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A review by ionsquareatkreuzberg
Batman Arkham Asylum 25th Anniversary by Grant Morrison, Dave McKean
2.0
I've heard a lot of good things about this comic/graphic novel over the years, so when it first became available on Prime Reading earlier this year, I snatched it up quickly.
And man, was it a slog to get through.
The story itself is not that interesting--it's extremely shallow, not complex at all, and absurdist in a way that's not meant to be absurdist. I get that some people think this 'moody Batman' is great and three dimensional, but he just came off as flimsy and shallow to me. The ending too felt rushed and hurried and that it just abruptly 'ends.' It felt like nothing had actually been accomplished when it's dropped on you.
The visuals and lettering are also terrible--they use this extremely-difficult-to-read red font whenever the Joker speaks, and I found myself constantly squinting to decipher it and sometimes giving up and moving on without wasting anymore time trying to figure out what he was saying. The colors are all dark and muted as well, most of them shades of gray and brown, and that's just not the kind of atmosphere I want in a graphic novel.
Pass for me.
And man, was it a slog to get through.
The story itself is not that interesting--it's extremely shallow, not complex at all, and absurdist in a way that's not meant to be absurdist. I get that some people think this 'moody Batman' is great and three dimensional, but he just came off as flimsy and shallow to me. The ending too felt rushed and hurried and that it just abruptly 'ends.' It felt like nothing had actually been accomplished when it's dropped on you.
The visuals and lettering are also terrible--they use this extremely-difficult-to-read red font whenever the Joker speaks, and I found myself constantly squinting to decipher it and sometimes giving up and moving on without wasting anymore time trying to figure out what he was saying. The colors are all dark and muted as well, most of them shades of gray and brown, and that's just not the kind of atmosphere I want in a graphic novel.
Pass for me.