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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 19, 2016 5:47:06 GMT -5
Louise Simonson also wrote some Batman in the early 90ies, maybe Kim Yale as well...
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Post by batlaw on Feb 19, 2016 7:33:16 GMT -5
I'm a sucker for "good evening midnight" from batman black and white.
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Post by dupersuper on Feb 19, 2016 23:48:11 GMT -5
Louise Simonson also wrote some Batman in the early 90ies, maybe Kim Yale as well...  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 19:03:45 GMT -5
I actually set out to read Gotham Knights when it launched post-No Man's Land. After the whole year long experience of buying all the Bat-titles I was ready to focus on just one but ended up switching over to both Detective and Batman when Brubaker took over from Hama.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 8, 2016 21:16:54 GMT -5
I actually set out to read Gotham Knights when it launched post-No Man's Land. After the whole year long experience of buying all the Bat-titles I was ready to focus on just one but ended up switching over to both Detective and Batman when Brubaker took over from Hama. Brubaker's run was the one that really stole my interest at the time but I'm definitely going to try more of Gotham Knights after this. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 22:17:04 GMT -5
I was living and breathing anything by Rucka at the time. I devoured his novels in a very short period of time and I'm still a sucker for anything he puts out (prose or comics). It took me a little longer with Brubaker, but he won me over after a few issues on Batman and now I'll give anything he does a try as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 22:23:48 GMT -5
I recently read the Batman by Ed Brubaker Vol. 1 trade, and while I did enjoy what Brubaker was doing, the Scott McDaniel art was terrible, his visual storytelling is horrid and it almost made some of the pages/issues unreadable. The fact I got through it is a testament to Bru's ability as a writer, but man I thought McDaniel was bad when he was with Marvel in the 90s, but he seems to have gotten worse when he went over to DC.
-No visual continuity in character appearances from panel to panel, page to page so difficult to tell who is who unless they have a costume
-layouts that do not lead the eye through the story or flow from panel to panel, page to page making it difficult to follow the narrative flow of the story
-just plain ugly design of pages and panels
-action seems posed rather than dynamic, making everything feel static and dull...
yeah,as much as I adore Brubaker's work I don't think I would be revisiting that volume again and not sure I will check out Vol. 2 if McDaniel is still on art chores.
-M
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 9, 2016 13:48:35 GMT -5
All things considered, No Man's Land should get a nice spot in such a list. It certainly was ambitious and probably is by far the best classic big two crossover ever. For over 50 issues, most of it was fresh and surprising. It introduced some great new characters (Cassandra Cain and her handler!), had some very creepy moments, introduced the comic book world to Greg Rucka and Bob Gale, gave great exposure to such artists as Maalev, Jason Pearson and many more, and it had a begining and an end.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 14, 2016 14:56:23 GMT -5
Surely the best Batman book of all time was the run that had "The Underworld Olympics of 1976"? Heck, yeah! |
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Post by String on Mar 14, 2016 20:31:02 GMT -5
All things considered, No Man's Land should get a nice spot in such a list. It certainly was ambitious and probably is by far the best classic big two crossover ever. For over 50 issues, most of it was fresh and surprising. It introduced some great new characters (Cassandra Cain and her handler!), had some very creepy moments, introduced the comic book world to Greg Rucka and Bob Gale, gave great exposure to such artists as Maalev, Jason Pearson and many more, and it had a begining and an end. Rucka's novelization of No Man's Land was great too. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2016 21:00:20 GMT -5
Can't commit to one issue but my favorite run is by Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers in Detective Comics.
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 15, 2016 2:02:41 GMT -5
Can't commit to one issue but my favorite run is by Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers in Detective Comics. If we're talking runs, I'd have to go for Doug Moench's first run, with the Nocturna/Night Thief story arc. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2016 14:51:40 GMT -5
Can't commit to one issue but my favorite run is by Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers in Detective Comics. I try to read the "Strange Apparitions" storyline at least once a year. |
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