Batman Confidential #21 and fanart inspired by my favourite troll

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

Here are a few scans from Batman Confidential #21. Now, this is a comic that I would not have bought had it not been for someone posting scans from the previous issue in scans_daily. A number of the covers from this story-arc featured Catwoman and Batgirl with tattered and torn costumes. Usually when that happens with female characters, especially on books I'm not familiar with, and even if they are characters I like and am interested in reading, my knee-jerk response is to tune them out almost completely.

But having seen that the story was actually pretty entertaining, and not as pointlessly fanservice-y as the covers seemed to imply, I bought the next issue. AND IT WAS AWESOME.

Basically, the Riddler has taken control of Arkham's security, and has a gauntlet for Batgirl to run. She breaks in, has to fight off a bunch of B-list villains (including Catman and Blockbuster), has run-ins with Two-Face and Scarecrow, whom she both defeats, outsmarts the Joker, and cracks the security code by remembering and deciphering a variety of cryptic hints from the Riddler. At last, she's finally got to him, but suddenly he's silent. "What's the matter--"



I love the touch of Selina having taken the time to put on Riddler's hat. Mwahahaha.









I love, love, love that last page. Her expression is just like "YEEHAW, I'm awesome!" (Okay, maybe not "yeehaw"...I don't know why that came to mind.) I'd love it even more if her costume weren't in shreds, but I takes what I can gets.


Okay, now I want you to think back...I think it may have been last summer, but I'm not sure. There was a poster who was either a troll, or just someone who was very inept at spelling, grammar, netiquette and S_D's posting rules. He kept demanding someone post scans of the Spectre and Batman, where the Spectre was big enough to pick up Batman. If I recall, we all had a lot of fun at his expense, but a number of people were able to produce relevant scans.

Actually, one can still find his post to his own journal here. It amuses me to no end.

At any rate, someone in the comments mentioned misreading something he wrote as saying "Batman and Spectre in-cuddle" or something like that. And that inspired this little drawing of mine, of which I'm rather proud...





And with that went any last claim I ever had to sanity. XD

Comments

[darklorelei.insanejournal.com]

One punch!

[dustbunny105.insanejournal.com]

Aw, man, I was just about to make that comment!

AUGH THE HAT

[arrlaari.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

She stole his hat she is a thief that is his hat and not hers but she is wearing it anyway because she stole it!

Re: AUGH THE HAT

[kijikun.insanejournal.com]

Poor Eddie. XD Being friends with Catwoman doesn't always help him does it?

Re: AUGH THE HAT

[geek-historian.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

If I was the Riddler I wouldn't care if I was unconsence, I would get up and get my hat back. I'm like that when it comes to hats.

Re: AUGH THE HAT

[ashtoreth.insanejournal.com]

Omg i just realized..Riddler is *also* a hat buddy!

Re: AUGH THE HAT

[scottyquick.insanejournal.com]

Well, he stole her clothes too.

[zegim.insanejournal.com]

Oh yes, the Spectre never looked cuddlier.

[oldmanrain.insanejournal.com]

Oh yeah...I do remember that troll, lot's of capital letters, crazy wording as I recall. Good scans though :)

[sd_mouser.insanejournal.com]

MUCH better legs then Robin!

Too bad she doesn't get to keep using them.

[Worse that they may be bringing them back.]

[ashtoreth.insanejournal.com]

Eh. She's far more likable in the costume.

[ashtoreth.insanejournal.com]

That picture is a masterpiece of fuckedupcutenessthatwantstopunishevildoers.

Just like care bears.

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

Heh on the Care Bears.

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

oh that spectre when he grow giant and batman! he could crush batman!

Are you reading the current Confidential arc? I really like it.

I love your art!

He *could* crush Batman just like Superman, and yet they seem to have fallen in love just like Superman. Or at least have succumbed to an impromptu cuddle party. (http://cuddleparty.com/)

[tsuki_the_geek.insanejournal.com]

Er... I agree with Catwoman that Robin has better legs. And not just because his are usable now. *dodges barrage of knives, blunt objects, etc*

And that's terrible
But that picture? OMG DA BEARS! Very cute

[octopussoir.insanejournal.com]

I love the Bat/Cat banter.

Babs is adorable, something I remember about Barbara's character is that the chair confines her in more ways than one. During Terry Moore's run on BoP he really touched on that, showing Babs to be much more carefree and mischievous when unbound by the chair. Tl;dr the chair made her grow up. It really aged her character.
Sorry, ranting over.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh god... the chins! Babs should not be a competitor in "the biggest chins in comics" contest!

[scottyquick.insanejournal.com]

Woah, did you see those expressions? Those are like, the best expressions ever. Look! Look at the pretty pictures!

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

I know, I love Kevin Maguire's work here. He's not all hung up on making everyone look pretty 100% of the time. The way he does everyone's facial expressions, he's able to convey so much about the characters and what they're thinking and feeling.

Sure, some of it's a little goofy, but sheesh, these are superheroes we're talking about. A little goofiness is kind of honest, when you think about it.

[scottyquick.insanejournal.com]

SRSLY! This is great! Do you know if there's a trade out or solicited? I've been looking online and can't find it, so I'm guessing not.

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

So far the only trades are:

- Rules of Engagement (#1-6)
- Lovers & Madmen (#7-12)

There was an arc with a young (disco suit-wearin') Nightwing, before the Bat & Cat arc, though. I really hope they get on it and put them out soon.

But what's stupid (IMO), is that they don't call it "Batman Confidential: Rules of Engagement", it's just "Batman: Rules of Engagement". So they kinda get lost in all the other books that start with "Batman:".

[scottyquick.insanejournal.com]

Oh, crud. Thanks, though!

That is silly. It's not like it's a ridiculously long title, just a mouthful =].

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

Oh, and they're also going for the hardcover, then softcover releases...

[(Anonymous)]

im the one who wrote about giant spectre

i liked when batman & superman was at his mercy they were standing on his mighty hands

doctor fate tried to stop him but spectre turned them into stone