Agreed, god forbid another Crisis or anything like them ever again. I hope they keep this new continuity (are the books in a shared continuity or is it a new universe for each?) separate from the canon multiverse, especially if this line is successful and expands to other characters.

Agreed, god forbid another Crisis or anything like them ever again. I hope they keep this new continuity (are the series in a shared continuity or is it a new universe for each?) separate from the canon multiverse.

Definitely wearing the Cautious Optimism sign here
I gotta say though, I really hope Johns doesn't just imitate Nolan. I'm all for darkness in Batman stories and the Nolan movies are great, but this heavy-handed way of writing Bats is getting tired. The themes implicit in the character are powerful and serious—writers…

Yeah, I think a DC equivalent of the Ultimate universe would be really fantastic. DC's canon is so fucking convoluted and so buried in Silver Age ridiculousness that even when their individual stories are great, it's impossible to give a crap about the overarching continuity. A slightly more grounded backdrop would…

I love his GL work. he made me give a shit about Hal Jordan, preserved the presence of the best Green Lantern (Kyle) in the DCU, and most importantly, it's ridiculously exciting space opera with flashing lights and outsized heroism in space, like Green Lantern should be.
But why the fuck is he writing Batman.

Black metal is frequently great music made my by always-insufferable tools.

Goddammit, you beat me to it by PAGES. Dammit.

HEY
Where's SERENITY?

No, as someone who fucking loves that album, I'm with you there and totally picked it up first viewing.

Was this list written by Jackie Harvey?
Sweetwater? Stillwater.
Otherwise a great list, though.

So
This is the novelization of the Simpsons movie?

I dunno. Maturing from the violent unruly kid to the disciplined hero just seems like such a predictable character arc to me that it wouldn't really be worth seeing it through. And I also just sort of have an aversion to Batman being anyone other than Bruce Wayne. The Flash doesn't have to be Barry Allen, Green…

Versinio—
Don't worry, there's still plenty of empty crap out there.

Tynam, it's not so much that I minded being without the gates stuff for a while, it's that now we're back into it and all that exposition was buried so far back in my mind that the transition was jarring. God knows I loves me some ridiculously convoluted fantasy worlds, but they don't work if the narrative lets us…

Average America, it's good to see some love for Johns' GL. That's been one of my favorite runs in the genre for all the reasons you mentioned.

Splint, I know that was Morrison's intention, but I don't think it came across—his ultimate-hardass take on Bats isn't exactly derivative of Miller's psychotic-asshole interpretation, but they both lead to the same stern authoritative worldview and tortured internal monologues.
Damian could have been awesome, I think,…

Zack, I agree about OOTS's recent plotting—the whole Divided Party storyline was like three times as long as it had any right to be and contributed little of consequence to the characterization and less to the plot. But I think it's been getting back on track lately, with Roy back from the dead, the gang back together…

Shit, does NOT equal good.

Noel, it makes me happy to see you express that attitude, and I wish more critics would adopt that view toward works in all media. Unconventional does equal good; you have to know the rules before you can meaningfully break them. I'm an undergrad at a fairly out-there liberal arts school (Hampshire College, Amherst…

Oh shit, I totally forgot about Daisy Owl! I love that strip, how did it not enter my head at all? I think it's exactly what short-form humor strips should be.