I can definitely understand how delays can really sour a fan's memories of a series—and how a guy as busy as Joss could find himself strapped for time. I wonder, though, since if I ever read it I'll be reading without delays, if my perception would be better? Maybe not stellar given the other flaws you mentioned, but…

I think you make a significant point about needing a degree in DCU mythology. Superheroes reached their maturity by discovering how to examine themselves—Watchmen and DKR are always the two works people cite as the turning points, and they're both about rethinking the meaning of existing stories. Between those, New…

You named a lot of my favorite moments (the salami thing was great—God, did I love Phantasm) and I loved the (not always very) subtextual abusive relationship with Harley. I'm also a big fan of Return of the Joker, the Batman Beyond movie. It's got a ten-minute flashback to the era around the end of TAS (the period…

Or integrating the actual dialogue with late-period Miller lines.

To be honest, I thought the France line was hilarious. But if late-period Miller had used it it would have been totally serious and pointed and awful.
Weird analogy coming: As a metal fan, I consider Miller to be the Metallica of superhero fiction. His early works—Daredevil, DKR, Year One—are undisputably among the…

I don't know of any recent Joker stories outside of The Dark Knight that I felt rose to the heights the character is capable of reaching. Man, though, does Paul Dini have a knack for writing the Joker. Case in point TAS. Yeah, it was boosted by Hamill's awesomely awesome awesomeness, but the writing still did a great…

Coujofra—was that a typo or are you confused as to who we're talking about? Because Frank Miller is on a lot of people's "dead to me" lists, but I don't think Mark Millar has quite reached that nadir.

Well that's refreshing to hear, because ALL the superhero fans I know were gushing about that arc. Perhaps that was a bizarre aberration unique to my region of New Jersey, which makes me happy, because sitting through labored, oral essays on how RIP "accomplished the impossible" by reconciling all the eras of Batman…

I've heard that about Whedon's run, which surprised me because (having admittedly only read the first volume, which was great) I felt like the premise and style played to his strengths. What was wrong with it?

I disagree with both of you, but mainly with Feigenbaum. All-Star rules. Red SOn is also awesome and visually gorgeous, but the story has more obvious flaws than All-Stars and doesn't come together into anything nearly as meaningful. The attempts to use the other DC heroes were particularly poorly executed. The Green…

Shit, I had no idea that was so long. Sorry.

As a relatively new comics fan (been exploring the medium for about a year), I haven't gotten into serious consideration of webcomics yet. I do have a regular list of favorites that I enjoy from a mostly uncritical perspective.
I read Dinosaur Comics because it's often good food for thought, but its static imagery…

Grant Morrison and Batman
Forgive me for the rant that follows, but I need to vent these opinions after being surrounded by uncritical fanboys who fucking TREASURE Batman: R.I.P.

Walking Dead
I'm glad you acknowledged Walking Dead at the top, because it is absolute tits, and I say that from a place of deep and abiding hatred for Image Comics.

Minor correction—the Scorpions rule.

I dunno, it seemed to me like the conclusion of "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson" also had "chill the fuck out about 'offensive' words" as an undercurrent.
"Chill the fuck out" seems to be the main running theme of South Park as a whole.

This sounds fucking amazing.
I love pulpy examinations of morality. Noir and the more intelligent superhero stories are the best place to go for those, and it sounds like these have exactly the kind of approach and atmosphere I could spend a few nights immersed in. Thanks for a review that got me genuinely excited.

Mustaine, sometimes Hetfield, Lord Worm, the guys in Symphony X, oh and how about Chuck fucking Schuldiner. Brendon Small too, actually.

Actually, the best title ever might be Gargling With Infected Semen.

Total misreading, Wiagouwr. He was calling him a pussy, not gay.