New Batman

Alright, I have read the first two issues of the new Batman and Robin series. If you didnt know the original Batman is dead (Bruce Wayne) and the original robin has taken his place (Dick Grayson). I find it hard to formulate an opinion on a comic series with only the first issue, even if it is a series with as much history as this, so I waited a little before coming to any type of conclusions. Over all i think it is a pretty cool series so far, i like seeing the new Batman and Robin dynamic. Bruce Wayne's (evil)son, Damian: son of Talia, grandson a Ras Al Ghul, is the new Robin. Though, I dont know how i feel about this just yet because it just seems like another Jason Todd type thing where this kid is brought in because other wise he would end up a criminal(mastermind), but they seem to want to be developing a relationship between him and dick (that will be less familiar), although that cant quite be done yet because dick doesnt know who he is yet as batman. Eeven though, he seemed to make a big step at the end of issue 2.

Now, Grant Morisson and Frank Quitely are the writer artist pair on this book(they do everything together), they both have done some great stuff on their own and as a pair, i really loved All Star Superman, but it will take some getting use to with batman. I think Quitely's art style is cool for a more light hearted stuff but I feel batman is dark and mixing that with his art style makes everything kinda freakish and grotesque, but i guess that is what they are going for in this first arc. I geuss they are also going to lighten up the book too. Also in the panels when there is onomatopoeia, it spells it out in the event that is causing it, this kinda took me out of the book because i saw the word boom instead of the explosion. this was more of a problem in the first issue,but the second issue was done much better(I had to actually go back and look for it). I saw short clip of an interview with Morrison about this new book(cant find link, but is mentioned here) and he says he is going for a kind of brighter batman with Dick and a more realistic Gotham, a city that isnt just fill with crime. I think he is going to try and make Batman more flamboyant, like having the flying batmobile or fighting a ridiculous gang of circus freaks. I think since he has the new characters to work with he will basically morrison the crap out of the book. this may work it may not but so far i think it is pretty good.