I don't really get this, I mean Frank Miller was 29 when TDKR came out, so this wasn't exactly wishful thinking by an old white dude when it was written. Moreover, this strip has pretty much nothing to do with the actual context of the scene in the story. The Sons of Batman, were 1) actually operating in Batman's name, following what they thought were his wishes, and 2) not exactly a marginalized populist uprising, they were a bunch of murderous teenagers with a warped sense of justice trying to take advantage of a city wide crisis. 3) Batman actually does ask nicely, he doesn't start throwing punches until they listen. When he came in and actually took charge and started leading them he did so by making a speech, not crushing skulls. I mean, there are a lot of things that could be said about TDKR, but I think that the way in which they're being said here isn't very good. The art's pretty spot on as a more cartoon-y Miller though, so points for that at least.
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Moreover, this strip has pretty much nothing to do with the actual context of the scene in the story. The Sons of Batman, were 1) actually operating in Batman's name, following what they thought were his wishes, and 2) not exactly a marginalized populist uprising, they were a bunch of murderous teenagers with a warped sense of justice trying to take advantage of a city wide crisis. 3) Batman actually does ask nicely, he doesn't start throwing punches until they listen. When he came in and actually took charge and started leading them he did so by making a speech, not crushing skulls.
I mean, there are a lot of things that could be said about TDKR, but I think that the way in which they're being said here isn't very good.
The art's pretty spot on as a more cartoon-y Miller though, so points for that at least.