Batman. Ego e altre storie

I've purchased this volume after reading somewhere Batman: Ego was the comic book inspiring upcoming The Batman (2022) movie, instead that story was a short one and rest of this hardcover book included many other stories that I already owned and had read in other formats. Besides that this was an exc Leggi tutto

Batman: Ego and Other Tails collects all of Darwyn Cooke’s Batman comics in one handy volume - and it’s a pretty good read! The title story sees Bruce traumatised after seeing one of Joker’s henchmen kill his family and himself rather than wait for the Joker to bust out of Arkham, as he always does, Leggi tutto

Ehhhhhhh. Didn't like the art ( except for the short story illustrated by Tim Sale ), and didn't like the stories very much. I thought Ego was the dumbest of the bunch. Bruce Wayne has some kind of a nervous breakdown, and ends up having a conversation with Batman , who turns out to be about as crazy a Leggi tutto

Anthology series are always a gamble when it comes to quality, and this is no exception. The two main stories are Batman: Ego and Selina's Big Score, neither of which are overly impressive narrative wise. They go for very different genres, and the variety is appreciated, but they weren't executed in Leggi tutto

Never having read Richard Stark's Parker series, I picked up Darwyn Cooke's graphic novel adaptations. The stories themselves were awesome but what had originally grabbed me was Cooke's unique style. When I finished, I was salivating for more. Imagine how happy I was to find out he did a few runs wi Leggi tutto