tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post3801556990759332626..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Review: Batman: The Man Who LaughsCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-24318037137652684322008-09-02T06:20:00.000-07:002008-09-02T06:20:00.000-07:00Somehow I don't think DC has a problem with 64-pag...Somehow I don't think DC has a problem with 64-page hardcovers featuring Batman vs. The Joker . . .<BR/><BR/>http://dccomics.com/dcu/graphic_novels/?gn=8745<BR/><BR/>That that had to be padded out to 64 pages!Anthony Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170406011301084809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-54648955005090514882008-09-01T17:52:00.000-07:002008-09-01T17:52:00.000-07:00That is a very good point. I didn't think of that...That is a very good point. I didn't think of thattaylorf21https://www.blogger.com/profile/07421589747332995665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-51511419594227199392008-09-01T11:24:00.000-07:002008-09-01T11:24:00.000-07:00But Made of Wood would be kind of a bad intro for ...But Made of Wood would be kind of a bad intro for the movie crowd. Jim Gordon is retired(which has been undone after IC) and it doesn't feature any supervillians. Plus it features the weird Green Lantern that doesn't look like Green Lantern or correspond to anything found in Superfriends. <BR/><BR/>If the intent is to hook a casual buyer on his way home from the theater, there are a bunch of other story arcs from Brubaker's run that are much more straightforward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-30442820475881468012008-09-01T10:44:00.000-07:002008-09-01T10:44:00.000-07:00I think the reason that they put Made of Wood in t...I think the reason that they put Made of Wood in the man who laughs is because of the jokers success with the crowd in the Dark Knight. They wanted to reel in new Batman fans with something simple that they already knew, something with the awesome dynamics of Batman and the Joker, and then show them what else batman has to offer. Hopefully by using Made of Wood people will see that the Joker isn't the only great thing about the Batman storyline. That's probably why they did it, whether it worked or not, I don't know but its at least kinda understandable.taylorf21https://www.blogger.com/profile/07421589747332995665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-40770240021561272732008-09-01T09:57:00.000-07:002008-09-01T09:57:00.000-07:00I bought the Man Who Laughs when it first came out...I bought the Man Who Laughs when it first came out, and I kinda wondered why it looked so thick on the shelves, but the way DC and Marvel shrink-wrap their hardcovers makes it impossible to see what's actualy inside one of them without buying it. <BR/><BR/>Is there any other media that insists it be impossible to peek at the product before buying? I watched probably 15 minutes of the Dark Knight movie on Yahoo before the premier weekend. If I go to a music store there's a scanner and headphones so I can listen to a sample track. But with hardcover graphic novels it's a shot in the dark: sometimes I buy Superman and the Legion and it's great, other times I buy Detective #27(about a non-Batman Bruce Wayne of the 1930's s who ends up fighting his evil father Thomas Wayne{who murdered his wife and faked his own death because he's evil}). <BR/><BR/>While I would be pleasantly surprised to find Made of Wood collected, I'd be kinda pissed off about being surprised by it, and I wouldn't want to re-buy the Man who Laughs to have it. WTH, DC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com