Wednesday, March 15, 2006

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What would YOU'D have done differently in comics?

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's see if I can articulate this one: I'd have kept Batman a loner that has a group around him. Huh?
DC has had the problem of how to keep Batman a brooding, obsessed loner; who has Robin, Huntress, Batgirl, Azrael, Oracle, Harold, Spoiler, the JLA, the Outsiders...you see the problem. The trick is, Batman may team up or consult with or hang out with any or all of these, and yet still go off on his own at a moment's notice. You see this in JLA, or in Batman's meetings with Gordon: Batman's there for a minute, grunts out a response, disappears. From there, storywise, you can follow Batman to see what he's up to, or stay with the other characters to see their response.
I never saw what the big problem with Batman's supporting cast was. Just because he knows people or has sidekicks or is part of a team; doesn't mean he spends every waking moment with them. And yet every so often it seems like the editorial gauntlet is thrown down, pare Batman down to Batman. Maybe Alfred. And a lot of good stories can be told that way. But that doesn't mean he has to get rid of everything.

3/15/2006 6:35 PM  
Blogger KMP50 said...

I'd get somebody to write and draw some funny comics- like 'Mazing Man. Or at least put some humor back into comic books, like Robin's puns occasionally (too much is too much, of course)

3/19/2006 11:46 AM  

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