Batman Black and White #3 has plenty of high contrast drama. It’s neither here nor there.
The newest issue of this title delves into the ‘what ifs’ and the ‘hey, how abouts’ of possible scenarios for Batman’s future. It’s imaginary, it’s fragmented, there are typos, the whole thing is sketchy and rendered in tones of black. Fifty shades? Not sure, let me count the ways to count the flavours here… the creator bios are long, the dialogue is short.
Writers include Tim Seeley, Bengal, Nick Dragotta, Bilquis Evely, and John Ridley.
Art for the issue comes from Joshua Middleton, Sana Takeda, Khary Randolph, Olivier Coipel, Bilquis Evely, Bengal, Kelley Jones, Nick Dragotta, Andie Tong.
It’s dark, rainy, grim, thoughtful and violent. The knights, the dark knights, those nights without end. It’s multilevel, high on top of the Gotham buildings in the rain, with moments of speech. A Punch, a Judy, a puppet on a string. A thought, a memory, a sketch of an idea, an idea with a sketch. It’s rendered with raindrops on the window, the highly drawn out pain of the burden that Batman bears, baring his mind, bearing down on the bad.
These slices of life sometimes have a story line, and sometimes just take us along for a ride. Your mileage may vary.
DC, Batman Black and White #3, $5.99 for approx 48 pages of comic character content
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