Arkham Asylum. Batman

Sorry, guys. Didn't like it. I have a headache and my eyes hurt. Not joking here. One of my eyes is actually throbbing. Yes, only one. I'm going to take some Tylenol...

What a fucking mess. The painted artwork was appalling, the story-line was incoherent, the dialogue was barely legible, and, most importantly, the portrayal of Batman was all wrong. This felt like a second-rate haunted-house horror that Batman was wedged into, and poorly at that. Batman's encounters Leggi tutto

Upon occasion I have been asked what my favorite Batman story is. I ask immediately afterwards if they mean favorite story involving Batman or favorite story about Batman. The answers are different. Favorite story involving Batman is The Killing Joke, but that is Joker's story not his. My favorite a Leggi tutto

Absolutely not just a graphic-novel. This is a dream-like lynchian descent into madness. Best Dark Knight story ever with "The Dark Knight returns" and "The Killing Joke". A masterwork.

Based solely upon his 2006-2013 run, Grant Morrison might be the greatest Batman writer of all time. But he wasn’t always so brilliant as his first Batman book, the mega-selling Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, shows. The inmates have overrun the asylum and are holding civilians host Leggi tutto

I have read many a poor/overrated Batman story in my ten-odd years as a fan, but this much referred to epic may take the cake. As a Batman story, this is a total failure. Batman acts completely out of character almost from the beginning. When walking into a hostage situation masterminded by the Joke Leggi tutto