Batman: The Man Who Laughed

[Stu]

Hey,

Ace posted a nice interview with Brubaker on Toon Zone News. (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=127960) I'm really looking forward to seeing this, and that preview doesn't look bad at all. Got a real Batman: Year One feel to it.

Anyone else looking forward to it?

[kid_flash]

While I would have much rather seen Steve Dillon's work on this, I'm still looking forward to the project. Batman's a hell of a lot more interesting earlier in his career (later in his career the whole masked vigilante thing is run-of-the-mill...early on, it's a lot more ambiguous as to why a millionaire would do that), and the Batman/Joker relationship really is one of the strongest in comics, when done right. And Brubaker's a damn fine writer.

Like I said, woulda rather seen Dillon on it, but Mahnke's art...well, it still looks like Mahnke (not catching the "Year One" vibe at all...way more detail, but that's just my view on it), but his style feels like it works for the project.

We shall see.

[Eddie G.]

Like I said, woulda rather seen Dillon on it, but Mahnke's art...well, it still looks like Mahnke (not catching the "Year One" vibe at all...way more detail, but that's just my view on it), but his style feels like it works for the project. The journal entry thing is taken right from Year One and the designs are basically the same they were in Year One just in another style.

I'm really looking forward to this.

[EJill34]

Looking forward to it, but I really wanted to see Dillon on art. Mahnke can do a good job, but Dillon is just awesome. He'll always be the definitive Punsher artist for me.

[kid_flash]

The journal entry thing is taken right from Year One and the designs are basically the same they were in Year One just in another style.

I'm really looking forward to this.
Well, I caught the journal entry thing, and I don't think they could actually stray from the designs and still have it set early in Batman's career. It wouldn't make sense (although Gordon looks a LOT older than when we left him in YEAR ONE, or even THE LONG HALLOWEEN). When I said I didn't see the "Year One" influence, it was in the artistic style. Mazzuchelli’s style, which is more simplistic, is far different than Mahnke's.

There's nothing wrong with that...Dillion's wouldn't have been that much closer...but Brubaker himself compares it to YEAR ONE left and right, and I kinda feel that might be the wrong direction to take. He should promote it because of what he's got, not because it's yet another sequel to YEAR ONE (THE LONG HALLOWEEN comes to mind as another).

[randomguy]

There's nothing wrong with that...Dillion's wouldn't have been that much closer...but Brubaker himself compares it to YEAR ONE left and right, and I kinda feel that might be the wrong direction to take. He should promote it because of what he's got, not because it's yet another sequel to YEAR ONE (THE LONG HALLOWEEN comes to mind as another).I think that's a good point. Dough Mahnke is a good enough artist, and Brubaker certainly a good enough writer, that I think the project sells itself on talent and premise. It really doesn't need the Year: One comparisons... it's intriguing enough already.

As you might have guessed, I'm rather looking forward to this. Brubaker's work on Detective Comics is some of my favorite Batman writing. I genuinely don't believe I've ever seen Post-Crisis Batman portrayed better than he was in the "Made of Wood" storyline. Brubaker can do really dead-on characterization of Batman when he wants to, so I think this should be fun. I don't have strong feelings one way or another on Dough Mahnke, mainly because I wasn't reading JLA when he was on it. His sensibilities seem to match the project fairly well though, so I'm optimistic.

Plus, I'm just happy it's a one-shot. Something about picking up a complete, all-in-one Batman story appeals to the old-school comics reader in me.

[adoptedBatpuppy]

I'm definetly looking forward to that! :cool:

[Phantasm]

Absolutely looking forward to it but the art didn't exactly catch my eye.