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Rating:  -
Despite the overwhelming bombardment of symbolism, textually and visually, the plot is surprisingly simple. The inmates of Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane lure Batman into their midst and instigate a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. Batman's inner fear that he is as insane as his hosts weakens his resolve, but he proves stronger than the madness within Arkham and its inmates. Flashbacks and journal entries by Arkham's founder are intertwined with Batman's descent into the hell of Arkham. When the graphic novel was released in the early nineties it was considered groundbreaking and a precursor to today's grittier, darker graphic novels and remains one of the highest selling grahic novels of all-time, according to it's creators. I can see why it won accolades, but confess I had to read the notes and full script included with the 15th anniversay edition to make sense of it.
Rating:  -
This is a very dark, very twisted story. The art very much reflects that. But that's about all the good I can say about it. As nice as the art is; it seems kinda like a easy way to avoid putting any actual detail into anything. Everything is covered in whispy paint strokes. I can see it as trying to put a sense of madness into you. I just felt like it was kinda lazy.
Much of the characters looked pretty ridiculous. Joker's head is super long and pointy. He also doesn't appear to have any eye lids. Just a whole lot of muscle fiber around his eyes. Hatter looked pretty good. Croc looks like a crocodile that was taugh to walk on 2 legs. Two-Face looked just plain aweful.
The story itself was a meaningful attempt to tell the story of Arkham the family and the house. It was just wrapped it a very thin plot. It all played together in a way that made Batman out to be a chump. Both Physically and Mentally.
The book itself pissed me off. Half the book is the actual story. The other half is story boards and scripts. Just a bunch of filler to make you think it's worth the money. Got it off amazon for $12. It's worth $10 at most.
Rating:  -
The book has amazing amounts of intricate detail in the images but the story seems to not say anything really worthwhile for the bottom line.
Rating: -
Incredibly dense in symbolism and "art", this novel presents an else-worlds scenario outside of established canon. In it, Batman is forced to confront his own demons and his own monstrous nature. Basically, he kills some guys who are bad but by killing them or treating them poorly, he is also bad. Or something.
The artwork itself is beautiful stuff with very expressive use of colors and geometry, as well as using the layout itself for impact.
Each character had his or her own unique lettering which was interesting in and of itself, but made reading some dialog difficult (perhaps that was the point!).
I suppose if you are willing to dig through the layers and layers of meaning and try to understand some of the psychology of the hero-who-is-no-better-than-a-villain cliche, it has... no actually, that's all it has.
It is as if at the end of the story, you expect to see Batman wake up in a sweat with the whole thing having been a bad dream.
I had to read it three times and read the notes of the creators before it made much sense at all.
Rating:  -
I liked this dark look into the minds of the inmates arkham asylum. Each with their own visual style and twisted quarters. all in all a good read.
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