A review by jakekilroy
Batman: R.I.P. by Grant Morrison

4.0

Grant Morrison's interpretation of Batman has never really been my Batman. His Batman is the obscure and the frantic. My Batman is noble and calm. However, it's always interesting to cross over and check out Morrison's Batman from time to time. I've never been a big fan, but this one was pretty rad. However, I didn't really understand it. That's what I get, I suppose. Morrison includes little-known aspects of the Batman saga, such as Batmite (small, cartoony Batman imp who offers advice and shit like the green guy from the Flintstones) and the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh is a damn cool thing that I didn't know about until now. Oh shit, Batman has a mental back-up of himself just in case his noble spirit must one day give way to his violent hate? Sweet. But the problem is that it feels like it's on the verge of being revolutionary and if somebody explains it to me, maybe it actually could be revolutionary, or it could just be really flashy and stupid. That's how it's always been with Morrison. He wants to go for the unique and I respect his talent, but sometimes it doesn't work out the way I think he thinks it works out. This cut-up, crazy, out-of-control (a graphic novel of motion sickness) is the Batman that Christopher Nolan would've done if he never moved beyond Momento. I imagine that's pretty cool. And it is. I think. I hope.