Widening Gyre #5 Before cracking this issue open I said to myself, “Remember, this isn’t your typical Batman story. Keep an open mind.” And you know what, I kinda liked it. Kinda. I’m still not totally comfortable with the universe Kevin Smith... (Continue reading)
I’ve been Kevin Smith’s biggest Batman supporter as of late, see my review of #3, but after reading Batman: Widening Gyre #4 I feel like he’s left me wondering, “What the hell is going on?” Smith and Flanagan are creating a... (Continue reading)
In Batman: Widening Gyre #3 Kevin Smith seems to steer the tone in a complete opposite direction. For a title that has been building a short but thick reputation for horror, gore, and dark is now…not. If not for the... (Continue reading)
Special Note: My apologies for the lack of Batman reviewing of late; sometimes real life gets in the way. If Batman: The Widening Gyre #2 and #1 were released with the writer and artist’s name blanked out I wonder if everyone... (Continue reading)
Thanks to DC’s own blog The Source we get a Batman: The Widening Gyre #3 Preview. Despite some of the flake they get Walter Flanagan has actually been impressing me and Kevin Smith is writing and interesting story. I’m looking... (Continue reading)
Kevin Smith hasn’t been getting a lot of love from the Batman community as of late but I kinda liked #1 of this series and given the preview for Batman: Widening Gyre #2 I think it’s still too early to... (Continue reading)
I think we’ve reached the point now with Kevin Smith and Batman that it’s a “don’t like, don’t buy” mentality. After reading Batman: Widening Gyre #1 however, I gotta admit…I might be buying (again). I think it’s first worth noting that... (Continue reading)
Kevin Smith’s second shot at Batman with Batman: The Widening Gyre comes out August 26th and although I wasn’t a fan of his three issue Cacophony story (and this run seems to be a little overpriced at $3.99) the previews... (Continue reading)