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[beckerbell]

joyuexnoel and I have this thing with Judd Winick's writing in various comic books, either we go over the moon for it (like with his current run on Batman or my love for him on Exiles) or we hate it with a burning passion (as I'm told about his time with GA), very rarely in between, and the other night I said what might be the most clever thing I've ever

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Re: Streets of Gotham [spoilers]

[beckerbell]

Yeah, I still think it's kind of "...." to let a loose cannon like Elliot run around, even if you've got a watchdog team on him, because of COURSE he's going to try to wiggle out of it and it's not like they can't get Miss Martian to help them out and then have Bruce go on vacation again, but I get that Dick says that Gotham needs someone to give them hope again and it'd be a lot more complicated to get someone else into the role, ongoing.

And, to be honest, as much as I think it is Dick's role to take care of the company now, he's also not Bruce and the extra burden on him--to be both Batman and keep up the facade of the care-free ward of the Wayne company--wasn't something he really wanted to take on. And, yeah, he's not Bruce, he's going to do it his way.

When I take a step back and think of some of the other really dumb decisions that comics have asked me to buy, some of the other people that have been allowed to run around like that, this actually seems really smart in comparison.

The thing with Damian definitely should not have worked, he's only 10, but I'm chucking it into that category of a) him not actually having a sex drive so much as he finds her interesting and spun it that way because that's what "men" are supposed to do and b) it was HILARIOUS so it gets a pass.

I'm so ready for Quitely to be off the Batman & Robin book. Even if Morrison is still on it and it'll still be batshit, I really want to see someone else on the art. ONLY ONE MORE ISSUE TO GO~~