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Matt Hawes
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John Byrne wrote:
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I agree, but when a similar situation happened with "Wolverine" in an issue where a slur word was used instead of another word, the reprinted issue was treated as the first printing by price guides and dealers, etc.
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Simon Bowland
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"Hiatus"? Issue #1 was September 2005, issue #10 was September 2008. Cynical people would suggest it's been on hiatus already...
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Michael Andrew Gonoude
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Thanks, Glenn; so this hateful bastard has DC by the balls...wonderful.
And, yes, Ted, I agree, hand this book to JB (in a biohazard container, with rubber gloves and tongs); he'd have to use his entire bag of tricks, but, by dog, he could fix it - it's certainly broken!
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Craig Bogart
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I'm sure I read somewhere, a while back, that Miller and Lee were planning to go into the 20's on the book, in terms of issue numbers.
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And at the rate they're going, my kids will be old enough to read the run when it's complete!
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John Byrne
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…when a similar situation happened with "Wolverine" in an issue where a
slur word was used instead of another word, the reprinted issue was treated
as the first printing by price guides and dealers, etc.
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Proving once again that P.T. Barnum was right.*
*Actually, David Hannum, but who remembers him?
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Anthony Frail
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Remember when Jack Kirby was drawing half the Marvel line, so some of
them had to go on indefinite hiatus?
You DON'T?
Apparently the entire point of AS Batman is that it's a Frank Miller/Jim Lee
Batman book; so that makes sense.
Of course, we get into the singer/song issue...
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James Revilla
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Long time since I read it, but I don't recall any cussing in DKR
You're right, but I was thinking more if Dark Knight was made today, it would have cussing..
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Jani Evinen
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Big fan DKR and Year One. My favorite Batman books well...ever. Did not really care for DK2 and thought it wasn't needed. All-Star Batman have been quite insane, and the ridiculous delays have been truly amateurish, From what they speak at that moebiusgraphics messageboard, Miller wanted the curse words to be lettered in and then blocked out. Anyway, a book that is this delayed...doesn't surprise me that it has mistakes like this in it.
http://www.moebiusgraphics.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2& t=1675&sid=3dec0b851aba43a00d1551b21c84196c
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Tim O Neill
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Los Angeles Times article about notifying Frank Miller of the hubbub:
Los Angeles Times' Geoff Boucher LINK
It also clears up the number of issues chambered for the series and the
reason for printing the words on the page in the first place. Link and learn!
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Dan Burke
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Miller has achieved the status that many artist envy.
When his work is good, he gets deserved accolades.
When his work is sub-par, fans say it must have been intentional! It must have been satire or parody.
He can do no wrong!
(although it is worth pointing out that satire or parody (or even humor) doesn't imply writing that is of a llower quality... why do some fans think it does?)
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Brian Talley
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Thanks for the link, Tim.
I can see Miller grinning like a cheshire cat when giving his answers.
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Mike Murray
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"That's right," Miller said, "it's not aimed at kids, but this is a
confusing time right now and nuances are missed. The rules are changing
all the time, especially in comics and people are trying to sort it
out. But this was absolutely not intentional."
Why does it have to be confusing? Put an "Adults Only" warning on the cover (if they must insist on the insane practice of putting out a Batman comic book that's "not aimed at kids").
There's nothing to distinguish this book from Detective Comics, in terms of content, on the cover - and in fact, the title and the cover artwork (for this issue at least) make ASBAR look like it's more kid-friendly than the average DC book.
I totally agreed with Miller's rant against advisory labels in the past - when I thought he was talking about his SIN CITY book! But this is Batman, the beloved children's character who has a new cartoon out this fall - that's a whole other ballgame.
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