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A review by captwinghead
Batman Incorporated, Volume 1: Demon Star by Frazer Irving, Andres Guinaldo, Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham
3.0
*Sighs*
You know, sometimes I start enjoying a Morrison comic (despite the typical grotesque artwork) and then it gets all... Morrison-y. This book was fine before it went totally off the rails around issue 4. The "future" timeline where Barbara Gordon becomes the type of person to break a baby's neck (because of Joker serum). The usual light hearted Knight and Squire going through a fight where Knight's neck gets broken and Squire tries to beat some guy to death with a brick. It was all so incredibly unnecessary. Like it always seems these books start in an understandable place and then veer completely into batshit crazy town for shock value.
This wasn't Quitely's art but it still managed to be terrible, in my opinion. Maybe this art works for someone else but it has never worked for me. I remember this guy from a Civil War era Cap comic and it wasn't pleasant then, either.
Anyway, the Batfam bits were nice. As much as it was hard to look at Damian drawn this way. So, the first few issues of this are pretty good story wise. Then the story takes a huge amount of acid and drives clear off a cliff.
You know, sometimes I start enjoying a Morrison comic (despite the typical grotesque artwork) and then it gets all... Morrison-y. This book was fine before it went totally off the rails around issue 4. The "future" timeline where Barbara Gordon becomes the type of person to break a baby's neck (because of Joker serum). The usual light hearted Knight and Squire going through a fight where Knight's neck gets broken and Squire tries to beat some guy to death with a brick. It was all so incredibly unnecessary. Like it always seems these books start in an understandable place and then veer completely into batshit crazy town for shock value.
This wasn't Quitely's art but it still managed to be terrible, in my opinion. Maybe this art works for someone else but it has never worked for me. I remember this guy from a Civil War era Cap comic and it wasn't pleasant then, either.
Anyway, the Batfam bits were nice. As much as it was hard to look at Damian drawn this way. So, the first few issues of this are pretty good story wise. Then the story takes a huge amount of acid and drives clear off a cliff.