What Jilli doesn't mention is that I had the WHOLE RUN with me, so she's caught up, and can now understand what the fuck I'm burbling about.
I just Babs binged. Read the 1988 retirement storyline, Killing Joke, the BoP storyline where Spellbinder is making her see herself as Batgirl, and Batgirl Year One. All within about an hour or so. (Okay, I've read Batgirl Year One enough that I can skim it with ease, but I was pretty thorough with the others, even if Killing Joke is at the same skim level as Year One by now.)
It's fascinating to read how she was written (as a main character) in the late 80s compared to how she's written now. Same with the early post-Crisis Huntress run (where her origin story was still tied into child molestation) vs. the Huntress of Cry For Blood. Now I want to find essay after essay on gender issues and comics.
I spent money on comics that I could have spent elsewhere but I was in the store and they had what I as looking for. Although I still can't figure out the shelving system.
I got: Robin Year One and Batman: A Death in the Family (I think, I looked at several and I think that's what I ended up with). Plus I grabbed 30 and 31 of Batgirl...Green Arrow is in one.
Oh, and Victor? You're a grandsire again.
Pete is also now cursing Victor and Plei, as he's halfway through that Outsiders TP. He said he had to stop at the
President Luthor
thing, and that he's sure it's part of DC canon, but he just felt he should stop there for a bit.
he's sure it's part of DC canon, but he just felt he should stop there for a bit.
It is, and I don't blame him.
Oh, that's too damned funny.
Curse, Pete, curse!
BWAHAHAHA!!!
Ahem.
I would attempt to not laugh, but laughing is fun. Esp. at Pete.
Oh, and Victor? You're a grandsire again.
Judd Winick owes me money.
Judd Winick owes me money.
I am working on converting everyone I know and love to this title...
It seems only right and proper.
I bought the Outsiders TPB and love it.
I've got a Nightwing question -- involving the arc that is just ending. I want to read it but have no idea how far back I have to go to find the beginning or to reach a point where it might make sense to me, you know?
Basically -- all the Nightwing I've read is "A Knight in Bludhaven" and what's in the Outsiders TPB.
The guy at my comic shop suggested that it was way too long and too complicated to get into at the end because it was finalizing stuff that started at the very beginning. I'm not satisfied with that -- because as far as I can tell, even if I get all the collections out there -- they won't bring me close to where the series is now.
What I'm thinking of doing is going and putting all the separate comics I can find on hold until I can play catch up with the tpbs -- is this insane? And as I asked before how far back would I have to go?
Thanks!
I've got a Nightwing question -- involving the arc that is just ending. I want to read it but have no idea how far back I have to go to find the beginning or to reach a point where it might make sense to me, you know?
I was wondering the same thing, when I was in the comic store a few weeks ago and trying to make sense of NW #91 (or maybe it was #92).
