Alan Moore didn't bring her into the spotlight and you can't pretend he did. Gordon was considered damaged irreversibly after The Killing Joke to the point where when Ostrander and McConnell wanted to use her in Suicide Squad, some DC editors thought they were going to kill her. They're instead the only ones who…

After reading The Multiversity, I'm pretty convinced we're all wizards.

It's the best way to handle a rough situation.

True. All I know is if I somehow got a shot at talking to Moore, I sure as hell wouldn't be asking him about the Nemo books.

Morrison and Moore are Captain Marvel and Black Adam irl. Who's who is probably up to you.

It's a personal thing, and one I know many people disagree with, but I've always hated the "One Bad Day" analogy that The Killing Joke sets up to explain how Batman and the Joker are mirrors of one another. It assumes that the Joker is instantly the Joker when he falls in Ace Chemical and Bruce Wayne is instantly…

He's never a character that really benefited from being explained. The more you try to explain how and why the Joker does what he does, the less effective he gets. The Killing Joke is really what starts turning the character from a truly unknowable villain to just some other dude with a mental problem.

I feel better about the continual game of I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I that Morrison and Moore are playing when I remember that both of them also think they are wizards.

It doesn't help that most of the things Moore has been involved with recently are kind of less interesting than everything else he has done.

I still think it's almost unforgivably cliche. Moore has some good scenes in it, namely bookending the story with quiet conversations between Joker and Batman, but the Joker's origin is everything readers should hate but somehow forgive. Even implying Joker isn't telling the truth doesn't help matters and arguably…

I just don't understand why he wrote it though. I mean, I'm not the biggest Moore fan or anything but he's a smarter writer than The Killing Joke, which is just sort of a dull, maudlin story.

I mean, even putting aside the implied sexual assault and fridging Barbara Gordon, it's still a story that gives Joker the blandest, most idiotic origin story in comics. See, he's just a sad comedian with a needy wife at home. He's not a bad guy at all. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and wouldn't…

Montoya's story in Half A Life is much more interesting than Dent's. That's a given. I do think, however, that it's interesting to see his perspective on things. He thinks he's seen a similar division in her that he sees in himself which is more intriguing than essential and I think he evokes real horror in moments…

I'm arguing that the story only works with those two stories you're mentioning. If you're just reading the single Gotham Central issues or, apparently, the new trade, the story is hobbled a little bit by the lack of context.

Zim Eats Waffles not only is the best episode but its over the top intro usually has me in tears every time I see it. Top to bottom, that episode is perfect.

The most feelings I can work up for The Walking Dead is just generalized apathy but that guy has somehow turned enthusiasm into a half-hour show/infomercial that people actually watch.

I'm so glad Chris Hardwick has found a place to show his boundless enthusiasm.

Yeah that about nails it.

Eh, I don't know if it's that. I think it's more people having this sense of us vs. them when it comes to media they can actually own. When someone buys a videogame or a book or a comic, they're mentally extra protective of it, creating this sort of tribalism around it. When critiques started to pop up, I think it was…

You and I differ with what causes the most cringes when watching Star Wars prequels.