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07/14/09
If you don't really want to pick up the Fables reissue, there's a preview of Peter and Max at that link above in PDF format. The look reminds me of an L. Frank Baum book, which is just one more reason to be excited.
As an aside, why hyperlink to tags for things where the only result for the tag is the one story it appears in?
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So will I buy it? Sure, I liked it a lot. I just think it'd of been better served being a supplemental in USA today or whatever. Something to promote how comics aren't "BiFF ZAP", which we all know haven't been for years, but the mass population doesn't. Show the real talent behind these characters.
In my opinion, Wednesday Comics could be for new fans what the Ultimate Universe did for Spiderman around the time of the first movie. It could have been that catalyst, but as it is, it's a $4 newspaper with some serious talent on it.
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This is because the Death of Batman was not an ends to itself. With the way things are unfolding, we can tell they didn't kill Bruce (which was a relatively more understated than Sups and Caps deaths) just to whip up a shitload of publicity and a new mini-series event that will have absolutely no effect on the status quo.
Instead, this 'death' is simply a means to an end. They're using it as an opportunity to explore what happens to the Batfamily when they have to pick up the slack, and step up to the void that he left behind. So basically we get to flesh out the peripheral Bat universe as it were, and more extreme character development.
By the time Bruce does return, I think we'll have a better appreciation for what it means to be Batman, and these characters will be much more interesting and have garnered some new fans.
07/12/09
Having lost a parent when I was only a child, the story got to me. I cried at the end of it, and I was shocked at how an event in my life from so long ago still has the power to bring me to tears...and that it was a comic book story that triggered it. For me, it was a touch of humanity from a character we all know to be outwardly chilly and distant.
Does it relate to Batman RIP or Final Crisis? Doesn't seem to, but I still thought it was a good story.
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That said, I'm surprised and a little disappointed Gaiman mishandled his send-off too badly, as I usually really dig the guy's stuff. I might give Whatever happened to a glance thanks to the article though, so, at least there's that.
07/10/09
I need a cigarette.
04/26/09
I find Mrs. Wayne's "Hello Bruce. Hello" kinda silly. I've heard that it's a reference to the Bizarro line in Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow. Even so, i think her saying it is kind of awkward.
04/26/09
If I didn't know they were just going to bring him back 6 months from now after exploiting some Omega Sanction time travel loophole bullshit, I'd almost be touched...
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I liked the Bat-hands transition.
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It's in the same vein as "Whatever happened to superman?"
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