Batman. Anno uno

This is one of those books that's been absorbed into the public consciousness so fully that, reading it now, it can be hard to see what was revolutionary about it. This book has come to define the way we think of Batman today and was influential on the darker, grittier cape comics of the eighties an Leggi tutto

I finished my re-read of this one last night and felt pretty much the same about it as I did when I read it over a decade ago. It's ok. Year One takes us back to Jim Gordon & Bruce Wayne's first year in Gotham as crime fighters, and it does so in a realistic way. <--for a comic I understand why it

The bat has problems unfolding its ethical wings in a dark city And to be haunted by the demons of the past probably isn´t the best requirement too PTSD mixed with fresh wounds probably isn´t the best requirement for a crime fighting superhero but hey, everyone has some issues. One of the deepest, em Leggi tutto

I would have loved it more if graphics were the work of nowadays' technology. I am planning to read my favourite superheros' origin. And I have started with my absolute-favourite superhero, Batman. I knew about his origin before. But reading it was a good experience also. There was also an appear

A worthy reread every few years, it holds up. Mazzucchelli's art is very appropriate for a noir style, and of course Frank Miller's original gritty. This was back in the height of Miller's prowess, but this down-to-earth story is in stark contrast to the incredibly epic Dark Knight Returns. Batman h Leggi tutto

You know the classics of literature - War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Middlemarch? There are aspects to them to appreciate and patient readers can be rewarded greatly with those books. But let's be honest - most of us view classics as a bit of a chore. But what about classic comics? Kind of the Leggi tutto