comics!!! (may contain spoilers of current story-archs)
It’s been a while since the last time I talked about comics here. Things have been slow in the comic-verse and I felt that commenting “Red Robin is so cool!!” once a month was not interesting enough.
I mean, yes, I’ve been following the events in all Batman books since RIP and it’s not been a total train-wreck, but…
Batman and Robin is a funny book, but it lacks direction. Or it did until recently, when Tomasi took the reins of it. The drawing and the writing are finally good enough to make it worth reading. Grayson as fun-loving Batman and Damian as psycho Robin are a funny pair. Their relationship is a cute one and I understand why they work so well together but not all the writers get past “Dick’s a pretty acrobat” or “Damian is Batman’s son”. Tomasi seems to do, so it will be interesting for a while.
Damian is still a ten-year-old prick, though, and that’s why we love him.
Batman’s been another story. I like Guillem March’s pencil, but the writing… Somehow Tony Daniels manages to make a mess of everything he touches. Sigh.
Is either that or DC editors still have the monkey writing Dick Grayson’s plots.
Batgirl’s better. Every now and then editors decide to make a comic just for the fun of it. Steph is a fun character and her plots are mainly light and angst free (which is nice for a change in a Bat-book). It’s not the kind of comic one is waiting monthly while biting their nails, but is good still.
And the dialogues are brilliant. See?
Then, we have the Whole BATMAN INCORPORATED thing. I don’t even think I like the idea, not more than as an excuse to have thousands of fake batman around the world for the writers to maim and kill in the next crisis. Bruce Wayne is a jerk even when back from the dead. Sometimes. I think Morrison really doesn’t get the character. Bottom line, Bruce is a dick even when he is suposed to be acting nice.
So, all this said, Red Robin is still the best thing to come out of Batman RIP. So far it has only sported two writers, quite solid both of them, and currently has the best pencils of all the DCU: Marcus To. And I swear it’s not only that Tim drake is my favourite character. They don't forget to make the characters human even if the plot is interesting and action packed. For me it's full of win.
Anyway, none of this was what I wanted to talk about. No! What I wanted to talk about was JLI: Generation lost.
I admitted I began to read it because I missed the characters so much, but I wasn't sure what it will be about or, for that matter, if I really wanted to see where it all will end. In the end, following this particular series has been one of the greatest ideas ever. It's always delightful to see the heroes run after the villain but never really catching up, one of those villains who is always two steps ahead and can even outsmart Batman, just waiting for the final moment when they will finally catch up and kick his homicidal megalomaniac ass.
(Max Lord is an evil moderfoca)
Also, it contains lots of Gavril, the new Rocket Red. Even if reading american comics idea of Socialism sometimes creeps me out, he is the greatest character ever.
Really the series is brilliant and I'm really thinking about buying the hard-cover when it comes out. Sadly, there's just one issue left and then all this wonderful characters will either fall into oblivion until next crisis and then die or just die at the crisis at hand.
A shame, I will miss Gavril. A lot.
I mean, yes, I’ve been following the events in all Batman books since RIP and it’s not been a total train-wreck, but…
Batman and Robin is a funny book, but it lacks direction. Or it did until recently, when Tomasi took the reins of it. The drawing and the writing are finally good enough to make it worth reading. Grayson as fun-loving Batman and Damian as psycho Robin are a funny pair. Their relationship is a cute one and I understand why they work so well together but not all the writers get past “Dick’s a pretty acrobat” or “Damian is Batman’s son”. Tomasi seems to do, so it will be interesting for a while.
Damian is still a ten-year-old prick, though, and that’s why we love him.
Batman’s been another story. I like Guillem March’s pencil, but the writing… Somehow Tony Daniels manages to make a mess of everything he touches. Sigh.
Is either that or DC editors still have the monkey writing Dick Grayson’s plots.
Batgirl’s better. Every now and then editors decide to make a comic just for the fun of it. Steph is a fun character and her plots are mainly light and angst free (which is nice for a change in a Bat-book). It’s not the kind of comic one is waiting monthly while biting their nails, but is good still.
And the dialogues are brilliant. See?
Then, we have the Whole BATMAN INCORPORATED thing. I don’t even think I like the idea, not more than as an excuse to have thousands of fake batman around the world for the writers to maim and kill in the next crisis. Bruce Wayne is a jerk even when back from the dead. Sometimes. I think Morrison really doesn’t get the character. Bottom line, Bruce is a dick even when he is suposed to be acting nice.
So, all this said, Red Robin is still the best thing to come out of Batman RIP. So far it has only sported two writers, quite solid both of them, and currently has the best pencils of all the DCU: Marcus To. And I swear it’s not only that Tim drake is my favourite character. They don't forget to make the characters human even if the plot is interesting and action packed. For me it's full of win.
Anyway, none of this was what I wanted to talk about. No! What I wanted to talk about was JLI: Generation lost.
I admitted I began to read it because I missed the characters so much, but I wasn't sure what it will be about or, for that matter, if I really wanted to see where it all will end. In the end, following this particular series has been one of the greatest ideas ever. It's always delightful to see the heroes run after the villain but never really catching up, one of those villains who is always two steps ahead and can even outsmart Batman, just waiting for the final moment when they will finally catch up and kick his homicidal megalomaniac ass.
(Max Lord is an evil moderfoca)
Also, it contains lots of Gavril, the new Rocket Red. Even if reading american comics idea of Socialism sometimes creeps me out, he is the greatest character ever.
Really the series is brilliant and I'm really thinking about buying the hard-cover when it comes out. Sadly, there's just one issue left and then all this wonderful characters will either fall into oblivion until next crisis and then die or just die at the crisis at hand.
A shame, I will miss Gavril. A lot.
