A review by lazy0718
Batman: Death by Design by Chip Kidd
3.0
I'm a bit torn with this book. The artwork is great. The mostly black and white drawings feel like they were done with charcoal. It creates a great look that stands apart from the traditional comic book look.
The story is good, but there-in lies my problem. It isn't a great story. It certainly doesn't stand out as one of the "Great Batman Tales." I like the setting (1930s or so Gotham City) and the style, but the story itself feels like a good episode of the old Batman cartoon, rather than "the great epic Batman film from the 1930s that never got made" that DC is trying to position it as.
I'd give this book 3.5 stars out of 5.
The story is good, but there-in lies my problem. It isn't a great story. It certainly doesn't stand out as one of the "Great Batman Tales." I like the setting (1930s or so Gotham City) and the style, but the story itself feels like a good episode of the old Batman cartoon, rather than "the great epic Batman film from the 1930s that never got made" that DC is trying to position it as.
I'd give this book 3.5 stars out of 5.