I felt the first issue was over the top and going for shock value and sacrificed value. And the first issue of Cacophony didn't help. I was pretty close to giving up on Smith altogether in comics. I graduated high school and got through most of college without finding out if Spider-Man saved Black Cat from getting drugged and raped. Smith seems to be, above all, a well-knowledged comics fan writing comics, like if BrianWilly suddenly got hired by DC.Īnyway, as I'm sure we all know, Smith also sucks sucks sucks at getting his books in on time. One of my favorite things about Smith is the fact that in his books, he is not shy to dive deep into continuity, whether it be Morrison's JLA, Final Night, or Long Halloween. Yes, sometimes it comes off as wordy and pretentious, but I feel as though that works for Batman. Smith brings sophisticated wand well versed writing that truly captures the characters and best off, isn't above a cheap dick and fart joke. On one hand, he wrote Green Arrow: Quiver, which was, by all accounts, the first modern comic I have ever read. Kevin Smith, for me, in comics, is quite the double edged sword. I picked up the first issue today of Batman: The Widening Gyre, by Kevin Smith and art by Walt Flannigan.
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