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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Sure it's got a lot of ratings. And it is cool. And dark. And kind of echoes the feel that Arkham Asylum should have. It's also muddy. And the text is hard to read. And the Batman part of the story really doesn't make a lot of sense. Not sure why I own this. It's not really my kind of art though I can appreciate its quality.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was so utterly disgusting, 5 stars
I've never been a huge fan of Batman but I feel like I should like the comics more than I do. I ordered this because I read that it was unusual, different, unexpected, challenging - in short, everything I was looking for.
Sad to say, no dice. Instead of spooky and evocative, I found the art blotchy, derivative and incoherent. When meant to convey madness, the lettering was instead unreadable.
Maybe it is more of its time than I thought.
Sad to say, no dice. Instead of spooky and evocative, I found the art blotchy, derivative and incoherent. When meant to convey madness, the lettering was instead unreadable.
Maybe it is more of its time than I thought.
It's hard for me to know how to rate this because it's a great comic book but I didn't like it. Grant Morrison writes amazing comic books and this one is twisty and disturbing, which I like, and it inspired one the best video games of all time, which I love. However I think it's a shitty Batman comic book. If this was just about Arkham the man I would have liked it more but Morrison kept going back to Batman wandering around aimlessly in the Asylum, not really doing a fucking thing except poking his head into rooms to see what everybody was doing. Answer? Not much. The Mad Hatter was apparently getting high as shit and thinking about his love of little girls, the Scarecrow was just sort of meandering, and the Joker was probably thinking of what cutesy nickname he could call Batman the next time he saw him. I'm assuming Poison Ivy was taking a nap somewhere. Morrison was relying very heavily on mood and atmosphere, which McKean's art highlighted perfectly, but it didn't hold up for me. Also I don't love a version of Batman that tells a devastated woman who's just killed a man that the guy got what he deserved. She knew that guy, Bruce, don't be a dick.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
it’s a great day when you can read batman comics for school
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The art work is immaculate, beautifully drawn, I loved the fact that the Joker's speech text is in red. The end script really explains a lot of the harder to understand scenes, including why a character does something. I'm obsessed with the idea that the reason why the Joker makes so many sexual comments at Batman is because he knows Batman is sexually repressed and/or gay, I maybe did not really like how it was shown in this comic, but so interested in that concept nonetheless. If you read this comic with the knowledge that this was all a dream, Batman's decisions and comments make a lot more sense overall. I found the comic hard to read at first, but once I got the overall vibes of the story, the art making me able to push through the book to get to this point, it became a lot more enjoyable to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault