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aarhodes's review
4.0
To be honest, I only picked up this book because of Onomatopoeia so I had no real expectations when I started it. It got really cheesy at the end, in my opinion, but was still entertaining.
francomega's review
3.0
As much as I like the character of Batman, I don't know how much I need yet another take on his story. Or worse, another take on his mental health. The draw here is that this take is by Kevin Smith who, in all honesty, has a reputation that overshadows his actual production.
This is just a three issue arc, so the story isn't that in-depth. There's some good give and take between Batman and the Joker and I thought the artwork was pretty good. (Ironically, Smith spends the intro defending the artist who is also one of his best friends. At least it wasn't Affleck.)
This is just a three issue arc, so the story isn't that in-depth. There's some good give and take between Batman and the Joker and I thought the artwork was pretty good. (Ironically, Smith spends the intro defending the artist who is also one of his best friends. At least it wasn't Affleck.)
guiltyfeat's review
4.0
I'm a part-time fan of Kevin Smith, although I've skipped his comic writing to date, and I've watched every goofy episode of Walt Flanagan in Comic Book Men. I like these guys. I picked up this water-damaged hardback and decided to give it a twirl. It's fun. They're fanboys living the dream, writing and illustrating their favourite character and making him say and do stuff they think is funny.
At one point Batman crashes through a skylight to interrupt Mr Zsasz in the process of self-mutilating his junk and says, "Baruch haba, scumbag." That's as fine a bris reference as I've seen in comic books. Thank you Kevin.
Not for everyone. Almost certainly for me.
At one point Batman crashes through a skylight to interrupt Mr Zsasz in the process of self-mutilating his junk and says, "Baruch haba, scumbag." That's as fine a bris reference as I've seen in comic books. Thank you Kevin.
Not for everyone. Almost certainly for me.
esperata's review
3.0
This is a story about characters interacting and ultimately about the Batman/Joker conundrum. I had the sense, enhanced by reading the added script draft, that the writers had a vision of their final scene and wrote the rest of the story to reach that point. As such, the supposed 'new player' becomes just background noise.
knowledgelost's review
1.0
Batman finds himself trying to understand a strange relationship between The Joker and Onomatopoeia. The Cape Crusader soon has to choose between chasing down The Joker and this puzzling villain Onomatopoeia. Writer/Director Kevin Smith puts his love of comic books and Batman to a practical use and wrote the series Batman: Cacophony.
I picked this graphic novel on my honeymoon because I was curious to see what Kevin Smith would do with Batman. I wanted to see what Smith would do with this superhero and I was a little curious about the super villain he created. Onomatopoeia is an enigma and I wasn’t sure how to take him; he works well as a super villain but for the most part I am still not sure what to make of him.
I am a fan of Batman and have often enjoyed Kevin Smith’s movies (except Jersey Girl) but I found this collection to be a little juvenile. Smith’s humour is often childish but that is never a defining factor in his movies with the exception of Clerks 2, so I was expecting so much more. There wasn’t much in the way of a storyline in Batman: Cacophony and I ended with so many unanswered questions. This is only a three issue series and I have to wonder if there were plans for more.
Walt Flanagan’s illustrations were a lot better than the writing; while not great it was far more entertaining. Flanagan uses a lot of vibrant colours that help distract the reader from the rest of the series. I had to enjoy the small homages Walt Flanagan made to other artists; one that particularly stood out to me was The Joker dress from The Killing Zone. Flanagan adopts a very busy style and while I wanted to rush through the story, it was hard to do this with the art.
There are a lot of great Batman series out there and I am struggling to work out which ones to try and which ones to look over. I am sad to say that Batman: Cacophony is one that should have been overlooked but that won’t stop me from trying to explore the rest. I hope people will help me with recommending me some good Batman series to read.
This review originally appeared on my blog: http://literary-exploration.com/2014/11/23/batman-cacophony-by-kevin-smith/
I picked this graphic novel on my honeymoon because I was curious to see what Kevin Smith would do with Batman. I wanted to see what Smith would do with this superhero and I was a little curious about the super villain he created. Onomatopoeia is an enigma and I wasn’t sure how to take him; he works well as a super villain but for the most part I am still not sure what to make of him.
I am a fan of Batman and have often enjoyed Kevin Smith’s movies (except Jersey Girl) but I found this collection to be a little juvenile. Smith’s humour is often childish but that is never a defining factor in his movies with the exception of Clerks 2, so I was expecting so much more. There wasn’t much in the way of a storyline in Batman: Cacophony and I ended with so many unanswered questions. This is only a three issue series and I have to wonder if there were plans for more.
Walt Flanagan’s illustrations were a lot better than the writing; while not great it was far more entertaining. Flanagan uses a lot of vibrant colours that help distract the reader from the rest of the series. I had to enjoy the small homages Walt Flanagan made to other artists; one that particularly stood out to me was The Joker dress from The Killing Zone. Flanagan adopts a very busy style and while I wanted to rush through the story, it was hard to do this with the art.
There are a lot of great Batman series out there and I am struggling to work out which ones to try and which ones to look over. I am sad to say that Batman: Cacophony is one that should have been overlooked but that won’t stop me from trying to explore the rest. I hope people will help me with recommending me some good Batman series to read.
This review originally appeared on my blog: http://literary-exploration.com/2014/11/23/batman-cacophony-by-kevin-smith/
jamietherebelliousreader's review
3.0
3 stars. I wanted more from this story wise but I was a bit disappointed. I feel like the ending was abrupt and left a lot to be desired because in the end, Onomatopoeia remained a mystery. Also, this was more of a Joker story, which I didn't mind because I quite liked him here; especially the last conversation he had with Batman was particularly great. The humor in this was kinda juvenile and it threw off the flow sometimes but the artwork was really good and was kinda wasted here unfortunately. The story could've been so much stronger because the plot had a ton of potential and I can see what Kevin Smith was trying to do. Overall, not a bad read but I really wanted more.
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