Well, it’s been a long time, I and I feel that I should’ve
left you a dope beat to step to. Yeah, I’m throwing a Timberland reference in a
Batman review. It’s called “Random Thoughts,” after all. While I did touch on
something Batman related back in January, it does feel like I haven’t done much
Batman on here lately. Heck, I used to have a month devoted to the Cape
Crusader, but that really fell by the wayside. I guess it shows who truly has
my mind when it comes to superheroes: Superman. While I won’t do a month
dedicated to Batman, the next few posts will definitely be devoted to the Dark
Knight.
One of the things that actually brought this mindset was
this graphic novel I’m about to talk about. I was in McKay’s for the first time
in a while and came across this GN.
There are a lot of seminal Batman stories I haven’t read and this is one of
them. Batman: Arkham Asylum – A Serious House on Serious Earth was a graphic novel released in 1989 right around
the time of the Tim Burton Batman movie. It was the first time that Grant
Morrison, a writer who’s done much in the comic world, wrote Batman. It was
illustrated by Dave McKean who’s probably known for Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. The
book also served as an inspiration for the video game, Batman: Arkham Asylum. So,
what happens when Batman takes some PCP and goes into Arkham Asylum? Okay…
there was probably some meth involved too.