I'm a big comic book fan - have been for many years, with Batman being my favourite character. I first picked up Batman when I was very young in India, no less. My gran had a stack of old books and magazines from when people who had visited from abroad had left behind, and one of them was a Batman graphic novel. I read the book from cover to cover and was hooked. I'm watching Batman: Gotham Knight in HD as we speak.
The point behind the above: Grant Morrison is currently penning a Batman story in the funnies called Batman RIP. It's supposed to turn the Batman mythology on it's head, something that's so shocking it reaches to the core of the Batman over the past 70 years - since Bob Kane wrote the origin story where Bruce Wayne's parents were killed in front of him.
Grant Morrison has done a fantastic job in reinventing and adding new life to comic book franchises, especially with the X-Men and Superman, so I have full faith that what'll happen in Batman will be interesting. However, I don't think what'll happen will be good for the Batman franchise and will result in another reboot 5 years from now.
So, the basic plot behind Batman RIP is that there is a new big bad in town who is tormenting Batman at both an emotional and physical level - very similar to Bane when he broke Batman's back about 15 years ago. Very similar executions to break the Bat, but different motivations. It's unclear who the Black Glove is, but I think that the big revelation will be that Thomas Wayne was shot but never killed - for some reason. This will cause major repercussions for the extended Bat family, with Nightwing becoming Batman, Jason Todd becoming Red Robin, and the DC universe heading one step closer to the future that was penned in Kingdom Come - especially with Magog coming back in the latest JSA funny book and Final Crisis stating that evil has won, creating a bleak DCU.
We have a couple months to go before we get the final outcome, but I think when the big reveal is shown then it'll make the news. And I wonder how this will affect the Batman movie and TV franchise - it probably won't, but we'll be stuck with 2 different versions to the origin of the Bat, something that'll probably confuse any nippers I will have, as they'll be baby comic book geeks.
The point behind the above: Grant Morrison is currently penning a Batman story in the funnies called Batman RIP. It's supposed to turn the Batman mythology on it's head, something that's so shocking it reaches to the core of the Batman over the past 70 years - since Bob Kane wrote the origin story where Bruce Wayne's parents were killed in front of him.
Grant Morrison has done a fantastic job in reinventing and adding new life to comic book franchises, especially with the X-Men and Superman, so I have full faith that what'll happen in Batman will be interesting. However, I don't think what'll happen will be good for the Batman franchise and will result in another reboot 5 years from now.
So, the basic plot behind Batman RIP is that there is a new big bad in town who is tormenting Batman at both an emotional and physical level - very similar to Bane when he broke Batman's back about 15 years ago. Very similar executions to break the Bat, but different motivations. It's unclear who the Black Glove is, but I think that the big revelation will be that Thomas Wayne was shot but never killed - for some reason. This will cause major repercussions for the extended Bat family, with Nightwing becoming Batman, Jason Todd becoming Red Robin, and the DC universe heading one step closer to the future that was penned in Kingdom Come - especially with Magog coming back in the latest JSA funny book and Final Crisis stating that evil has won, creating a bleak DCU.
We have a couple months to go before we get the final outcome, but I think when the big reveal is shown then it'll make the news. And I wonder how this will affect the Batman movie and TV franchise - it probably won't, but we'll be stuck with 2 different versions to the origin of the Bat, something that'll probably confuse any nippers I will have, as they'll be baby comic book geeks.
