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Dreamwatch magazine: "..it's wonderful to see it hasn't dated a jot."; The List 3-17 March 2005:" ...a re issue that definitely benefits from a second look."; silverbulletcomicbooks.com February 23 2005, review by Craig Johnson: " It's worth every penny of the asking price, if you don't own this book go and order it now..."; www sportsladsmag.com 21 Feb. 2005: " ...the story's still powerfully fresh and the images timeless." Lincolnshire Echo, June 21 2005: "Mckean's fractured yet detailed artwork, painted in colour, gives live to Morrison's tale of pain..."
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40 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Batman: Arkham Asylum Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
I feel there's a need to respond to the review that calls Arkham Asylum "UTTER RUBBISH". Frankly, that statement is ridiculous. Books like Arkham need to be taken in context. They exist to show something different. For the publishers to show off a little, to display a bit of extravagance. To showcase talent they may have in the stables and give a character the treatment they deserve. Personally I think the script for Arkham gives it a greater dignity than many of the so called "landmark" titles achieve (Digital Justice anyone?).
I first bought Arkham on its release when I was an impressionable teenager but have returned to it on numerous occasions as an adult and even bought it again when my original copy went awol. Whilst I would concede that it might not be the strongest plotline in a Batman story, in my opinion that's just missing the point. Arkham is a prime example of the type of literary indulgence that has been used to flesh out the world of Batman or explore a different vein on numerous occasions. That is, there's no new characters, no major turn of events that will register on the Batman richter-scale (eg Death in the Family, Killing Joke) but it does go someway into presenting aspects of the character that help some readers see him in a different light. In Arkham's case that is to really emphasise the dark, psychological element of Batman and the space he occupies. The fact that, like his nemesis, he exists in a form of complete psychosis so utterly defined by the death of his parents, the resulting feelings of solitude and his almost scizophrenic dual identity ("Mommy's Dead. Daddy's Dead. Brucie's Dead"). Though all of this may have been explored in other stories, Morrison and McKean have, like several others before them, been given the oppurtunity to attempt to do something different. The artwork plays a key role in this. The whole book is a thing of real beauty. Alex Ross may rule for out and out brilliance of illustration but in my experience, only Bill Sienkiewicz in Elektra:Assasin has done anything so astounding as Dave McKean's work here using varying media. Yes, some frames may not drive the story forward much but hell, just take them in and enjoy them. Those drops of blood in the glass shard scene are just exquisite. The character profiles at the end of the book that serve no real purpose but as an excercise in superb graphic design. Arkham Asylum should be in anyone's collection whether a Batman fan or not.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Story gets 3*, i give the book 4,
This review is from: Batman: Arkham Asylum Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
I first read the story when i was 19 and i liked it, but i really wanted to love it.I have 2 main gripes with the novel. The first being that the synopsis leads you to beleive that batman "faces" a number of his enemies, it would be fairer to say he "encounters" them. Clayface, zeus and the Scarecrow are mereley glanced over. Secondly, the artwork. It suceeds in creating tension, fear and it leaves an inmpression like no other I have seen, but in partd it makes it difficult to tell what the hell is going on. The story itself is split into two. The storyline involviing Batman confronting the inmates has some really clever ideas, the rehabillitation of Dent and the perceived actions of the Joker in the first few pages for example are brilliant. The problem is that the story seems to be rushed, you dont get the felling batman is going to be pusued, nor that the inmates are really in control of the asylum, rather that they are just wondering about. in the end I wished the story had been given another 40 pages so that the story could have been given more depth. The second plotline gives an insight into the founder of the asylum, and this is superb. The artwork comes into its own here and you are given a dark, disturbing and brilliant insight into an area of the Batman story that has never been told before. What I like about the Anniversary Edition is the origional script from the author. This fills a lot of the gaps that the artwork creates. You can read what the author wanted to acheive, such as a macabre image of the Scarecrow that Batman hides from, the encounter with the mad hatter and Batmans liberation of the Asylum. This adds a lot of value in my opinion. This is a unique novel that is highly enjoyable. Over a bit quickly for my liking, but is in my view Grant Morrisons finest work. Well worth the money.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A very unique Batman Book,
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This review is from: Batman: Arkham Asylum Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
As the title of my review says this is unlike any other batman book I have ever read; from the artwork to the characters this is a very memorable story.
The story involves the inmates of Arkham Asylum taking over and holding the staff as hostages, their only demand is a meeting with Batman. Batman agrees and goes into the asylum to talk with the Joker who is leading the uprising; the joker shows batman what is happening to the inmates of the asylum and then gives Batman one hour to escape the building before the inmates are allowed to chase him. As he runs through Arkham Batman comes across some familiar enemies and some lesser known ones which This book shows the characters in ways that have never been done before; Two face for example has had his coin taken away and replaced with a six-sided dice and later a deck of tarot cards. The Characters in the book look incredibly different to what I think of when I hear their name and that's thanks to the artist Dave McKean; his art is unlike anything I have ever seen in a DC comic book. I will always think of the way The Joker looks and talks and remember this book as being one of the only comics to ever scare me. The Lettering is something I tend not to bring up in my reviews but in Arkham Asylum it really stands out, each character has their own font, Batman's will be clear while Maxie Zeus will be blue with sharp edges to it. The anniversary Edition of Arkham Asylum comes with the full script of the book with side notes by writer Grant Morrison I would easily recommend this to any fan of comics books as something unique for them to experience but I don't think that I would be able to recommend this to someone who is new to comics; the way the pages are laid out and the overall form of the book maybe to confusing or intimidating for people who are new to reading comic books but I would not stop someone who is curios about it from buying it.
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