Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1 Preview/Discussion

[joybeans]

http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com...udd-special-1/

Amazing, it plays up the bounty hunter noir angle straight.

[Frontier]

Wait a sec...is that Silver ?

[Godlike13]

I love it already

[Frontier]

I love how King just throws in all those human-versions of classic Loony Tunes characters and genuinely plays them straight.

All that's missing is a human version of Daffy .

[Mutant God]

I'm thinking Rocky and Muggsy will have a part in this. I recognize most of those cameos but is the guy in a suit and glasses suppose to be Foghorn Leghorn?

[Fearless Heart]

This is incredible! Now I want to continue reading his Batman. I also want to watch some Chuck Jones Looney Tunes. I've been feeling really horrible lately, so I was probably just projecting my own nuttiness onto his Batman work because this is seriously awesome! Usually, I'm not the biggest fan of taking innocent properties and perverting them into something dark. This is so clever. The way King utilized Tweety is insane!

I'm going to re-read his Batman when I get a chance. I'm sure I was way off base! Bravo Tom King!

[Frontier]

I'm thinking Rocky and Muggsy will have a part in this. I recognize most of those cameos but is the guy in a suit and glasses suppose to be Foghorn Leghorn?

You mean the one playing against Yosemite Sam? He talks like him.

[BFF]

King can do something amazing like this or the Swamp Thing issue, but his regular Batman is so average.

Strange, or maybe not. Maybe he shouldn't be the regular Batman writer.

[Alycat]

This looks amazing.

[Rakzo]

I... honestly thought this could be a good fit for King. I thought that his unnatural dialogue would be a logical choice for this kind of silly premise but he proved me wrong once again because this issue can be INFURIATING to read. I got automatically got tired of Elmer's dialogue by the second page and it just goes on and on and on until the end. Yes, King is basing this on Elmer's classic lines but I think there were better ways to implement this instead of repeating it to the death (then again, King/repetition, should have seen it coming).

The story itself is not bad but it tries to introduce the Looney Tunes in a "realistic" setting which doesn't really work since they still sound pretty silly by saying their classic lines. It just clashes with the whole plot. Weeks' art was good at least.

Strangely enough, the second feature is much better since is a more cartoony setting and King is not forcing both environments together either. Hell, even Elmer's lines are less obnoxious here and it even includes some genuinely good jokes. Appropriate art as well.

Mixed bag but I don't know why I expected otherwise.

[darkseidpwns]

King can do something amazing like this or the Swamp Thing issue, but his regular Batman is so average.

Strange, or maybe not. Maybe he shouldn't be the regular Batman writer.

Thats the conclusion I came to myself after reading this.

[pansy]

Wait a sec...is that Silver ?

God, I hope so.

[Elegant Dreamer]

Wait a sec...is that Silver ?

Sorry, I'm confused; family stress weekend affected my brain. Who's Silver?

[Pohzee]

This issue was awesome. Fun little story. Lee Weeks can do no wrong.

[Dispenser Of Truth]

Not to raise expectations unduly for anyone who hasn't read this, but this is the best thing DC has ever published and ever will. And jeez, swap out Finch for Weeks on the main Batman book *yesterday*.