oh wow they went off on Titans now that Didio's gone
oh wow they went off on Titans now that Didio's gone
I'm just really not a fan of her writing. Out of the five writers who've had a Barbara Batgirl run since the New 52, I personally find hers to be the worst. I also didn't like her Female Furies and how modern writers handle the Fourth World, but that's another conversation altogether. The reason specifically why I would not want Castellucci to write a Bat-Family book in particular is how Castellucci wrote Cassandra Cain in a Batgirl #50 D&D backup. Not only are Cass' speech problems replaced by the eloquence of a native English speaker, but Castellucci mischaracterises Cass as stealth fighter who dislikes direct conflict. Cass IS stealthy, but only as a consequence of her advanced training. Besides that, Cass is primarily a hand-to-hand brawler, since she excels at it so much. If Cass was playing D&D, she'd be a monk no question. But anyway, including my dislike for her writing generally and the so-far 0-2 characterisation accuracy ratio on the Bat-Family, I feel as she has presented herself thus far she would not be a good fit at all for the book.
The big one was how she made Babs treated Dick post amnesia, which is inconsistent with how she's written during when he's amnesia both in Batgirl and Nightwing books. The other one is how she made her apologize to Bard even though Bard framed her dad for mass manslaughter and destroyed the evidence... so they can pair romantically. There's also how Commissioner Gordon's now thought Batgirl's responsible for his son's death... again.
Babs also got jealous at Tim and Dick getting allowance/stipend from Bruce when she's not his daughter and she did get funding from him at first but it was her who decided to go independent after her gears burned down.
Basically, signs show she's taking elements from previous stories without understanding it.
They're all in Batgirl #50, that some fans have called the issue where Babs complained to everyone (and they're not even the right complaints)
Yeah, if her Batgirl is any indication I'm not confident in her writing a Batfamily dynamic.
Got it. I flipped through Batgirl #50 since I had a friend who was following that, aside from the pretty art it was nothing special. I did notice that she didn’t get Cass’ speech patterns right and it always annoys me when writers just ignore that. I’ve got no clue who Bard even is, sounds like another crap OC LI.
Found this on Twitter, it was posted 10/29, but I didn't see the image here.
I posted just the link to the image, as I wasn't sure that would be considered a spoiler.
Death Metal: The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 is coming out in December. This special is filled with great creators telling amazing and emotional stories. Check out this two-page spread by @TravisGMoore & @TBonvillain. Just a preview of how stunning our Titans story is.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Elgrr0cU...jpg&name=large
If there’s one character that epitomizes the wacky over-the-top aspects of Death Metal, it’s Lobo. Looking forward to seeing the Main Man in Infinite Hour Exxxtreme!
I'm always cautious about "Batfamily" stories because it's rarely ever the ones I'm hoping for. me nah care bout Bruce and his likkle clones; if Cass gonna be missing, if Duke gonna be missing, I typically check out. besides Tynion and Gail Simone, none of these are grabbing me off name alone. we'll see how this go.
THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
Issue 5 was pretty good. Pretty straightforward and easy to follow which is nice, and it feels like the event is actually living up to the “Metal” vibe with Diana leading an army of Lobos into the World Forge.
Williamson did a solid job of the JL tie-ins, felt like the ending was satisfying if unsurprisingly.