Adventures in Arkham

As I mentioned before, I am kinda on a graphic novel kick.   Specifically I requested from the library all of the Arkham Asylum books I could find.  Arkham Asylum:  A Serious House on a Serious Earth was really good but hard to follow actually.  The Joker's words were a little too hard to read for my old eyes.  Maybe that means I am too old for comic books?  Not because they are immature.  Again, these comics are not for little kids!  Anyway, the edition I had from the library was the fifteenth anniversary edition and it had the full script in the back which was really cool.  Is Batman crazy?  I guess I never thought much about him before, but he certainly does seem a little crazy.  I feel sorry for him though, he is a poor dude, who tries his best but is still in a bad way.  When you read this you also start to feel bad for mostly everyone!
Arkham Reborn is another one that is really good, but also not for adults and there was much in it that I didn't understand.  I enjoyed it a lot, but I have to say that I didn't enjoy it enough to dig deeper into the whole Batman world.  No offense, Big Bat Guy, I am just content to know you are out there, keeping us safe.

Trip to the Asylum

No, not this one, which I have been to before and recommend the trip.  Nor this one, which I went to before it was torn down and isn't there at all anymore.  But Arkham Asylum, which is fake, but has two great LEGO sets.  The latest, Breakout and the 1996 set.   Here is a great video comparing and contrasting them from the awesome, BrickQueen.  Arkham Asylum:  Living Hell is also described on this page.  I was visiting my friend Jay in the hospital and one of his friends gave him this book.  I wanted to read all of the Arkham Asylum-focused books because they just seemed so creepy.  And they are!  A LOT of dark stuff in here, but if you like dark stuff, I highly recommend! 

You Slay Me...

Batman.  The Killing Joke was recommended to me by a young man at a teen book group led by the amazing Kelly. It is clear then, that I am once again in debt to Kelly for introducing me to some fine reading material.  In this case the material was a bit disturbing, but that's okay!  It was quite good. 

As I have mentioned before, I don't know much about graphic novels and comics, but I know what I like and I really liked this.  Maybe that says a lot for a comic as it is, that a particular comic can become a favorite of someone who isn't all that into comics.  It must be a great comic, right? 

This one must be an especially good comic because it's a Batman one and Batman has this whole big history going on and legions of fans and backstory and frontstory and futurestory.  And I think I've seen maybe one movie, I think and I really know hardly anything about Batman but the tv theme song, but yet, I really loved this comic! 

One word though, it is for sure not for little ones!