Batman

The Killing Joke

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Alan Moore: Batman (1988, Action Direct Distribution)

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Published Nov. 4, 1988 by Action Direct Distribution.

ISBN:
9789999390149
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Review of 'Batman' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Obviously my least favourite Alan Moore for a whole host of reasons, when the movie came out I figured I should return to this IMPORTANT classic and apply my 2017 reviewer brain to it.

The first thing that really stood out to me much more this time around was the way in which Brian Bolland really sexualizes the violence against Barbara Gordon. The use of violence against women as a plot device is one thing (that I will be writing about shortly) but the fact that it seemed necessary to go from a point blank shot of the gun barrel to a closeup on Gordon's big pouty lips, to three frames of her being shot where we are dangerously close to seeing up her skirt, to at least one shot (another comes on the next page) where her cleavage is front and centre. On top of that, we also have …

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