Batman: Out of Context

(Frank Miller, Jim Lee)

February's Book of the Month: Hush

Hey Gothamites,

I just wanted to drop in and let you guys know that February's Book of the Month episode will be about Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee. Here's a description of the book, and if you don't already have a copy of the trade paperback, you can grab it by clicking the link above. It gets us a portion of the sale, and you get a great book to read for the same price as it would normally cost from Amazon, so that's the definition of a win/win.

February's episode will feature the awesome founder of Comics Period, Dominique Agri as the special guest, so I hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do!

Rumor Roundup: Batman 3 Insanity

In keeping with the trends concerning recent super hero movies, the third tale in Christopher Nolan's Batman saga is no exception. Over the past few months, rumors have been flying about who would be cast in the upcoming film. Recently, Robin Williams was rumored to have been dying to play the role of Edward Nigma a.k.a. The Riddler. I don't know about you, but to me that's a little on the ridiculous side.

But this is by no means the only crazy rumor surrounding casting of the third film, let me take you back for a moment. Remember about a year ago when the Internet went crazy over the announcement that Miley Cyrus had auditioned for Batgirl, even though Barbara Gordon was about 5 in The Dark Knight? Also, you may have missed this, but a site called The Inquisitr actually had "verified" that the following actors had signed contracts concerning these roles in Batman 3: Shia LeBouf as Robin, Rachel Weisz as Catwoman, and Eddie Murphy as The Riddler. Not to mention the crack piped induced idea that Sam Worthington would replace Christian Bale as Batman.

Some of the less insane rumors have been Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Johnny Depp, and Leonardo DiCaprio all to play Edward Nigma, and Meghan Fox (sort of ridiculous), Angelina Jolie, and Eliza Dushku slated to play Catwoman. And all of these were before the script was even finished! So imagine, if you will, what we have in store for us.

It's coming Gotham, and it's going to be a long two years.

Batman 3 Poster Found Here

Robin Has a Filthy Mouth

Dick Grayson gets frightened and frustrated and cannot hold back in this clip from the popular Cartoon parody series Not For Air.

From The Soundtracks: "Foolish Games"-Jewel

Batman movies have had an interesting relationship with popular music of the years. Before Chris Nolan's entrance into Gotham City, Batman soundtracks have had some of the most bizarre musical selections for any films, let alone Batman films. Considering what we know about The Caped Crusader, most of the musical selections just seem completely out of place.

Well, I'd like to take this moment to shed some light on some of the more random occurrences in the musical department in a segment I like to call "From The Soundtracks". This week's entrance comes from Alaskan pop/country/folk singer Jewel with her less relevant "Foolish Games" from the Batman & Robin soundtrack.



Batman & Robin: Music From And Inspired By The 'Batman & Robin' Motion Picture- go there if you don't believe that it's on there.

DARK KNIGHT: BOY WONDER Wait, what?

News from Wondercon!

You may have already heard about this, I'm sure you did, but we tell you anyway, All Star Batman & Robin is DEAD! I know that might please and/or distress some of you out there, but wait! There's more! The creative team from All Star Batman and Robin (Frank Miller, Jim Lee) recently announced that they will be working on another project entitled Dark Knight: Boy Wonder.

This story is set to take place in the same universe as many of the other Miller Bat-Books such as Year One, Dark Knight Returns, and The Dark Knight Strikes Again (DKR2). This universe is both loved and hated equally, and All Star Batman & Robin is heavily criticized as an atrocity to the Gotham universe, but personally, as a fan of the Year One/DKR Universe, I am hopeful, if not optimistic about this comic.

Overall, Frank Miller hasn't been able to write to the same caliber recently as he has in his past days, and with projects such as The Spirit motion picture, I think it would be best to go in to this comic skeptical, but on the other hand, THE JIM LEE ART IS FANTASTIC!

Be on the look out for this book to appear in February in 2011, or don't. We won't be mad, we'll still cover it!

Source: DC's The Source