When Everybody Loves You
You Can Never Be Lonely
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New comics (and some back issues since they were on sale) this week! There weren’t any DC books that were on my list this week, which is kind of a bummer since I’m mostly a DC fan. But I don’t read only DC books, so it’s nice to give them a break for a week and focus on the other books I read. A couple points for each comic:
- If you like superhero comics and are not reading Daredevil by Mark Waid, you are doing a great injustice to yourself. It’s wonderful. Also, look at that cover! How awesome is that?!
- Moon Knight #7 came out last week, but I missed it. I haven’t gotten a chance to read it yet, but if it’s anything like the last 6 issues, it’s going to be great. He’s not a character that a lot of people know off the top of their heads, but Moon Knight is one of my favorite Marvel characters.
- I picked up Robin #69 since it’s part of the “No Man’s Land” storyline. I’m trying to collect that entire story, and it’s quite the chore. It covered about 100 issues in total, and, with this being added to my total, I’ve now got about 64 to go.
- Spaceman by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso is interesting to say the least. It’s a little difficult to read because of the way the title character speaks, but Azzarello and Risso have never let me down before. I’m sure as this title is explored more, it’ll end up being just as good as anything that creative team has released in the past.
- Spawn #208 somehow slipped past me, and I noticed it was missing from my collection while archiving my comics a few weeks ago. I’m not even sure how I managed to not get it. I’m trying to get a full run of the main Spawn title, and I’ve been working on that for about 3 years now.
- The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series is so awesome. It invokes the first movie and the cartoon series while still remaining true to the original comic’s roots. If you’ve ever been a fan of the Turtles, read this at some point.
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Ha! This was just pointed out to me. Anyone notice how familiar that ‘R’ from trailer for The Dark Knight Rises looks?
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30 Day Batman Challenge - Day 2
Day Two: Favourite Batman costume?
I’m not quite sure what exactly this is asking, but I’m assuming it has to do with the different designs of Batman’s suits over the years, so I’m going to treat it as such. Batman certainly has had a lot of different types of costumes since his creation in 1939. So many, in fact, that it may be hard to choose one that trumps all the others. There is one, however, that’s always stuck out in my mind as being iconic, and when it’s imitated it always catches my eye.
Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns is one of those comics that changed comics. It is challenging and stimulating, but it also appeals to the eyes in a way that other books—including other Frank Miller Batman books—simply cannot. A lot of what makes TDKR so great stems from Miller’s decision to write as well as pencil the book (at the time, Miller was more prominently known as an artist). His design for Batman in and out of the costume is totally different from anything that had been seen before the book’s release. Miller’s take is highly stylized, with Batman being older than the audience was used to seeing. Batman is very wide and barrel-chested, and the bat symbol on the front is massive. Instead of the sharp points and curves that influenced, well, every version of Batman ever, Miller’s elderly Batman is very broad, simple and in your face. Batman’s cowl is equipped with short ears, which is also very different from the almost cartoony long, sharp, pointed ears that Batman artists drew in the 1980s. It’s grim and dark, and it perfectly contrasts the book’s Robin costume, as worn by Carrie Kelly.
I absolutely love it:
I also really like Jim Lee’s homage to this Batman costume as he drew it in another Frank Miller-scribed comic All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder, which is supposed to act as a sort of prequel to TDKR:
I won’t comment on the actual content of that book, but everyone agrees the art is beautiful.
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Oh yeah, also, today is the anniversary of Batman’s greatest mistake—Jason Todd’s death.
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30 Day Batman Challenge - Day 8
Day Eight: Favourite Robin?
This is no contest by any means. The best Robin has always been Dick Grayson. The relationship between Bruce and Dick is one of the best in all of comics. Even though I really like my Batman gritty and flawed, it’s nice to have someone there to remind Bruce how human he is. If Jason Todd’s death was Bruce’s greatest failure, then Dick Grayson becoming Nightwing is his greatest achievement.
I will admit, though, that Damian is giving Dick a run for his money.
St. Louis. Geek. Straight Edge.
