Comments on: Sons of DKR: The Dark Knight Strikes Again 01 http://www.4thletter.net/2009/04/sons-of-dkr-the-dark-knight-strikes-again-01/ we like talking about comics, and hopefully you like reading us talking about comics. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Easter Sunday Brunch: 4/12/09 http://www.4thletter.net/2009/04/sons-of-dkr-the-dark-knight-strikes-again-01/comment-page-1/#comment-23486 Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » Easter Sunday Brunch: 4/12/09 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:10:22 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2999#comment-23486 [...] AL! David Brothers of 4thletter! shares a fond remembrance of Frank Miller’s much-maligned and underrated Dark Knight Strikes Again and drops the [...] [...] AL! David Brothers of 4thletter! shares a fond remembrance of Frank Miller’s much-maligned and underrated Dark Knight Strikes Again and drops the [...]

]]> By: Joe Iglesias http://www.4thletter.net/2009/04/sons-of-dkr-the-dark-knight-strikes-again-01/comment-page-1/#comment-23441 Joe Iglesias Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:35:51 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2999#comment-23441 Yeah, I'm with jp. I did not like DKSA, at all, and hadn't given it a second thought since it came out, but I'm really enjoying seeing you tease out what Miller at least <i>intended</i> to get out there. Yeah, I’m with jp. I did not like DKSA, at all, and hadn’t given it a second thought since it came out, but I’m really enjoying seeing you tease out what Miller at least intended to get out there.

]]> By: david brothers http://www.4thletter.net/2009/04/sons-of-dkr-the-dark-knight-strikes-again-01/comment-page-1/#comment-23439 david brothers Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:21:53 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2999#comment-23439 @<a href="#comment-23438">jp</a>: I won't lie and say that it isn't a mess. DKSA's flaws are so obvious that its inner gems tend to get buried under them, depressingly. The narrative makes a turn after 9/11 that may not be for the better, but definitely makes for a more interesting reading. There's a lot to like about DKSA, and if not like, there's a lot to examine. I think that, as a complete work, it has legs. It's a shame it's sitting in the shadow of nostalgia. @<a href="#comment-23434">The Beast Must Die</a>: I'm torn. There are pages that Varley nails perfectly (Superman in the ruins of Metropolis, the encounter between Carrie/Grayson/Bruce at the end there), but then there are others that are just a dayglo mess. The big entry of Batman right before the end of book two is a mess. @<a href="#comment-23431">Derk van Santvoort</a>: Yeah, I'm definitely talking about Grayson and Batman, in the context of Who Batman Is, on Friday. I've got the bulk of that bit written, but the quiet panel of "So long, boy wonder" is probably the saddest thing in the book. Good catch on the Dylan. I haven't heard a lot of his stuff, but that song sounds fascinating. @jp: I won’t lie and say that it isn’t a mess. DKSA’s flaws are so obvious that its inner gems tend to get buried under them, depressingly. The narrative makes a turn after 9/11 that may not be for the better, but definitely makes for a more interesting reading. There’s a lot to like about DKSA, and if not like, there’s a lot to examine. I think that, as a complete work, it has legs. It’s a shame it’s sitting in the shadow of nostalgia.

@The Beast Must Die: I’m torn. There are pages that Varley nails perfectly (Superman in the ruins of Metropolis, the encounter between Carrie/Grayson/Bruce at the end there), but then there are others that are just a dayglo mess. The big entry of Batman right before the end of book two is a mess.

@Derk van Santvoort: Yeah, I’m definitely talking about Grayson and Batman, in the context of Who Batman Is, on Friday. I’ve got the bulk of that bit written, but the quiet panel of “So long, boy wonder” is probably the saddest thing in the book.

Good catch on the Dylan. I haven’t heard a lot of his stuff, but that song sounds fascinating.

]]> By: jp http://www.4thletter.net/2009/04/sons-of-dkr-the-dark-knight-strikes-again-01/comment-page-1/#comment-23438 jp Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:19:57 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2999#comment-23438 I skimmed through DKR when it was first anthologized and found it a jarring mess. Now I feel the need to give it a careful read. If that was what you were going for here, mission accomplished. I skimmed through DKR when it was first anthologized and found it a jarring mess. Now I feel the need to give it a careful read. If that was what you were going for here, mission accomplished.

]]> By: The Beast Must Die http://www.4thletter.net/2009/04/sons-of-dkr-the-dark-knight-strikes-again-01/comment-page-1/#comment-23434 The Beast Must Die Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:44:27 +0000 http://www.4thletter.net/?p=2999#comment-23434 I love DKSA. It's vibrancy leaps off every page. It's pure comics energy. For all it's sloppiness (and it does derail somewhat two-thirds through) it's an invigorating, ballsy and often lunatic comic. Varley's colouring got so much stick at the time, yet I'd rather look at her neo-psychedelic palette than the over rendered turd-polishing 'realism' of your average Marvel/DC book. I love DKSA. It’s vibrancy leaps off every page. It’s pure comics energy. For all it’s sloppiness (and it does derail somewhat two-thirds through) it’s an invigorating, ballsy and often lunatic comic. Varley’s colouring got so much stick at the time, yet I’d rather look at her neo-psychedelic palette than the over rendered turd-polishing ‘realism’ of your average Marvel/DC book.

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