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danaclese · 2 months ago
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Lee Bermejo draws Superman so well.
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In two different books Clark is drawn from the perspectives of Batman and Lex Luthor respectively.
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With the rare benefit of one artist drawing the same character from the eyes of two different observers, i thought we might take time to appreciate the choices made to highlight the different perspectives.
This juxtaposition can be taken to the extreme when comparing the two stories as well, wherein Clark is playing an actual angel in one story and an inhuman harbinger of doom in the other.
P.S. Read, "Lex Luthor: Man of Steel"
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panelswithoutpeople · 19 days ago
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"You have to believe people can change."
Batman: Noel
by Lee Bermejo
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dcbinges · 2 months ago
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Batman: Noël (2012) by Lee Bermejo & Barbara Ciardo
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juiceboxman · 19 days ago
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This is an audio drama adaptation of "Batman: Noël". A graphic novel by Lee Bermojo
I have made some big changes to the original story, including changing the villain and swapping out some characters - alongside some character and plot points as well. This was one of the first comic books I've ever read. I was blown away by the art and how the story was shaped. I have wanted to adapt it in some shape or form for a while now and I finally got around to it this year.
Lee Bermejo is a writer and comic book artist who has worked on such projects like Brian Azzerrelo's "Joker" and "Luthor". 
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comicchannel · 3 months ago
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DC Multiverse DC Comics Batman Noel - McFarlane Toys
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burningthrucelluloid · 24 days ago
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Christmas Carol-cember, Day 18
Taking a break from movies and TV, we dip into another form of media: graphic novels.
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This 2011 comic comes to us by Lee Bermejo, an artist with a very distinct style that made him sought after due to the level of detailing he made with his penciling on several DC Comics such as the excellent “Lex Luthor: Man of Steel” miniseries and the grim 2008 “Joker” graphic novel as well as the superb Superman “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice And The American Way?”
But Bermejo wanted to branch out of just doing art and wanted to write his own story as well. Taking influence from Charles Dickens, Berjemo wrote and illustrated this graphic novel all by himself with coloring by Barbara Ciardo featuring the Caped Crusader under the title, “Batman: Noël." While the graphic novel was widely published, it didn’t attain the praise and reputation as a fabulous Christmas comic book until word of mouth began to share the book’s quality, especially for the Christmas season.
Is there any truth to this? Let’s flip through the pages and find out.
It’s Christmas Eve in Gotham as a down on his luck man named Bob is making a drop off for the Joker until he is pounced on by Batman. He lets Bob go when he proves unhelpful in telling him where the recently escaped Joker is, but secretly plants a tracker on him to use him as bait to catch the Clown Prince of Crime, much to the displeasure of his butler Alfred Pennyworth who points out using Bob as bait endangers his son, Timmy. Showing no concern, though this may be due to Bruce Wayne coming down with pneumonia, Batman dismisses this before he heads out to continue his search, temporarily having a hallucination of seeing his former Boy Wonder partner, Jason Todd, inform him of the spectral visitations that are to befall him.
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On the streets of Gotham, Batman runs into Catwoman, who drags Batman into a chase across the rooftops while memories of the past plague Batman until he falls off to the streets below. He is greeted by the Man of Steel himself, Superman, who takes Batman across Gotham to see and overhear the private conversations of Commissioner Gordon and the Gotham Police force as well as watching the poverty stricken living conditions of Bob and Timmy before dropping him off at the Batmobile, encouraging him to go home and recover. But a bomb destroys the Batmobile as the Joker drags a stunned Batman into an open grave to be buried alive where Batman’s hallucinations show him visions of the future that finally force Batman to come to Bob’s aid instead of using him as bait as the Joker is unhappy with Bob’s failure. Encouraging Bob to show Timmy the man he truly is, Bob allows the Gotham Police to arrest the Joker as he is surprised with Wayne Enterprise employees showing up to repair the damages, gift a real Christmas tree and offers Bob a real living wage and 401K to support him and his son.
But to my disappointment, nowhere does Robin lay an egg, though with this one visual of Catwoman sending a tiger at him, I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t drop one.
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I understand the leaps and bounds Lee Berjemo had to do to force Batman into this Scrooge shaped hole in order to tell this story, but it will never stop being so strange to me to see Batman willingly put the father of a child in harm’s way. Granted Batman is punching dudes and knowingly hospitalizing them, but he always shows concern when children are involved. After all, the core of Batman’s entire war against crime is rooted in the trauma of watching his parents shot and killed right in front of him by a mugger. So to see Batman scheme to place the father of a single child into a dangerous scenario where he could be killed or jailed for abetting a criminal out of desperation and he shows little concern if the boy could get lost in the foster system? The hell? Dude outright says “better to reduce the criminal surplus population” right to Superman’s face when Supes asks him if it’s right to let this boy suffer for the crimes of his father. 
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Yeah, that’s where even I kind of have to raise my hand and say “excuse me? Who the hell are you and why do you have Batman’s suit on?”
Is this the same Batman from Frank Miller’s “All Star Batman and Robin” where Batman forced Robin to eat rats, drove his car through police trucks, had sex on the docks with Black Canary and gave us the infamously meme’d “I’m the G*d d*mned Batman” line?
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However, I stopped and reconsidered that when it occurred to me that all of this was not really being told from Batman’s perspective.
At least, not completely.
It is revealed that the story is being narrated by Bob to his son so it stands to reason that Bob is telling the story his way through his own perspective.
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Hence why he describes the Ghost of Christmas Present as glowing like an angel while, for Batman, he just sees Superman flying past street lights. How he knows what Batman looks like with the mask off is irrelevant as I think his narration is a diagetic story he is telling to his son but the imagery we see of Batman is intended for us the viewer. I’d use the diagetic/non-diagetic discussion again but comic books are a different matter because we are reading them as opposed to hearing them.
But plot is one thing, what truly makes this comic stand up is it’s art and Lee Berjemo did not disappoint.
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His artwork is stunningly beautiful, from the retro feel of the visions from the past glory of Batman and his crime-fighting days with Robin, to the Saturday Evening Post look of Bob and Timmy as well as the insane level of detail for Gotham City. The shading is truly stellar, showcasing the talents of a man who dictates the penciling for shading to showcase mood in the visual format, even when obscured by snow. Granted some times the artwork can really exaggerate a scene a bit too much, like Batman screaming at Bob that spittle flies out or Batman looking so angry that I feared he was turning into the Joker. But to be fair to Berjemo, a lot of comic books do that so I’m not gonna lay into him too much, especially when the artwork itself is so beautiful to look at.
“Batman Noël” is a fantastic comic book. While it has the occasional goofy panel and it stretches Batman’s tough on crime attitude, it makes up for it with this down to earth telling of the Charles Dickens novel through a character who could stand to remember what it is he fights for.
Not to scare superstitious criminals or beat up costumed supervillains. But to make sure children like Tim never have to experience what he did. 
To remind himself that criminals are never as easy as black and white.
For that, I respect what Berjemo was doing to take the themes of the Dickens story and place them within the haunting cityscape of Gotham City. While it feels a little out of character to throw Batman into this role of cruelty, sometimes the needs of the narrative require some character tweaking, especially when you know the end goal for the character is to be better by the story’s end.
Pick it up and give it a read. It’s one Bat Time of a compelling story.
“Batman: Noël” is available to read as an ebook on Amazon Kindle along with Apple Books and Barnes & Noble.
Next time, we return to the UK for what happens when Scrooge turns to meanness instead of kindness.
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floridaboiler · 28 days ago
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“Don’t forget your lucky deck.”
Art by Howie Noel
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spheroz · 7 months ago
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RTC and DC
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iguessthisisanewobsession · 2 years ago
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Jason’s Lament
Mixed up Manhattan is doing a special production to raise awareness for the Std problem that isn’t talked enough about in Gotham.
Sure it’s gone down since Redhood started taking care of the girls in his neck of the woods but it’s still an unspoken problem!
So how else to spread awareness and raise funds than to do some raunchy theater songs?
Jason is all for the production!
It’s for a good cause and he’s really beginning to love this acting thing.
He just wished that he remembered to not piss off babs before the production was done.
Now his rendition of Noel’s Lament from ride the cyclone is trending.
Several million people have now seen his ass in lingerie and fishnets.
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danaclese · 16 days ago
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The lengths Bruce will go for Jason
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panelswithoutpeople · 19 days ago
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Batman: Noel
by Lee Bermejo
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dcbinges · 1 year ago
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Batman: Noël (2011) by Lee Bermejo & Barbara Ciardo
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juiceboxman · 19 days ago
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This is an audio drama adaptation of "Batman: Noël". A graphic novel by Lee Bermojo
I have made some big changes to the original story, including changing the villain and swapping out some characters - alongside some character and plot points as well. This was one of the first comic books I've ever read. I was blown away by the art and how the story was shaped. I have wanted to adapt it in some shape or form for a while now and I finally got around to it this year.
Lee Bermejo is a writer and comic book artist who has worked on such projects like Brian Azzerrelo's "Joker" and "Luthor". 
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absolutesciencefiction · 9 months ago
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Howie Noel
Batman, 1989
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ghostriderslade · 17 days ago
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Merry Christmas, everyone!!
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