Darknight wrote:
I need to preface this by saying that I hate Quitely's art. There is nothing dynamic about it, and everyone just looks fat and ugly.

Story wise, this was just another start up arc, not really any different structurally than Hush, part 1. We'll have to see if there is some kind of payoff, but so far there is nothing to get too excited about.

Which brings me to discuss the reviews I've read on some of the major boards. They praise this issue because it doesn't have the baggage that could have come along with Battle for the Cowl, and rave about how the action just jumps right in. So a strength in Morrison's story is that he doesn't acknowledge the mess that he left things in a few months ago? He leaves someone else to clean up the mess.

I have read Batman comics monthly almost without fail for 16 years. To me, it is not the big events or the accessible stories that draw me in. It is the monthly saga. Comics to me are pretty much my soap opera. Serialized story telling about characters that I care about brings me into the comic shop each week, not an artsy writer who tries to delude people into finding meaning in panels that is not there.

Sorry for the rant. It just bothers me when I read so many positive reviews that are the result of a creative team's presence and not the merit of the story.