mmm... republic cereal villain...

And now that I've come up with that subject line, I want to commission SIMPSONS artist Bill Morrison to draw Homer as Nite Owl. And Flanders as Adrian.

Why I hate BATMAN R.I.P. and how it would have been vastly improved if they used a different villain

This story. Ohhhhhh, this fucking story.


( Epic rant three months in the making behind the cut )

And that's what really burns me about BATMAN R.I.P. Because if Grant Morrison had simply used that character instead of creating an ambiguously one-note enemy with Dr. Hurt, then this truly would have been a Batman story that touched right at the roots of who he is and how he came to be.

That end of that last line is a reference, but it's okay if you don't get it. Because unlike Grant Morrison, I don't expect you guys to have read every single obscure Batman comic to understand what I'm writing.

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God, it feels good to get that out, even if I'm still nervous about any backlash I might get from Morrison fans. Henchgirl asked, "You're just posting this to your LJ, right? Because if you post this at scans_daily, you're gonna get your ass handed to you."

I think many would agree with me, but I'm definitely not up for that level of fighting. Not with those kinds of fans just yet.