Learn about the stories that inspired the themes of Final Fantasy VI: Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy and Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke.
Batman
You ever step on a LEGO in the pale moonlight? On this LEGO Batman 3 podcast: indie author and fan scholar tackles Bat-history, Bat-movies, and Bat-comics.
All the episodes before the animation changed, it’s Batman: The Animated Series ranked based on decades of adoration for this stellar show.
Can you believe it? We’re coming to the end of a literal era. The 2010s…
I got to sit down this podcast with the comics experts at Opinioneering to chat about Batman: Arkham Asylum.
“Of what use is a dream, if not a blueprint for courageous action?”
-Adam West, Batman: the Movie
“Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You’ve eaten Gotham’s wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on… none of you are safe.”
-Batman, Year One
“All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That’s how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.”
― The Joker, Batman: The Killing Joke
“This is how it happened… This is how the Batman died.”
-Commissioner James Gordon
“Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible…”
-Bruce Wayne, Detective Comics #33
“Gotham City. Clean shafts of concrete and snowy rooftops. The work of men who died generations ago. From here, it looks like an achievement. From here, you can’t see the enemy.”
― Frank Miller, Batman: Year One
“Sometimes… sometimes I think the Asylum is a head. We’re inside a huge head that dreams us all into being. Perhaps it’s your head, Batman. Arkham is a looking glass… and we are you.”
― Grant Morrison, Batman: Arkham Asylum – A Serious House on Serious Earth
“Dreams save us. Dreams lift us up and transform us. And on my soul, I swear… until my dream of a world where dignity, honor and justice becomes the reality we all share… I’ll never stop fighting.”
-Superman, Action Comics Vol 1 #775
People say that Superman is boring. What they actually mean to say is that they know nothing about Superman.
