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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 23:30:57 GMT
I Am Suicide I’m impressed with how King is taking really obscure DC characters and bring them to the forefront of their flagship title. The focus on Psycho Pirate? Outside of CRISIS that dude’s never had this much attention or respect before. Silver Age characters Jewelee and Punchee and Bronze Tiger seemed strange choices, but they fit perfectly with Batman’s heist plan. I also liked Bane’s in this one: no mask, no tights, no Venom, just menacing and deadly. King grabbed the reader’s attention right from the start and delivered with lots of big-screen action from the aerial dogfighting going into Santa Prisca to Batman taking on scores of Bane’s armed guards. The heist itself was a pleasant surprise in that King seemed to be going down a fairly standard route and then turned it around unexpectedly at the end. Each team member has a part to play and everything clicks superbly. Batman’s plans should be this complex and unpredictable – full marks to Tom King for his excellent plotting. Is it a perfect story for me? No. Jewelee and Punchee’s inane chatterbox dialogue was annoying, but that's a minor gripe. The inner reflective nature of the narration between Batman and Catwoman felt a bit slow at times, particularly in contrast to the often fast-paced action. And the script is a little repetitive at times, one character echoing another in the same conversation, which feels mindless rather than suave. But all the important things hit the spot. As always, I liked King's focus on Batman and Catwoman’s complicated relationship. I liked how King played on the dark side of Catwoman, which always seemed possible, but most writers ultimately seem to shy away from. While most readers can guess the answer to whether or not Catwoman’s going to Blackgate forever, King still manages to make the story seem strangely poignant. Even the stuff about the sky and diamonds shining sounds silly and sentimental on paper but I thought it worked in the moment. This is one of the few times I can remember where romance in a Batman comic felt believable. This book also had some of the best art I’ve seen yet from both Mikel Janin and Mitch Gerads. Janin’s art on the Bane story was very dramatic, gothic even, possibly because it reminded me a lot of Jae Lee’s spooky art, while Gerads’ twilit pages and focus on Bruce and Selina’s faces during their “last” chase across the rooftops was beautiful. Tom King’s Batman remains THE Rebirth title to be reading and Volume 2: I Am Suicide is a great continuation of his storyline. It easily captured and held my attention for the entire book and I found it to be a really entertaining read.  That was the quality of the counter-argument I imagined you would make. |
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Post by SporkBot on Feb 15, 2019 23:36:37 GMT
This picture is worth a thousand words  They should both be fired from any position of responsibility at DC. The irony is, they're also under-qualified to hold authority at either of those restaurants. "So what do you think of our new ad campaign?" " I don't think our customers will appreciate you drawing Sharpie lines over their food." "Hey, fast-food eaters lives have to suck. They can't be happy, otherwise they wouldn't eat here!" |
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Post by mothman on Feb 15, 2019 23:39:13 GMT
Picture this...Chromium variant burgers
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 23:40:09 GMT
Picture this...Chromium variant burgers   |
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Post by achilles on Feb 15, 2019 23:59:42 GMT
They should both be fired from any position of responsibility at DC. For poking fun at Wendy's?  For helping mess up DC. |
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Post by chap22 on Feb 16, 2019 0:30:14 GMT
That was the quality of the counter-argument I imagined you would make. That’s all that rambling nonsense deserved. :-p I could cite specific examples of terribleness from the arc, but to remember anything beyond the nonsensical back-breaking in the first issue that just somehow “wasn’t that bad” and the very idea of Bruce being suicidal to begin with, I’d have to go back and subject myself to the torture of re-reading that dreck, and that just ain’t happening. |
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Post by mothman on Feb 17, 2019 7:36:06 GMT
I agree with Chap on this one.
Did I mention Man and Superman was great?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2019 12:06:53 GMT
I agree with Chap on this one. Nobody's perfect. |
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Post by jjwyatt on Feb 20, 2019 6:28:32 GMT
Un-age Jon Kent. Make phony Jor-El go away
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Post by Amoebas on Feb 20, 2019 12:19:27 GMT
Hell yeah. I don't follow Superman any more since Bendis, but this is just so fucking stupid and lazy. Aging characters has always been anathema to me. Wally West's brats. Gwen and Norman's kids. And the worst one of all, Val in the FF. And now Jon.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 12:23:41 GMT
Hell yeah. I don't follow Superman any more since Bendis, but this is just so fucking stupid and lazy. Aging characters has always been anathema to me. Wally West's brats. Gwen and Norman's kids. And the worst one of all, Val in the FF. And now Jon. How many Robins has Batman had now? |
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Post by mothman on Feb 20, 2019 13:05:06 GMT
I think 5 if you count Stephanie.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 13:24:17 GMT
I think 5 if you count Stephanie. Nobody seems to much mind that all those Robins somehow "age" Batman. |
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Post by chap22 on Feb 20, 2019 14:05:20 GMT
I think 5 if you count Stephanie. Nobody seems to much mind that all those Robins somehow "age" Batman. I think there’s a difference in gradually aging, as you’d expect one to do (even in comics), and rapidly aging years in the space of an issue, which as a general rule is just dumb. I just hate it for Jon because I love the Super-Sons as friends/partners/contemporaries, and this takes away from that. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 14:23:35 GMT
Nobody seems to much mind that all those Robins somehow "age" Batman. I think there’s a difference in gradually aging, as you’d expect one to do (even in comics), and rapidly aging years in the space of an issue, which as a general rule is just dumb. I just hate it for Jon because I love the Super-Sons as friends/partners/contemporaries, and this takes away from that. I can see that. I think you are making an argument about entertainment value being lost for you (and a good many others) because of the nature of stories that can now be told with the character. |
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