I hope this turns out well, I'm not a big DC fan but I've always liked Batman.

It looks cool... 'til it comes out. Then, we'll see...

Joker looks like a tranny...

a batmanless preview? lame

Joker looks terrible..

Not quite sure how well Kevin Smith's humor is going to do with Batman. Green Arrow is one thing, Onomatopeia fits well with the tongue in cheek humor with the Green Arrow, I wouldn't think it would do so well with the dark serious tone of Batman.

Hopefully this run goes on for more then 2 issues...

I don't mind Smith's humor. Batman stories can be humorous if the tone's right, and i'm not against it, per say, esp if its a stand-alone story.

But the art screams late 90s/early 2000 generic work.

@ Delta
It's a three issue mini so yes it will but just barely.

damn that art sucks. I think I'd have too hard of a time reading it because the bad drawings would just distract me and turn me off from it.

Thats a shame.

Sweet cover. How come they haven't been able to make Batman look this cool in the movies yet?

"Heavens to murgatroyd"?

No thanks.

I've had this whole series pre-order for a couple months, can't wait

is smith's joker inspired by ledger?

I LIKE THE IDEA, BUT THE TERM CACAPHONY IS SOMETYHING OUT OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. SMITH'S CAREER IS BECOMING CACAPHONY. INSTEAD OF EVOLVING, HE IS GOING BACKWARDS, THE PORNO THING IS 9TH GRADE. HOLLYWOOD FILMS ARE REALLY BAD, IT SEEMS, POOR CREATIONS, ASIDE FROM A FEW SEQUELS. STANLEY KUBRICK ON CE SAID " IT IS DIFFICULT TO GAUGE WHAT AUDIENCES WANT. ASIDE FROM SEQUELS TO TO SUCCESSFUL FILMS IT IS A CHALLENGE. AUDIENCES DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY WANT, UNTIL THEY SEE IT."

UNFORTUNATELY, AUDIENCES ARE BEING FORCED TO EAT ALOT OF GARBAGE, AND THATS FROM THE GAJONKA, BABE.

TRYING TO BE MORE POSITIVE HUNTER AND PETER, IT WILL COME ( SEE EXAMPLES FROM HE-MAN AND GI JOE POSTS) IT WILL COME, BUT IT CANNOT BE FORCED, WE CANNOT IGNORE SUB-PAR FILM. MONEY SPENT ON BAD TALENT AND IDEAS.

GRAN TORIONO LOOKS GOOD, EASTWOOD IS SMART AS AN ACTOR AND DIRECTOR. IN STAGE 3 CLINT, JUST BEFORE MYSTIC RIVER, JACKED HIM OIN HIS AWARD WINNING RUN, HE DIRECTED AND STARRED IN BLOOD WORK. THERE ARE SMART ELEMENTS IN THAT FILM. SEE THE SCEN WHERE HE SPEAKS WITH THE BLACK WOMAN, OLD FRIEND FROM THE FBI. IT IS SMART AND IT IS REALISTIC AND IT IF ( FINALLY) WORTH OUR TIME.

NOW, A NEW HALLOWEEN IS COMING, KEEPING tAYLOR MANE ( WHICH IS GOOD, HE IS HUGE, AS MYERS IS BOTH PHYSICALLY AND LEGENDARY, BUT WE NEEDA GOOD IDEA, A GOOD STORY. I NEED AKKADS ADDRESS TO GET HIM SOME IDEEAS THAT WILL WORK.

REMEMBER, MOUSTAPHA ( HIS FATHER AND CREATOR) WAS KILLED IN A HOTEL BOMBING IN LEBANON. IT WAS AL QUEADA THAT TARGETED HIM FOR HIS COMMENTS AGAINST THEIR PRACTICES. HE WAS MURDERED. THERES IS MORE TO THE STORYM, BUT I NEED TO GRAB A SMOKE, THANKS GUYS. KEEP UPO THE GREAT WORK, YOU AREW THE BEST. I WISH I COULD BE IN YOUR SHOES, TO WAKE UP AND BE HAPPY EVERYDAY, LIKE WALKEN SAYS , I PUT MY PANTS ON ONE LEG AT A TIME, JUST LIKE YOU, EXCEPT WHEN I GET MY PANTS ONM I MAKE GOLD RECORDS.

~g

NOT FEELING IT. I hate the illustration. I'll stick to the Killing Joke.

Just gotta say that Peter's persistent typos totally ruined the piece for me... Cacophoney != Cacophony, and when the quotes you're using and the screenshots you're including contain the correct spelling, and when (presumably) you have a spellcheck on your computer, how do you manage to screw up so consistently?

alls i can say is Cacophooey! i'm excited for gaiman's batman. and morrison's is probably the best anywho.