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Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
PART 2: KNIGHTQUEST
It’s been two weeks but I’m doing two chapters because chapter 9 is rather short. So either way it works out. As a refresher, last time we saw Bruce and Alfred…I mean Sir Hemingford and Charlie, get closer to finding Shondra, and confirmed my theory about her, while Jean Paul continues his hunt for Bane.
Jean Paul is an interesting study. As we already know he’s supposed to represent the Batman a small sect wanted, the violent and kill-willing (if not kill-happy) vigilante. Basically making Batman the Punisher, and given the current status of Frank Castle that’s almost amusing. Jean Paul’s Batman is the surface view of the Dark Knight, because thanks to “The System” that’s how Jean Paul sees Batman. He said in an earlier chapter that he pretty much believes that Batman doesn’t work with the police and doesn’t call them in until he’s done with them. While Bruce gives the impression that he’s about to hurt you, Jean Paul will just hurt you. Nobody took a moment to explain any of this and he’s not listening to Tim on the issue so you know it’s all going to go wrong even without hindsight. So let’s watch it all go wrong.
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“I didn’t know the term ‘red light district’ was so literal.”
Raphael: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Mirage Studios (1985)
“Me, Myself, And I”
WRITERS/ARTISTS: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
also see my review of IDW’s colorized reprint
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Note: it’s Just Some Guy. There’s swearing.
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And so Disney continues to give the finger to their creator’s dream of promoting good animation by remaking the animated film he really made the company on (it may have started with a mouse but it hit the mainstream with a woman singing by a well) and doing a terrible version. If I thought their goal was showing that animation can be superior to live-action I’d still find this stupid…and I know that ain’t what’s happening here. It’s just going to be another live-action de-make of Walt Disney Pictures’ legacy. Who’s ready for Snow White And The Seven People?
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I wish that wasn’t literal, but 2016 was a thing that happened.
Well, I spent half the week sleeping late, though that wasn’t the plan. I just had trouble sleeping a few days and it messed me up. Over at The Clutter Reports this week I did manage to get some minor cleaning done but the point of taking the week off was to relax and reduce burnout. So I did what I planned, and had a relaxing birthday. With ice cream cake!
And I’m coming back with a full week of discussion topics. We have two strikes affecting the storytelling industry so I may actually comment on that depending on what else happens. We have more My Adventures With Superman episodes and I think I’m going to use this to demonstrate the difference between a good story and a good adaptation for as long as I can put up with it. It’s Superman so sadly my brain keeps pulling me in, though I gave up on Superman & Lois after the first episode so I guess even I have my limits of not-Superman-enough. It won’t be the only adaptation discussion I have this week. Plus the usual comic reviews and daily video/article link quickposts to start the morning.
So birthday week break is done and it’s time for more of what you hopefully came here for. Have a great week, everyone!
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I’m only taking a week off, so it’s not like it’s going to be a long cliffhanger.
Actually, I’ll be back next week with the new comic. As to the week off…
In the year 1973 on July 13th, a cosmic mistake took place…I was born. 😀 So per usual I’ll be taking this week off. Unlike the slowdown there won’t be any posts unless something happens I absolutely need to comment on. I wish it was a full vacation but I’ll probably end up doing a few things I didn’t get to during the slowdown due to the family emergency. Still, while I can’t afford to go anywhere or do anything it should help stave off potential burnout and get stuff done while finding some time to just relax. That does give us a few minor cliffhangers. Batman is still in the hands of a loon while the real Batman is trying to find his doctor. The Ninja Turtles can’t find their master. Sonic’s king is still half-crystal while Knuckles is having a terrible family reunion. We’ll get back to all that when I come back.
In the meantime I did get to update The Clutter Reports on the last two weeks and I might do a bonus post there just to keep me writing and a couple of the slowdown holdovers will make good article fodder there.
Have a great week, everyone. When you see me again, I’ll be an old man. No, really, I’ll be 50. Too bad I can’t afford my midlife crisis.
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BW’s Daily Article Link> How Bendis And Taylor Ruined Jon Kent
I guess older Jon needed a GPS to his home dimension.
Of course this isn’t what happened. Instead we took Clark Kent’s son, ruined all potential to see him grow up into his own Superman and thus learn what it means to be Superman through that training and how Clark and Lois handled fatherhood, and tossed it in a volcano. Tehillum29, writing for Rainbow Press & Comics, goes over how Brian Michael Bendis and Tom Taylor ruined a great idea that came from Rebirth, and where that idea still lives.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on July 17, 2023 in DC Spotlight and tagged Brian Michael Bendis, commentary, Jon Kent, Superboy, Superman, Tom Taylor.
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