I definitely agree with you there.

I liked it. I don't know how much the flipping and twisting helped the narrative or the characters though. I mean, compare it to Snyder/Capullo's Batman #7 that uses the twisting view to put the reader into the same maze as its hero and I think the shifts were a little less impactful and served less of a purpose. I…

One question then: How much did the rise of reactionary discourse like GamerGate and highly politicized recent discussions of violence and police action change your original conception of the narrative? I ask because the whole series felt very current and very in the moment in a way that definitely lent it an…

I'd like to see him stay on a vaguely humorous book. He really nailed the mix between dynamic action sequences and really fun, memorable banter.

uh…maybe not…it depends…we'll see…

No problem. It's what brought me into exploring a lot of your work and I've been a big fan ever since.

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I mean, Kot has talked about reading the AV Club many times. It's not that surprising that he might reply to your frequent, unsolicited negative comments on his work.

I don't know why but what's with people really arguing that Batman should kill the Joker recently? I've seen this argument more and more recently and I'm genuinely curious why this has come up again.

I can't wait to eat buttescotches I've hidden in my pockets with you.

NOT YET.

I'm seeing it on Monday afternoon. I'm hoping to be able to dodge the rabid masses and watch it with old people.

It's more in the vein of his writing of villains circa Infinite Crisis.

I still think he's pretty great. I still love American Vampire and he earned a lot of good will from me for Zero Year. I'm curious to see what this book is going to do next. Snyder certainly has experience with writing a Batman who isn't Bruce Wayne.

The Hellion/Shark-Girl makeout session in Spider-Man and the X-Men was one of the funniest/sweetest moments Marvel has featured in the last year. I'm really going to miss that book.

If Geoff Johns was showing his hand about how he feels about Fourth World in Justice League #40, I dread what he's going to do with this storyline. I did like the little homage to past crises but all the stuff with Metron and the Anti-Monitor made me cringe and that last page is the most Geoff Johnsian thing that has…

It is really great. Zero #2 in particular is an amazing single issue and maybe my favorite thing Kot has ever done.

Like the conclusions of most Snyder stories, it's very hard to talk about without ruining it for people who haven't read it yet.

It definitely feels a little like Snyder was trying to go back on Morrison's run a little bit. So much of Endgame was about Batman and Joker being eternal forces and it definitely rang a little to me like he was trying to correct problems he perceived with Dr. Hurt. On the whole, I liked the issue and this storyline…

I understand your feelings I guess. I don't know. I've talked often about my distaste for Alan Moore and Mark Millar and I avoid the comics they've written in the last few years but my opinion is based on their work itself. I don't know how I feel about Mitch Gerads supporting Chris Kyle's memorial fund but I'm still…