Batman: Dark Victory...

Being home from work with no power gave me time to read a graphic novel I got from the library, Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.

Let me say up front that I love the writing of Jeph Loeb and the art of Tim Sale, especially when it comes together. I would add that these gentlemen write Batman particuarly well. They do a superlative job with Bruce Wayne himself - introverted, troubled, obsessed, driven - and the secondary characters, but also the dark, troubled environment of Gotham City.





This is a gangster story: the Falcone family is at war after the death of their patriarch, and cops are being murdered. Clues (scribbled like a game of Hangman on papers relating to former D.A. Harvey Dent, now known as Two-Face) implicate various classic Batman villains. Commissioner Gordon must cope with a new female D.A. who doesn't much like Batman or Gordon's collaboration with him. The story is a sequel to "Batman: The Long Halloween".

( There were a lot of things I liked about it )

The Warrior as archetype...

I got this from dream_caster.




The Warrior. Seemingly cold and heartless, your
sword is your life. Even though there is a
loyalty to those you consider friends and you
will fight for them if truly needed, your
cause is your own: be it gold, honour or power.


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I have been known to refer to myself as a yoga warrior. I like the resonances there: the sense of throwing your life into a cause, heart and soul, and risking everything for it.

I like the sense of making courage the greatest value.

Okay, so I'm a pacifist and a wimp. Doesn't stop me from being a fine warrior, now, does it?