I read comics from time to time. Yes, i know, i am a bit of a geek. (25% according to this handy test.) I have just finished Detective Comics 853 written by Neil Gaiman. Detective Comics 852 & 853 serve as the epilogue for Batman RIP. Inspired by What Ever Happened to the Man of Steel?, Gaiman gives us the last Batman story. And it is a doozie.
Neil Gaiman writes comics, he writes them very well. Really he is the best. In fact, he can take comic straw and spin it into gold. When Spawn began it was nothing more than a fan-boy dream set to nice pictures. With one issue of Spawn in 1993 Gaiman gave the character a rich backstory and mythos in one stroke. His Sandman is not merely among the best comics written, it is among the best fiction ever written. Detective 852 and 853 are perhaps the best comics i have ever read.
I'd go on to do a proper review but there is little point. If you read comics, you'll take my word for it and pick up these issues. If Obama's economic recovery has left you short of cash i'll lend you mine. If you don't read comics you'd dismiss what i'd write and assume that once again i have confused my opinion with empirical fact. (For the record this is not possible, my opinion is empirical fact.)
This story perfectly portrays why heroes matter. It doesn't matter if it is Gilgamesh, Hercules, Batman, or John Galt, heroes inspire us to do better, to be better. Heroes matter. I am a better man for having read this story and i thank Mr. Gaiman for that.
Thanks Neil.
Bob
That quiz must be inaccurate; it says I'm TWICE as geeky as you!
ReplyDeleteUgh... I got a 55.6213% Geekiness... I think all of my stupid computer knowledge and useless trivia from my ever growing collection of Nerd/Geek boy ex's is really starting to pay off.
ReplyDeleteNow if I could only find an Astrophysicist to date..!?!