I think we need to further explore what intrinsic flaw in Dick's character makes him a massive ho-bag.

He's incredibly needy and so the slightest glimmer of interest from anyone sets off his "Lovemelovemeloveme!!! Must...Make...You...Love...Me!" response.

I don't think it's conscious at all, but damn, is that boy needy.

In fact, while trying to decribe to my co-worker the NW arc that culminated in NW #93 (with -- somehow -- a tangent off to War Games and how everyone Tim Drake even glances at gets iced these days), I realized that at this specific moment in Bat-time, I really think that both Birdboys are more fucked in the head than Batman is.

I think Batman still wins the Fucked-Up Sweepstakes, but that's a cumulative thing. When looking at it by pulling out slices of time, Tim and Dick are so much more fucked up right now than Bruce is.

Though that's not to say that Bruce is *normal.* Not at all. No, he's still Crazy Flying Rodent Man. It's just that -- the Blockbuster debacle wore Dick down to one tiny frayed nerve, which then snapped and fell into battery acid, and Tim -- well, like I said, Tim is like the fucking Grim Reaper lately.

Does that sound about right, or am I totally off the mark?

From Popcultureshock.com's "Teen Titants #20 Remix. Funny, but in terrible taste:

Robin: "Least dad went out in style. He died doing what he loved: Killing Australian people."

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ETA: direct link to page, instead of the graphic.

Victor, that link doesn't work. I think you need to go to the entire page.

Should be working now.

I still get a forbidden message.

I still get a forbidden message.

OK, weird. I click on the link, and I get the page. Not sure what's up.

I can see it fine on my link, but the link straight to the JPEG tells me "You do not have permission to access the requested file on this server."

Ah, well. Changed it. That should fix the problem.

Anybody reading Justice League Elite? I keep browsing through it at the stands and it looks pretty cool.

Have to say, I really liked it when Vera (the tough butch leader) told Wonder Woman to "strap it on." Okay, she was saying use the magic lariat for a truth test, but you know...

Also the backstory was very angsty and interesting. Hard not to respond to a little girl in pigtails who's had her hands lopped off.