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Batman: Arkham Asylum (graphic novel)
A dark and disturbing Batman graphic novel written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dave McKean.
In this groundbreaking painted graphic novel, the inmates of Arkham Asylum have taken over Gotham's detention center for the criminally insane on April Fool's Day and demand Batman in exchange for their prisoners. Accepting their demented challenge, … see full wiki
Author:
Grant Morrison,
Dave McKean
Genre:
Superheroes,
Dark Fantasy,
Comics & Graphic Novels
Publisher:
DC Comics
Date Published:
October 1989
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... ... ... Well, crap. I don't even know where to begin. This book makes me feel intellectually inferior as a reader. Poetic from start to finish, the metaphor, symbolism and allusion are deeper than I even have the brain capacity to comprehend without being reduced to a gibbering servile state in the wake of its dazzling splendiferous Awesome. … more
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First, there are two things anyone interested in purchasing or reading this title should know about it beforehand. One, that it is probably not for everyone's taste as it isn't your traditional Batman vs. the villain-of-the-week sort of story, but rather a darker, more disturbing kind of tale that focuses on a deep, complex exploration of madness, told alternately from three different points of view: that of Amadeus Arkham, founder of the asylum, that of Batman and his other persona, Bruce Wayne, … more
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First, there are two things anyone interested in purchasing or reading this title should know about it beforehand. One, that it is probably not for everyone's taste as it isn't your traditional Batman vs. the villain-of-the-week sort of story, but rather a darker, more disturbing kind of tale that focuses on a deep, complex exploration of madness, told alternately from three different points of view: that of Amadeus Arkham, founder of the asylum, that of Batman and his other persona, Bruce Wayne, … more
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For any beginning comic reader, and even more so for anyone else, "Arkham Asylum" is essential. Claimed by DC to be the best-selling graphic novel of all time, "Arkham Asylum" is deep, psychological, terrifying, and as dark as any comic I've ever read. Grant Morrison writes with an explorative and bleak psychology reminescent of Alan Moore -- but Moore's own darkly contemplative and psychological Batman work, 1988's "Batman: The Killing Joke," was never this ghastly. Thanks to Dave McKean's beautiful … more
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