scans_daily: DADA

arbre_rieur (

arbre_rieur) wrote in

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@ 2011-08-11 01:31 pm UTC

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char: batman/dick grayson, char: robin/damian wayne, creator: david hine, title: batman and robin

DADA

There's been a breakout at the Black Garden, the Arkham Asylum of Paris...

An individual calling himself the Son of Man has freed the patients of the Black Garden's disturbed wing, and they've taken over the Louvre.

Batman, Robin, and Nightrunner confront the Son of Man.

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	no subject icon_uk 2011-08-11 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	And interesting issue, though I feel it might actually have benefited from being two issues instead of one. (Reply to this)

	required Futurama reference glprime 2011-08-11 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	"I get it! [...] Oh! NOW I get it." Also, yikes. (Although that insane bastard of a father deserves his "And I Must Scream") (Reply to this)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2011-08-11 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	I think I saw Hine say somewhere that this was planned to be a mini-series, then a three-part arc to fit with B&R, and then a one-shot. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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biod
2011-08-11 09:09 pm UTC (link)

From the moment it was revealed his first words were "da da" in the preview it all made sense in a twisted sort of way. I guess art history was useful for something after all.
Gotta love a villain who follows one ideal (artistic, scientific, or philosophical) to its breaking point.

If anything as grotesquely beautiful as Mr. Rotring's work was in the Tate, I'm sure I would have been more interested. Reminds me of an old Dahl short story too.

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espanolbot
2011-08-11 09:13 pm UTC (link)

Heh, nice circular reference.

The Joker being inspired by Conrad Veidt's depiction of the lead character in the novel, Gwynplaine (whose name the Joker actually uses as an alias in the Reality TV episode of Justice League), but in the DCU people would obviously think that the new guy is based on Joker instead of vice versa.

For those who are interested, this is what Conrad looked like in the movie,

The movie is actually pretty great, and it's also in the public domain, so you can probably find it on Youtube and the like.

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	Bah! misterbug 2011-08-11 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	Brain in a jar? Forced to watch the tortuous revenge of an immediate relative? BAH! Roald Dahl did it first. (Reply to this)

	no subject misterbug 2011-08-11 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	Still, nice Hirst parody. (Reply to this)

	no subject halloweenjack 2011-08-11 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	...why so serious? (Reply to this)

	Re: Bah! biod 2011-08-11 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Beat you to it! ;) Nice catch though. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject pilot_star 2011-08-11 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	Is it just me, or does the art seem to change between the first and next scans? I really love the art in the first scan... who's the penciller? This seems pretty interesting... I might pick it up, although it seems to shoehorn the artistic idealism of one movement into a general phrase it calls "art". (Reply to this)

	no subject sigmund_droid 2011-08-11 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Sweet Christmas the nightmare fuel! (Reply to this)

	no subject turtlefu 2011-08-11 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	In a way, this almost seems like it could fit perfectly with Grant's Doom Patrol adventures. The Brotherhood of Dada and all that. I loved it. (Reply to this)

	no subject cainofdreaming 2011-08-11 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	DCU Louvre must have a "XX days without a dadaist incident." plaque somewhere near the reception. Nice little story. Chilling. (Reply to this)

	no subject icon_uk 2011-08-11 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	I can believe that, we should have lost at least one of the villains, possibly two, as they were defeated too rapidly to make any sort of mark. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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crinos
2011-08-12 02:36 am UTC (link)

You know, I once read about the medieval practice of creating Denatsate (SP?) as described here; Basically a bum would get himself drunk, then have a guy cut off his nose, remove his gums, and then slice his cheeks so his smile went up to his cheeks. The principle that the resulting man would be so horrible looking people would throw money at him just to make him go away.

I even had an idea for a supervillain based on him (Initially inspired by the Gentleman called Buffy), basically an immortal French assassin named Mr. Grin who made himself a denatsate during the reign of terror, then found out afterwards he was immortal and healed from any wound (except his disfigurment, another version had his Denatsate features slowly regenerate over time, causing him to have to "touch them up" on occasion to keep up his image. Not sure which way to go, depends on how gruesome I feel.)

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	no subject arbre_rieur 2011-08-12 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, there are two pencillers on this issue. First guy's Greg Tocchini. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject pilot_star 2011-08-12 05:36 am UTC (link)
	Bookmarking his site~ Thank-you! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject dancesontrains 2011-08-12 10:19 am UTC (link)
	Oh, that's beautifully creepy. Damn. (Reply to this)

	no subject icon_uk 2011-08-12 10:55 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, though the absurdist aspect of the Brotherhood's assault seemed to be a lot more insanely dada-esque than this, which seems more... malevolent. Hmm, a post of the Brotherhood's adventures could be fun... (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject eyz 2011-08-12 11:41 am UTC (link)
	Some very interesting, if a bit too creepy, issue! Fantastic! (Reply to this)

	no subject eyz 2011-08-12 11:42 am UTC (link)
	Also, YAY! for DCU's Europe getting some spotlight for once~ (Reply to this)

	no subject benicio127 2011-08-12 01:00 pm UTC (link)
	I really loved Andrei Bresson's art in the second half of this. I wish he'd done the entirety of Batman 23-25 and this issue. (Reply to this)

	no subject cyberghostface 2011-08-13 03:29 am UTC (link)
	Reminds me of Roald Dahl's Mary and Max. (Reply to this)

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