I didn't have any problems with his Batman at all but that's probably my prerogative. The writing is entertaining at best, filled with sparkling dialogue and witty humor, most especially with the way he interpreted and conveyed the Joker's character. I should begin to put things in better perspective for Kevin Smith's script for Cacophony first which wasn't entirely as mediocre as most reviews I've read online make it to be.

I acknowledge that he has a potential to become a full-pledged professional artist and Cacophony has showcased that, though I think he definitely needs a more focused work regimen if he ever hopes to break the mold of his initial attempts, and come up with a more nuanced and remarkable result, artistically speaking.īut I digress because I am getting way ahead of myself.

Nevertheless, I'm still able to view most of his illustrations for this comic book critically. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Full disclosure and a much needed disclaimer: I've been a fan of Walt Flanagan ever since his podcast Tell 'Em Steve Dave and AMC show Comic Book Men, and finding out that he was the artist for Kevin Smith's series of Batman stories was a highly pleasurable discovery, so in reading Cacophony, I retained that bias. As nifty a package as mainstream superhero comics has to offer. Not to be outdone, Flanagan swims upstream in a genre filled with one indistinguishably sleek, streamlined figure after another to provide rough-hewn images and classical figure work that are a throwback to the days of highly distinctive visual styles. Hollywood writer-director and comics scribe Smith, who has an impressive knowledge of Batman mythology, delivers not only crisp, sharp dialogue but also strong action, three-dimensional characters, and a distinctly R-rated dose of gore and sexuality in a deceptively lighthearted adventure that opens things up for the next installment. Wayne takes up with the vivacious, intelligent Silver St.

So when he is not busy breaking in a mysterious new crime fightera laid-back fellow with a rather eerie goatlike appearance named BaphometMr. After training three sidekicks and putting countless criminals in jail (well, putting the same 10 criminals into jail countless times, anyway), it only stands to reason that old Bruce Wayne was due for a midlife crisis.

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