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A review by bearded_ginger
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison
3.0
My only previous experience with Grant Morisson is his more recent trippy Batman and Superman story lines. My previous experience with Dave McKean was the covers of The Sandman. Seeing their work together over 25 years later is astounding.
Arkham Asylum is telling two stories at once. At first it's about Batman walking the halls of Arkham Asylum trying to foil the chaos going on there. As he's doing this he has flashbacks to his parents murder, driving him crazy, and in the end the day is saved when Batman embraces madness and unpredictability.
At the same time we're told the backstory of how the Asylum was founded, and a parallel is made between Arkham and Batman. They both shared a similar tragic incident in their lives but the fallout from it made them polar opposites that are dangerously similar.
Arkham Asylum is a look at what defines madness and says that sometimes all you can do is stop fighting it and dive headfirst in and embrace it. Both Wayne and Arkham are acting on what they believe to be right, while trying to install order in what might the craziest place on earth. The art took some getting used too, but once I got in the mood for it I loved it. For me it ranks beside the Dark Knight Returns as one of the best Batman stories ever told.
Arkham Asylum is telling two stories at once. At first it's about Batman walking the halls of Arkham Asylum trying to foil the chaos going on there. As he's doing this he has flashbacks to his parents murder, driving him crazy, and in the end the day is saved when Batman embraces madness and unpredictability.
At the same time we're told the backstory of how the Asylum was founded, and a parallel is made between Arkham and Batman. They both shared a similar tragic incident in their lives but the fallout from it made them polar opposites that are dangerously similar.
Arkham Asylum is a look at what defines madness and says that sometimes all you can do is stop fighting it and dive headfirst in and embrace it. Both Wayne and Arkham are acting on what they believe to be right, while trying to install order in what might the craziest place on earth. The art took some getting used too, but once I got in the mood for it I loved it. For me it ranks beside the Dark Knight Returns as one of the best Batman stories ever told.