A review by wanderlustlover
All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder, by Frank Miller
2.0
Graphic Novel BookClub Sept 2016:
This one was....weird. It's very, very, VERY Frank Miller. There are definitely some positions of the women and choices by them that are glaring Old White Boy's Club, at least one of which really pissed me off as a female reader. Which actually bleeds into everything he did with Canary and Diana, too.
I think the first thing that grabbed me while reading it was how well the artist did Dick's eyes, and really a lot of the art, when it wasn't being "gritty, bloody or gratuitious." I loved every single thing Alfred. I loved the Gordon's appearance, (except for the mother/wife, being shown only once as an alcoholic), but both Father and Daughter were lovely in the little clip we got.
Batman really was an eye/mental sore for most of his whole appearance.
This one was....weird. It's very, very, VERY Frank Miller. There are definitely some positions of the women and choices by them that are glaring Old White Boy's Club, at least one of which really pissed me off as a female reader. Which actually bleeds into everything he did with Canary and Diana, too.
I think the first thing that grabbed me while reading it was how well the artist did Dick's eyes, and really a lot of the art, when it wasn't being "gritty, bloody or gratuitious." I loved every single thing Alfred. I loved the Gordon's appearance, (except for the mother/wife, being shown only once as an alcoholic), but both Father and Daughter were lovely in the little clip we got.
Batman really was an eye/mental sore for most of his whole appearance.