OT: Anyone else hate the Dark Knight Returns
Now im a huge Batman fan but I did not get into him through the comics but rather by the Burton films and the 90’s animated series. Both of which were awesome. But it wasn’t until I was in my 20’s in the 2000’s where comics were now called graphic novels and they were being studied in college classes and it was like respectable to read em, that i finally started . And yes I guess I am that pretentious. To give u some background about my taste I’ll tell u about some of the comics I’ve read. I’ve read a few non Batman comic books. ‘The Crow’ ‘special edition’ which I loved. All the Sin City’s, about half of which were good. And Watchmen, which I didn’t get. I know all the critics seemed to love it but I didn’t like it or the movie. Now onto the Batman stuff. I haven’t read much but a few. Tim Sales The Long Halloween, probably my favorite. Tim Sale’s Dark victory which I know is basically the same thing but I still liked it. Paul Dini’s Mad love. Also Batman: A Death in the family, which I just read to see Robin get killed. And though I was a bit disillusioned with Allan Moore after reading that silly comic Watchmen i still read the Killing Joke. Which I also really liked. But since every critic seemed to be creaming there jeans over the Dark Knight Returns, one critic even said Frank Miller was the most important Batman writer since Bob Kane, I figured I had to read it. I did not like it, at all. The story was bizarre and a lot of the imagery was just disgusting . And a girl Robin, ridiculous. Kidding, kidding but she was still a dumb character. I liked Barbra Gordon, even Stephanie Brown I thought was kind of interesting. But Carrie, with her stupid slingshot, that was just goofy. Plus all the BS 80’s social commentary which to me hurt the book the most and really made it feel dated. I get it that Miller probably hated Reagan (I was born in 87 so the Reagan era was a bit before my time) still though I have read enough US history to understand and appreciate anyone hating Reagan. But it all came out a bit muddled. Actually I think Dark Knight had a lot of the same problems as Watchmen. It seemed like Moore and Miller both had like a 100 ideas in their heads and they tried to get them all out in just one comic. Making the Dark Knight Returns just a cluttered mess. Whose with me on this. And if u do disagree, well let’s just try and have and adult debate. Also knowing what u do about my taste in comics is there any other Batman comics u all think I should read?
Thanks…….
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