Holy Joseph Goebbels Batman!

And to think, as a fan of Batman (and comics in general) I used to have a lot of respect for Frank Miller as an author. That respect got knocked down a few notches when I heard about this. Well, at least he's openly admitting it's propaganda...

Indeed. (Which rather defeats the purpose of propaganda surely!)

Personally I'd take some salivating propaganda against Mr bin Laden over the intellectual puree in the limp-wrist-liberal, gee-can't-we-all-just-get-along naive patriotism in the Spiderman 9/11 story. Takes a lot to put me in the minset of Rupublicans eager to string up liberals from the nearest cultural centre, but that did it.

Maybe comics are so good at gung-ho patriotism cos they do politics best when its painted suitably broad strokes. Alan Moore or Joe Sacco excluded.

Miller has fallen sharply in my opinion in recent years, first his 'marker pen' scrawled artwork from Dark Knight Strikes Again, then his bland rendition of Bats in All Star Batman.

That said its interesting to see the largely positive backing for this project. It contrasts sharply with another book, American Power which was solicited by Crossgen then pulled from publiation just before they financially imploded... featuring a masked hero beating up Iraqi terrorists, it caused an sizable outcry of 'tasteless exploitation' inside the industry.

Is the difference the man behind it? Has the public atmosphere changed of late?

(Edited by Wobag 19/02/2006 20:38)

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by Wobag
That said its interesting to see the largely positive backing for this project. It contrasts sharply with another book, American Power which was solicited by Crossgen then pulled from publiation just before they financially imploded... featuring a masked hero beating up Iraqi terrorists, it caused an sizable outcry of 'tasteless exploitation' inside the industry.

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Jesus H. Christ, now that's what I call tasteless!

But the question remains, how different is it? Have DC/Miller earned some 'legitimacy' miles which they can cash in?

I'd say there was a difference between kicking the crap out a self-confessed wannabe terrorist mastermind and beating up Iraqi prisoners in a style reminiscent of Abu Grahab.

Though I'd still take those Iraqi cartoons over that Spidey strip.

(Edited by Byron 23/02/2006 05:01)

To be fair i think this predated the Abu Grahab thing.

Ah, then as with Osama, tally ho chaps! and give those dastardly towelheads some true patriotic biffy!