I haven't really read any of the new comics - *new* meaning anything after No Man's Land/old issues of Gotham Knights (which I still have to finish). I am trying to go chronolocically (which is hard enough)...*headdesk* There's just so much!
Getting "caught up" on comics is an impossible task! There's just WAY TOO MUCH HISTORY out there, it's completely boggling.
Agreed about Damian--I'm not a fan of giving iconic characters children (because it ages them, and because it makes being a superhero a lot harder, they're always having to "choose between the good of the world and the good of their child") but once you do, it feels wrong to snatch that child away again, especially so cruelly.
However, I am giggling with you about the cowl ears! Obviously Capullo is a fan of the "short and backswept" look as opposed to the "tall and demonic" look of someone like Moench (and then I went looking and found some food examples of both types here!) That forum starts to make the argument, I think, that short ears=times when Batman is a friendlier, less threatening character and long ears=spooky urban legend Batman, which seems not too far off...
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Date: 2013-04-28 02:39 am (UTC)Getting "caught up" on comics is an impossible task! There's just WAY TOO MUCH HISTORY out there, it's completely boggling.
Agreed about Damian--I'm not a fan of giving iconic characters children (because it ages them, and because it makes being a superhero a lot harder, they're always having to "choose between the good of the world and the good of their child") but once you do, it feels wrong to snatch that child away again, especially so cruelly.
However, I am giggling with you about the cowl ears! Obviously Capullo is a fan of the "short and backswept" look as opposed to the "tall and demonic" look of someone like Moench (and then I went looking and found some food examples of both types here!) That forum starts to make the argument, I think, that short ears=times when Batman is a friendlier, less threatening character and long ears=spooky urban legend Batman, which seems not too far off...