Dear Frank Miller,
Could you suck just a little bit harder? Or is that reserved for the TWELVE-YEAR-OLD boys you seem fucking obsessed over.
Oh, and FYI? Vicky Vale is a smart, professional woman who is observant enough to repetedly suspect the sekrit identity (OMG!) of Bats. That woman you wrote? The vicious bitch with no torso and no higher brain function? That ain't her. She may be your dream girl (all evidence I've seen suggests as much), but you're no Bruce Wayne, and good god, I hope never to see you in black rubber.
Pls to stop raping my childhood,
No love,
CJ
ETA: Holy hell, I really am capable of blogging about something other than comics! Erm... off to temp agency tomorrow, to assuage my poor bank account! There! Not comics! I have no life.
12-year-old orphaned child of Edit: Holy crap, it's everywhere. I think a support group is in order.
Oh, and FYI? Vicky Vale is a smart, professional woman who is observant enough to repetedly suspect the sekrit identity (OMG!) of Bats. That woman you wrote? The vicious bitch with no torso and no higher brain function? That ain't her. She may be your dream girl (all evidence I've seen suggests as much), but you're no Bruce Wayne, and good god, I hope never to see you in black rubber.
Pls to stop raping my childhood,
No love,
CJ
ETA: Holy hell, I really am capable of blogging about something other than comics! Erm... off to temp agency tomorrow, to assuage my poor bank account! There! Not comics! I have no life.
12-year-old orphaned child of Edit: Holy crap, it's everywhere. I think a support group is in order.
posted by Turtle at 12:21 AM
2 Comments:
Yeah, I haven't read any issues yet, since, you know, not buying much outside of TPB's anymore. All I know for sure is that this supposed to be out of continuity. Maybe Miller's doing it on purpose, fucking with everyone because he knows he can.
Ditto with Morrison and Quitely over on All-Star Superman. They're supposed to be DC's version of the Ultimate Universe, so I personally don't call it "fucking with my childhood," since they're not really changing anything.
Bringing Jason Todd back from the dead in regular continuity, however? Now THAT'S fucking with my childhood.
He clearly understands who Batman is, but like DK2 and Sin City this is tongue in cheek pulp and an experiment.
Frank Miller used to understand Batman, perhaps better than anyone since Kane. But 9/11 broke Miller. He's admitted as much. The only way you explain an incredibly obvious artistic devolution like DK2 is by citing a drastic change in the creator. The first issue, while it lacks the consistent graphic punch of Klaus Janson, maintains a decent through-line. The last issue? Almost incoherent.
There is no comparison of Sin City and DK2. Sin City is pulp noir, an original call to a particular genre written for a mostly independent house.
DK2 was supposed to be a sequel to one of the best-selling graphic novels in history and DC was counting on Miller to deliver a continuation of that original and successful story. He started along that line, but fell off.
Now, DC has brought Miller back for one reason: he sells. He is no longer noteworthy for his talent, but for his ability to attract attention. Is he testing us? Perhaps, but not for the high-minded Kaufman-esque reasons you mention.
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