>haha what if batman turned into a baby and joker became his dad
This is the stupidest fricking thing I've ever seen. Why is DC wasting time and money on this shit? Worst of all why are they even bothering translating it? Nobody wants this.
>haha what if batman turned into a baby and joker became his dad
This is the stupidest fricking thing I've ever seen. Why is DC wasting time and money on this shit? Worst of all why are they even bothering translating it? Nobody wants this.
>This is the stupidest fricking thing I've ever seen.
Have you ever read a Marvel book?
I hate trying to read this. Not just because of the dialogue, the physical setup is making me angry and it feels designed to frick with comic readers. It’s like they wanted to monologue like in a book, but they realized midway that it’s a comic that demands visuals
Now I’m angry at the dialogue too. More “lol, how wacky” dreck.
It’s more akin to a picture book than a fricking comic where you need to read a page then Look at the picture. That’s baby shit, it’s not dynamic!
>That’s baby shit, it’s not dynamic!
That's a funny coincidence, Jen needs a literal babysitter at all times in this book.
That’s so egregious. I wouldn’t be surprised if she were a self insert that reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I can’t stress how wrong the presentation is for comics.
The book has 2 self-inserts, One of them straight-up tells her she's been working-out wrong her entire life.
This is a problem a lot of comics have. Things have happening in a short timeframe but you wouldn't know if you didn't read because it was only said instead of shown.
Like even some serious shit like a comrade of MC getting shot and killed while MC is fighting too, then he realises what has happened and gets angry but all of this happens in the same fricking panel. So you see MC fighting and maybe the friend getting shot in the background, but instead of dedicate a whole panel to every action it's all crammed into one and you have some shitty dialogue like "ARRGH take this!" "AAAH" "Oh no! They killed my friend, you will pay for this villain!" ALL in the same fricking panel.
It's not like books, it's worse than books because contain more than bareboned descriptions and they are easier on the eye too, because you don't have to switch between text mode and image mode all the time while reading. With comics like these you read a textwall, have to jump to the next bubble with the next textwall etc. until you can look at the picture again and get what's going on.
It's a chore, at least to me. I love books but I hate wordy comics that take the bad parts from books and comics and mix them together while ignoring the good parts.
Add to that that many comics just look boring as hell. When I look at
I lose all interest on an instant. Literally just a person talking and sitting. It's not even well colored or well drawn to make it good-looking at least. It just oozes boredom even before you read the monologue.
You said it, ESL.
This is just corny, and could work with a better writer. Not "stupidest of all time" tier.
I agree with OP, unless you have a better example?
Not quite the same, is it?
>This is just corny, and could work with a better writer. Not "stupidest of all time" tier.
It's really sleazy & tasteless too.
There's a whole comic where Batman thinks rock n roll is evil.
he is right
In his defense he was bad touched by a RnR guy in his teen years.
Off top of my head
>Everything related to batman having convoluted plan to stop JLA
>Batman surviving space drop in just his suit
>Batman beating the ultimate martial artist from the future with a technique that he made up and kept secret
>Batman marrying Harley and having a kid
>Everything Batman/Batigrl shipping related.
Manga Harley is the best Harley.
>give IP to Japan expecting some cool interesting story that improves what people like about the original but with a cohesive story by a single creative team with appealing writing and art found in manga
>team just makes some stupid gimmick shit like "what if Batman was baby!?" "What if Superman ate food!?" "What if Iron Man and spider-man took a vacation!?"
Every fricking time. Sad thing is it wasn't always like this, Batman Child of Dreams and the old Spider-man mangas actually did basically a story with those characters(even with liberties) and are much more memorable.
Well, there is also that Batman manga from the Ultraman guys where Joker is seemingly an ally of Batman and I think Jason is a white-haired pretty boy?
has it been translated? And by Jason, do you mean Jason Blood?
>has it been translated?
no, but dc is going to start releasing them all in english soon.
>Sad thing is it wasn't always like this, Batman Child of Dreams and the old Spider-man mangas actually did basically a story with those characters(even with liberties) and are much more memorable.
The thing is, if they played it straight it wouldn't really matter. There are like 1000 other issues that have done the same story better than nips can so I doubt they those stories are "more memorable", not saying that these are memorable either.
The 60's Batman manga was just adaptations of stories from the comics, yes Deathman is an American creation.
Generally Japanese people are only familiar with these characters from the movies which kinda handicaps their attempts at making adaptations
>Generally people are only familiar with these characters from the movies
ftfy
If you weren't alive in the 90's you have nothing to offer this board
i think its cute
This is way fricking better presentation. Note (right to left) first panel starts with joker talking and the second dialogue bubble brings your eyes over to Harley. Then in the second panel, they’re talking and the baby gets between the second and third dialogue bubble to emphasize his point about keeping her hands clean. That’s good presentation. Meanwhile:
MORE PICTURE BOOK SHIT!!! Frick you! Tiny, yet long-winded dialogue you have to read BEFORE looking at the whole thing. Frick these narcissists that think the art is gonna get in the way of their monologues
Frick my anus, not to toot my own horn, but I think MY POST has better presentation. Notice how the colon stops your eyes for a bit before getting to the second paragraph as a prelude to my b***hing? That’s at least something compared to this comic’s half-assery. Comics are meant to combine dialogue with their art, not just have worthless b***hes complain about their jobs.
a lot of comics have that problem where they just cram a ton into speech bubbles instead of trying to convey dialogue in the most concise way possible in coordination with the paneling structure.
Yeah, but even then, better comic book people had something to SAY. The She-Hulk page shit you showed me is just one point: “Look at how wacky my Job area is!” One long drawn-out direction.
The Batman baby comic, while simple, has multiple points come across in two simple panels.
>Joker’s concerned
>Harley wants to touch Babybat
>Joker notes the dangers of germs
>it would be sad if such a cute baby died
>Harley relents
See? Back and forth.
The individual cases are just tangents, they don’t count. They’re also boring as frick
>The She-Hulk page shit you showed me
Sorry for that, Cinemaphile legit thinks that's good storytelling.
This site is filled with morons, but I’m actually thankful you did. Seeing this garbage presentation made me appreciate good setups more.
The book is a goldmine of what not to do.
With manga the artist draws the speech bubble onto the page itself so they know how to make it flow. With comics, the letterer has to try and fit the words on to the panel that has already been drawn so it can look more sloppy. Still bad looking but there's a possible reason.
>Ugh my arbitrary requirements for what a comic should be aren't being met
You mean decent? Guess they don’t have to be anymore. Just put women front and center and you’re done.
Yeah, but still, American cómics used to have interesting and concise dialogue
Thanks, I’ll look at it later.
>American cómics used to have interesting and concise dialogue
eh
Well at the very least it was interesting
>Bucky speaks
>your eyes meet his panicked expression
>Captain America explains he has no choice
>your eyes finish at his determined glare and gaping mouth
This is not a real old comic. Or a real comic
Even if it’s fake, it still follows comic storytelling convention well. It’s a meme masterpiece. But I did say old American cómics had good visual storytelling. I’ll find another
harley was about to touch a baby with her cum covered hands
More like she was about to attempt milking the kid. Her shota lust knows no bounds.
>haha are u literally the joker? Wheres ur baby then?
Now they need Ryan Gosling to remake an adam sandlers movie and the population decline is over.
Thanks for the recommendation I actually enjoy it so far.
Did Operation Joker end? I've only found up to the alfred chapter.
yes. the third and final trade releases next month.
it has out of touch western execs fingerprints all over it.
>that series about the spy with a kid is popular, do that with batman
>my son loves that food anime where peoples clothes rip off, do that with superman
when you give the characters to manga artists and let them do what they want you get deadpool samurai which is just a fricking deadpool comic.
I bet his son is 40 years old, balding, and fat.
BabyBat is a better Batman comic than DC has published in decades
I disagree only because I like Wayne Family Adventures more.
>This is the stupidest fricking thing I've ever seen.
Really? Batman been around for 6 decades, and this is stupidest thing he had? get over yourself anon.
Anon......
TDK look was fine for TDK, but anyone who keeps drawing "black patterns around the eyes Joker" after it is a fricking hack.
It's a cheesey way to make him look edgier as if he was in some facepainted rock band or Juggalo group, and it actually worked for Heath in the way they did it, but it's the kind of thing that should have died with Heath.
Now a little bit of black that looks more like eyeliner or something to emphasize the eyes like TAS is fine, but huge black splotches or shapes? Nope. Same with the giant painted on smile that goes up his cheeks, it's better when it's just lipstick.
i like it cause it looks like a domino mask
If I were a gangster I’d give him a Glasgow smile because he’s so annoying.