Can someone tell Batman why not?!?

I don't think these guys are getting the diff between "this character is written as a homosexual" and "the life this character is portrayed as living is la vida loca"

comic book fanboys not understanding nuance? GET OUT

I know, I keep expecting them to want to read things for reasons other than "Batman is really cool and likes to punch stuff"

i think people are also tripping cuz morrison has certainly done MORE fucked up things with batman then reimagining him as a gay man and OMIGOD IF HE MAKES IT CANON WHATEVER WILL WE DO

Blame Morrison for saying Batman has a gay context. Go to store and buy more Batman: Odyssey

A dramatic read-along, complete with sound effects and background music, of BATMAN ODYSSEY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJHCekr8CE

They've done a couple of issues thus far. So good.

gonna definitely have to set aside some time for this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZlqupV2p7I

i woke my girl up last night laughing hysterically while rereading Batman Odyssey
such an octopus of a thing

Hi all, long time no etc. I did a thing that may appeal (exclusively) to members of this board (circa 2004-06). http://emmetmatheson.blogspot.ca/2014/07/richard-meltzer-imagines-batman.html

can someone recommend a decent batman graphic novel from the last 10 years? i think the last batman i bought was dark knight strikes again...

Nobody suggest Batman Odyssey ffs.

it's amazing though!

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

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

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

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'?

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

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

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

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

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).

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.

Snyder, rather.

i remember "Joker" being okay

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?

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

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

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

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

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

they should just abandon continuity altogether imo

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

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

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

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

two years ago!

I love the 70s

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

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

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

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

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

I mean years, but tears too

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

And also

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seems to be OOP...