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A review by hcgambrell
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison
5.0
This comic is TERRIFYING...and INCREDIBLE. In this story, the patients at Arkham Asylum rebel and take the staff hostage. Batman is lured to Arkham by the Joker, who hopes to make Batman a permanent patient there, too.
Two really great things about this book:
A) Grant Morrison is an incredibly literary writer. He (in writing the Joker's character) used so many literary allusions, which worked incredibly well in merging both the insanity and intelligence of several characters (the Joker and Amadeus Arkham in particular).
B) Dave McKeon's illustrations are INSANE. I really loved how he integrated collages into the artwork, and I felt like I was slipping into madness with every flip of the page.
Two really great things about this book:
A) Grant Morrison is an incredibly literary writer. He (in writing the Joker's character) used so many literary allusions, which worked incredibly well in merging both the insanity and intelligence of several characters (the Joker and Amadeus Arkham in particular).
B) Dave McKeon's illustrations are INSANE. I really loved how he integrated collages into the artwork, and I felt like I was slipping into madness with every flip of the page.