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A review by drbeesmd
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison
4.0
as someone who doesn’t read comics and doesn’t really care much about batman, i wanted to read this pretty much just because of the stylization. and upon finishing this, i’m surprised at how much i really fucked with batman here. i was really happy to learn that this batman doesn’t really do any of the batman shit i find boring. this man is pushed to his breaking point, and not in a “he almost kills someone but decides his code of honour is more important,” way. he’s as dangerous and unhinged as the inmates here. which is the point, and i love that.
it’s an incredibly dark depiction of this world. a house that’s been haunted for decades, and everyone that was forced inside just happens to be rotting anyway. it’s kind of gorgeous in it’s own twisted way. the way batman’s villains are depicted is so fucking fun. they’ve all completely lost any sense of humanity. two face sticks out to me the most, the idea of him being unable to decide anything after getting his coin taken away by the asylum director is just… perfect. i’m not a batman fan but god i can gush about this characterization all damn day.
and i mean the art. c’mon man. absolutely jaw dropping. it’s so fucking terrifying the way the panels feel as melted and grotesque as everyone inside the asylum is. they meld together and twist in a way that just boggles my brain, but in the best way imaginable. those panels of the joker man. fucking hell. nightmare inducing, and that’s exactly how it should be.
i knew i would like this, but i’m really pleasantly surprised at just how much i ended up connecting with it past that. it could probably stand to be a little longer, but i’m not unhappy with the length as it stands. short and sweet. or short and frightening more like.
it’s an incredibly dark depiction of this world. a house that’s been haunted for decades, and everyone that was forced inside just happens to be rotting anyway. it’s kind of gorgeous in it’s own twisted way. the way batman’s villains are depicted is so fucking fun. they’ve all completely lost any sense of humanity. two face sticks out to me the most, the idea of him being unable to decide anything after getting his coin taken away by the asylum director is just… perfect. i’m not a batman fan but god i can gush about this characterization all damn day.
and i mean the art. c’mon man. absolutely jaw dropping. it’s so fucking terrifying the way the panels feel as melted and grotesque as everyone inside the asylum is. they meld together and twist in a way that just boggles my brain, but in the best way imaginable. those panels of the joker man. fucking hell. nightmare inducing, and that’s exactly how it should be.
i knew i would like this, but i’m really pleasantly surprised at just how much i ended up connecting with it past that. it could probably stand to be a little longer, but i’m not unhappy with the length as it stands. short and sweet. or short and frightening more like.