19 July 2010 23:37 (eight years ago) Permalink

bump

― i'm gonna need a +1 so me & a friend can kick you in the balls (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 July 2010 14:24 (eight years ago) Permalink

This Neal Adams Batman is so crazy it makes the All Star Frank Miller Batman look like Papa Spank!

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:21 (eight years ago) Permalink

wait, wait, wait, Neal! You drew the bullet coming out her back! You can't take that back! But you did, so OKAY.

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:22 (eight years ago) Permalink

"What's worse than finding a worm in an apple. Answer... Finding half a worm." NOT THE RIDDLER WHO SAID THAT EITHER.

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:27 (eight years ago) Permalink

and that's before Man-Bat calls Batman a eunuch!

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:29 (eight years ago) Permalink

and then Aquaman shows up fresh from the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics!

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:31 (eight years ago) Permalink

scans, please?

― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:33 (eight years ago) Permalink

NOTE: This is not the actual Riddler, but salsa singer, former Panamanian Minister of Tourism Ruben Blades, really.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/tastethatreuben.jpg

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:42 (eight years ago) Permalink

lulz at gordon

― high speed p-diddy-esque shrimping vessel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:43 (eight years ago) Permalink

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/halfaworm.jpg

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:45 (eight years ago) Permalink

whoa

― Such an octopus of a thing. And I have only an inkling! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:47 (eight years ago) Permalink

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/kirk.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/calgary1988.jpg

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:49 (eight years ago) Permalink

I like the idea that Batman names each fist a different sandwich, "Taste that reuben!" POW "Have a bite of this Monte Cristo!" BIF!

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:54 (eight years ago) Permalink

I hope this comic sells so strongly that its tone gets adopted by all Batman comics so that Neal Adams can hold the distinction of being the guy who took the camp out of Batman and then 40 years later put it back.

― Well, because whatever happened changed him. (Dr. Superman), Thursday, 7 October 2010 23:07 (eight years ago) Permalink

thanks you for posting those.

― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 7 October 2010 23:14 (eight years ago) Permalink

wow, i may buy that

― Such an octopus of a thing. And I have only an inkling! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 October 2010 00:42 (eight years ago) Permalink

Yeah, I'm making my first comic store trip for two months today. Will definitely have to get this.

― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 8 October 2010 14:50 (eight years ago) Permalink

Oh my god, this comic.

― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 9 October 2010 02:42 (eight years ago) Permalink

it's amazing though!

― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:01 (four years ago) Permalink

I've been enjoying the Batman Incorporated stuff, altho the gore sometimes seems gratuitous. The one where Bruce Wayne travelled forward in time from the stone age was also fun, I forget the title of that one

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:17 (four years ago) Permalink

the morrison run of batman had a few gns if i remember correctly
and yes batman odyssey is the correct answer

― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 21:39 (four years ago) Permalink

I was really surprised at how good The Long Halloween is, just checked it out recently

― Brakhage, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 22:06 (four years ago) Permalink

I have the floppies of that and should dig them out. Arkham asylum also need revisiting, if I can find it.

How is 'Dark Victory'?

― koogs, Thursday, 4 September 2014 02:58 (four years ago) Permalink

It's also quite good, it's a proper sequel to Halloween though so it doesn't quite have the freshness of Halloween. That said it has the most rational introduction of Robin I've ever seen. Both books are really noirs borrowing from The Godfather, and are also intended to follow directly after Year One, so there are a ton of Year One callbacks, which aren't heavy handed

― Brakhage, Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:43 (four years ago) Permalink

It's a shame that all this was retconned out of existence, I have no idea what the actual sequence of events are in 52-Bats

― Brakhage, Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:45 (four years ago) Permalink

Oh and I have to say after the hermetic convoluted insanity of the Morrison run (which I enjoyed) it's a total breath of fresh air to read what is just a solid, well thought out mystery

― Brakhage, Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:47 (four years ago) Permalink

One insane Batman book - the David Lapham series, City of Crime, which made NO sense but in a way is totally modern Batman nuttiness (grimy underclass life mixed in with bizarre mud-people dopplegangers!)

The Morrison run start to finish is fucking boss, bigger investment than 1 GN though

― Nhex, Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:59 (four years ago) Permalink

oh! if you don't mind batman being more of an ominous background force (which is how i think batman works best because otherwise you're dealing with a focal character who is a dork in tights), gotham central is really really good. up there with year one (which works with batman as the focus because it's constantly pointing out how dorky he is).

― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:46 (four years ago) Permalink

Yeah, the Morrison Bat-Opus is maybe my favorite mainstream comics thing from the past five years or so.

People seem to be pretty keen on Synder's run but I haven't read any of it. That might be a place to start.

― Gwumpy Bubby Want Hims Ba-Ba (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:47 (four years ago) Permalink

Snyder, rather.

― Gwumpy Bubby Want Hims Ba-Ba (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:48 (four years ago) Permalink

i remember "Joker" being okay

― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:00 (four years ago) Permalink

I have no idea what the actual sequence of events are in 52-Bats

lol yeah wasn't GMoz just given carte blanche to continue doing his thing totally independent of the rest of the DC Universe?

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:30 (four years ago) Permalink

he must have because if that shit is canon, canon ate itself

― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:31 (four years ago) Permalink

Yeah I've been reading Snyder's run which is great (the colorist is fantastic) but this Year Zero thing totally confused me as to what exactly the Bat history is now. I don't have the fortitude to actually find out, I'm just along for the ride

― Brakhage, Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:43 (four years ago) Permalink

lol yeah wasn't GMoz just given carte blanche to continue doing his thing totally independent of the rest of the DC Universe?

If I remember right he had just gotten going on Bats Inc when the 52 rug was pulled out and there was no way Inc could have existed in continuity, so he just said 'look at least let me finish this damn book' so Inc kept right on going

― Brakhage, Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:48 (four years ago) Permalink

I'm not absolutely sure about that, so please correct me. One of the hangovers from this reboot is Memento-esque brain damage

― Brakhage, Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:50 (four years ago) Permalink

IIRC, Batman Inc and Johns's GL were the only New 52 books generally unaffected by the reboot.

― Gwumpy Bubby Want Hims Ba-Ba (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 September 2014 20:53 (four years ago) Permalink

they should just abandon continuity altogether imo

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:08 (four years ago) Permalink

I think you could make a solid argument that they already have, however unintentionally.

― Coarse Apple Slaw (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:30 (four years ago) Permalink

i believe that's known as "the liefeld effect"

― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:38 (four years ago) Permalink

I loved it in the recent Inkstuds pod where Matt Fraction compared the new 52 to putting your dick on a table and handing somebody a ruler to hit you with

― Brakhage, Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:39 (four years ago) Permalink

Intrigued by this one, which came out a year ago but which I only just found out about -- Batman vs architecture

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B009MD2N5Q.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Friday, 5 September 2014 01:47 (four years ago) Permalink

two years ago!

― boney tassel (sic), Friday, 5 September 2014 03:04 (four years ago) Permalink

I love the 70s

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WStGdxfxH0o/VElwkqCBvMI/AAAAAAABEe8/RnnUC4Ryv5c/s1600/3978.jpg

― Οὖτις, Friday, 24 October 2014 20:07 (four years ago) Permalink

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theledger/obituary.aspx?n=stephen-merrill&pid=174158574

WINTER HAVEN - Stephen Merrill, 31, passes away February 12, 2015, due to a uppercut from Batman.
He was born January 28, 1984, the son of Larry Ronald Merrill and Bridgett I. Dotson Merrill. He was in retail sales at The Big Shop in Legoland, Florida.
In addition to his parents, Stephen is survived by his fiancée, Stephanie Vella; son, Noah; and sister, Kimberly.
Visitation is Tuesday, February 17, 2015, from 12-1PM with a celebration of life at 1PM, both at Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, Winter Haven. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theledger/obituary.aspx?n=stephen-merrill&pid=174158574#sthash.qRsMf30j.dpuf

― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 05:24 (three years ago) Permalink

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/winter-haven-mans-obituary-lists-cause-of-death-uppercut-from-batman

― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 05:25 (three years ago) Permalink

http://i.imgur.com/EV4wiZA.jpg

This is the best batman story I've read in tears

― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 5 November 2016 14:34 (two years ago) Permalink

I mean years, but tears too

― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 5 November 2016 14:34 (two years ago) Permalink

I picked up the Alan Davis batman book in the sale. It's fun and campy. Never heard about this run before.

E.g.

https://i.imgur.com/LlG4xdd.jpg

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:29 (one year ago) Permalink

And also

https://i.imgur.com/IELzvR4.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/u92lgNq.jpg

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:30 (one year ago) Permalink

Here's the first one without the first half of the gag cut off

https://i.imgur.com/CpULv1P.jpg

And my favourite trope, where batman can only enter a room by crashing through some wooden blinds

https://i.imgur.com/kicFJIO.jpg

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:34 (one year ago) Permalink

That short Barr/Davis run truly is delightful. Should have lasted longer.

― Duane Barry, Thursday, 23 November 2017 19:43 (one year ago) Permalink

those are painful to look at, like every time ppl on the internet post old Marvel comics from online services

― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Friday, 24 November 2017 20:02 (one year ago) Permalink

Good stuff -- is it this?: http://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/legends-of-the-dark-knight-alan-davis

― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 25 November 2017 20:25 (one year ago) Permalink

Yeah that's it. the run is only six issues or so. the book's padded out with a (not very good) graphic novel included.

I take sic's point but the recolouring isn't quite as heinous as on e.g. the neal adams reissues

― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 26 November 2017 12:16 (one year ago) Permalink

Seems to be OOP...

― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Sunday, 26 November 2017 19:47 (one year ago) Permalink

My son, unclear on the concept, play-acting young Bruce Wayne discovering the Batcave:

“Alfred! — I fell into a big hole in the backyard... it was a cave that had a computer built into the wall!”

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 04:04 (five months ago) Permalink

hahahahahahaha!

― Arthur Funzonerelli (stevie), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 08:59 (five months ago) Permalink

Well, I managed to avoid the nyt spoilers, but that was a bit fucking boring either way

I’ve never seen the appeal of full-page posters in the middle of a comic, and there are some spectacularly butt-ugly examples in this issue

King is entering his bad Malick phase, it seems

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 5 July 2018 16:12 (five months ago) Permalink

I just saw a long article about the “NY Times spoiler”... Umm, people read about comics in the NY Times(?)

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Friday, 6 July 2018 00:14 (five months ago) Permalink

It was in the Weddings section

― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Friday, 6 July 2018 01:29 (five months ago) Permalink

One more in a long list of recent black marks on the Times, I guess.

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Friday, 6 July 2018 02:48 (five months ago) Permalink

Spoiler question about #50...

Wait, so who was the Batman in the last frame? And are we supposed to believe Bane somehow set this all up?

― Nhex, Friday, 13 July 2018 18:04 (four months ago) Permalink

Damn, Norm Breyfogle died! My favourite Batman artist by miles, stupidly uncollected for such a long time.

https://i.imgur.com/wdoonko.jpg

― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 23:08 (two months ago) Permalink

His run with Alan Grant is probably still my favourite extended run on Batman. RIP.

― Duane Barry, Thursday, 27 September 2018 00:38 (two months ago) Permalink

Aw, crap. My favourite too. The Grant/Breyfogles are my ideal Batman comics.

― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 27 September 2018 00:59 (two months ago) Permalink

In response, an audience member yelled, “F— Trump.” West added, “Now you got a situation where we need to have a dialogue and not a diatribe because if you want something to change, it’s not going to change by saying, ‘F— that person.’ Try love. Try love. Try love. Try love.”

Some audience members laughed. “You see they laughing at me. You heard ’em, they scream at me, they bully me. They bullied me backstage they said, ‘Don’t go out there with that hat on.’ They bullied me backstage. They bullied me. And then they say I’m in a sunken place. You want to see the sunken place? Okay, I’ma listen to y’all now.”

He removed his MAGA hat before putting it back on. “Or I’ma put my Superman cape on, which means you can’t tell me what to do,” he said.

― Ah, the minty egg bits (sic), Sunday, 30 September 2018 18:45 (two months ago) Permalink

Can someone tell Kanye why not

― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Sunday, 30 September 2018 20:35 (two months ago) Permalink