Before I rip this book apart, I will let you all know, I don't hate Grant Morrison, I'm a fan of a bunch of his works. I thought We3 and his JLA run were excellent. Also, Frank Quietly, I have liked his art in the past. I thought his all star Superman stuff was top notch, and WE3 and his Authority were great.
Now.
That being said. I hated everything about this comic. Quitelys art is terrible. I dont know if it's him or the inker, but it looks unfinished and sketchy. There isn't one steady line in the entire book, it's as if they got a 91 year old man with Palsy to ink it. Ugh. Horrible. And seriously, while we're at it, Frank, Does everyone need to be wearing wrinkly, baggy costumes and clothes? Nothing fits anyone. They all look like superhero parodies.
As for Morrison, it feels like in the last few years he's forgotten how to tell a good story. Instead he floods us with his wild ideas and crazy characters. I hated, HATED Batman RIP. Hated Final Crisis. Both stories were hard to follow and terribly executed. I know you Morrison fan boys are foaming at the mouth to crucify me for saying that, but it's true! Every new villain he brings to the table is a joke. This new issue follows that formula closely.
PYG. He's a guy with a pig mask. BUT WATCH OUT! HE IS EVIL!!!!
And one of his henchmen is a toad man.
Wow. Thats good stuff. It's like an outtake from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.
I'm excited about Dick and Damien becoming Batman and Robin, but this book barely gives us any of that. We get a few panels of dialogue between Alfred and Dick, and then Damien is a jerk to everyone. I would have loved to see more of this but instead we get served up more Grant Morrison weirdness.
Flying Batmobile? I've seen some people complaining about this. I guess it doesn't bother me that much. Just another gadget.
Anyway, I wont be following this book. I'll get my Batman fix from a writer that actually "Gets" the Bat-Family and doesnt try to change it into something else entirely. Judd Winick has written Batman before (the return of Jason Todd) and he did a hell of a job with it. I can't wait to see what he does next. Whatever it is, it will be a Batman story, and not something so weird that people have no clue whatsoever is going on, or why the hell its going on in Batman.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see Morrison take Batman into space for an arc, to have him fight alien Batmen on a far away planet, that learned about Batman from the old show from the 60's.
Ugh.
Don't support this crap.
