Sunday, May 20, 2007

All Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder #5

All Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder #5
Being that this book never comes out, there's no way to do a proper review of this particular issue. However, one can see from this book's contents what Frank Miller is truly up to. This is nothing more than the self-masturbatory fan fiction of a deranged mind. There's no other way to describe the portrayals of the classic superheroes in this book, since they bear little resemblance to their mainstream DCU selves. One thing that concerns me though. Being that Miller is so blatantly misogynistic in this book, one is led to make one of three conclusions about his marriage to colorist Lynn Varley. Miller is either 1) whipped. 2) abusive. 3) a bottled up mess of anger and rage. Of course, Varley's work on DK2 shows that she may very well be on hallucinatory medications, so perhaps they enable her to live with him if on of the latter two conclusions is true. Interesting CRAP.
[Edit: According to Wikipedia, Miller and Varley divorced in 2005. That would be a clear indication that his "work" on this title expresses his true feelings for women in the wake of his divorce.]

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