Tag Archives: Alan Moore

"Two Guys in a Lunatic Asylum": The Killing Joke

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

Some people love Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s Batman: The Killing Joke. Hilary Goldstein says it’s one of Alan Moore’s best works. Some people hate it. Kurt Busiek calls it “a bad story from an excellent writer,” and Alan Moore himself … Continue reading →

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Final Crisis Revisited: Final Crisis 6 & 7

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

Rereading Final Crisis this time around has been a strange experience; I liked it so much the first two times I read it through that I had a hard time seeing much bad in it. But now, as I’m thinking … Continue reading →

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Final Crisis Revisted: Final Crisis 1

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

Final Crisis was a controversial book when it came out. It was DC’s big event that year, published to run against Marvel’s Secret Invasion. It sold worse than Secret Invasion, and it met much criticism: Morrison had lost it; no, … Continue reading →

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