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A review by michael_reads
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Hard to read, I mean literary the font can be hard to read, especially the red Joker font. The images are haunting. The plot is razor-thin at best. This comic feels like Morrison just finished a few college courses in the humanities and social sciences. The end result being a “weird-ass comic” that references- Alice in Wonderland, Carl Jung, Aleister Crowley, and James Frazer. This is a trippy gothic comic- that all in all isn’t my cup of tea.
Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Blood
Moderate: Child death, Self harm, and Suicide