Knightfall Vol. 1, Broken Bat I seriously had no idea that Bane could be this awesome. When he was announced as the villain in the new Batman film, I was really hesitant to get my hopes up. I mean, Bane?! That loser from Batman & Robin (note to self: never base anything on that garbage movie)?? All…
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader is my second exposure to Neil Gaiman.Earlier in the year, I read “American Gods” and while I loved the premise, the execution bugged me. I found it long winded and a little on the boring side. I was sure that when you put…
Batman: Haunted Knight I began Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Batman trilogy in 2008 when I grabbedBatman: The Long Halloween. After 4 years, it still remains my favorite Batman graphic novel. It’s follow-up (I think – not really sure of the order),Batman: Dark Victory, was an excellent sequel. For whatever reason, I let four years go…
Batman: The Man Who Laughs I was handed this by a friend who had given it a high amount of praise. When I saw that Ed Brubaker had written it, I couldn’t blame him! Of course it’s going to be awesome, it has Brubaker’s name attached to it.So, before I cracked open this graphic novel, I knew…
Snyder’s Batman: The Black Mirror This was probably the easiest 5 stars I’ve ever awarded a book. I’m not someone who follows Batman on a regular basis so I really appreciated the short blurb at the beginning bringing me up to speed on what’s been happening in Gotham leading up to this arc. Basically, Bruce…
Gotham Central Vol 3: On The Freak Beat I honestly didn’t expect to love this series as much as I did when I started it. The fact that you’re asking me to read about Gotham but you’re not going to give a whole lot of love to The Dark Knight himself? Blasphemy! Turns out when…
Darwyn Cooke’s Batman: Ego Never having read Richard Stark’s Parker series, I picked up Darwyn Cooke’s graphic novel adaptations. The stories themselves were awesome but what had originally grabbed me was Cooke’s unique style. When I finished, I was salivating for more. Imagine how happy I was to find out he did a few runs…
Richard Stark/Darwyn Cooke’s Parker Man, was this all kinds of awesome.Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by the late Richard Stark (Donald Westlake), artist Darwyn Cooke adapted it to the graphic novel medium. Parker, set up by a desperate man in need of paying off some sketchy loans, seemingly returns from the dead…
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