Batman: Child of Dreams 
asked by officefan on November 22, 2006 10:34 PM
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While I don't think this is the best Batman storyline out there, let me explain the five rating. I like manga. The art is so fantastic, the characters so detailed. Asamiya is a fantastic artist. He draws the Joker so well. By giving the Joker a wild smile, yet with grimacing eyebrows, Asamiya portrays the character as a homocidal lunatic masquerading as some harmless clown. That is exactly what the Joker is. When Manga doesn't always connect with dialogue, the amazing thing is that the art itself is a form of characterization.
The eyes, the lines, the perspective, are all elements of drawing that can add an effective element to creating a character. In a comic book, you have visual aids to help you picture the character. In America, I think the dialogue and writing are superior; however in Japan there is little question that the art is superior. The characters, by their mere appearance on the page, lend some insight into what lies beneath the character in a metaphysical sense. That is how good the best manga art is.
However, the story itself is a very interesting, and creative one. Someone has the ability to recreate Batman villains at the genetic level. Due to the havoc it wreaks on the body, however, the "villain" mummifies within two or three days. Who is behind this strange development?
Someone who is utterly obsessed with Batman! Someone who takes the saying "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" to the next level: He wants to become Batman!
The art is just so well done, and the story is pretty darn good, too. If you want to experience Batman in a new, and interesting way, and you are a manga fan, I recommend this book.
The eyes, the lines, the perspective, are all elements of drawing that can add an effective element to creating a character. In a comic book, you have visual aids to help you picture the character. In America, I think the dialogue and writing are superior; however in Japan there is little question that the art is superior. The characters, by their mere appearance on the page, lend some insight into what lies beneath the character in a metaphysical sense. That is how good the best manga art is.
However, the story itself is a very interesting, and creative one. Someone has the ability to recreate Batman villains at the genetic level. Due to the havoc it wreaks on the body, however, the "villain" mummifies within two or three days. Who is behind this strange development?
Someone who is utterly obsessed with Batman! Someone who takes the saying "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" to the next level: He wants to become Batman!
The art is just so well done, and the story is pretty darn good, too. If you want to experience Batman in a new, and interesting way, and you are a manga fan, I recommend this book.
reviewed by wellness on November 23, 2006 9:02 PM
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I'm reading a lot of these reviews here, and quite frankly, I don't get it. Do these people actually read the book, or just see the author's name?
Most manga is ridiculous, let's be honest, it's either for little kids, or a cartoon form of pornography, which, hey, is fine and all, but then comes a comic book like this. It isn't playful, and I don't remember any nudity. It looks, surprisingly, like a comic! A good one too, not a half-a$$ed comics that DC keeps putting out to make money. You can tell someone put time into this one, and it looks great. The only thing "manga" about it is the attention to detail.
Now other reviews complain about the plot line being outlandish. The joker, gator, penguin... face it Batman IS outlandish, get over it, if you want something more realistic read the news.
Plotline, a new drug trying to come into Gotham from Japan, the distributers of the drug have a more extreme version that transforms them into their dream (like batman's villians, and batman himself). These are NOT the actually villians. People who have claimed that Two-face has a different personality than previously... well yeah because it's not supposed to be the real thing.
Now I'm not an avid reader, I watched the cartoon when I was little, and I loved it (not the version that was done by the superman people), so if you want to call me an amateur in comics, go ahead (you freakin' nerd) but I know enough about the story to know that this works.
For further examples of GOOD batman comics, check out Frank Miller, and the collection Batman:Black and White.
Most manga is ridiculous, let's be honest, it's either for little kids, or a cartoon form of pornography, which, hey, is fine and all, but then comes a comic book like this. It isn't playful, and I don't remember any nudity. It looks, surprisingly, like a comic! A good one too, not a half-a$$ed comics that DC keeps putting out to make money. You can tell someone put time into this one, and it looks great. The only thing "manga" about it is the attention to detail.
Now other reviews complain about the plot line being outlandish. The joker, gator, penguin... face it Batman IS outlandish, get over it, if you want something more realistic read the news.
Plotline, a new drug trying to come into Gotham from Japan, the distributers of the drug have a more extreme version that transforms them into their dream (like batman's villians, and batman himself). These are NOT the actually villians. People who have claimed that Two-face has a different personality than previously... well yeah because it's not supposed to be the real thing.
Now I'm not an avid reader, I watched the cartoon when I was little, and I loved it (not the version that was done by the superman people), so if you want to call me an amateur in comics, go ahead (you freakin' nerd) but I know enough about the story to know that this works.
For further examples of GOOD batman comics, check out Frank Miller, and the collection Batman:Black and White.
reviewed by rob33 on November 24, 2006 2:14 AM