Jayson’s Reviews > Robin – Son of Batman, Volume 1: Year of Blood > Status Update
Jayson
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A few things:
(1) The titular "Year of Blood" seems more like a year of tomb raiding and thievery.
(2) How did Talia come back to life? It's nowhere in the text! I need answers to scratch my completionist itch!
(3) I want to like this, I do, but the writing's not making it easy.
(4) So may word balloons!
(5) I'm beginning to hate the word "dude."
— Jul 19, 2019 04:00AM
A few things:
(1) The titular "Year of Blood" seems more like a year of tomb raiding and thievery.
(2) How did Talia come back to life? It's nowhere in the text! I need answers to scratch my completionist itch!
(3) I want to like this, I do, but the writing's not making it easy.
(4) So may word balloons!
(5) I'm beginning to hate the word "dude."
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Jayson
is on page 85 of 160
Three things:
(1) It bothers me that Maya's catchphrase is "dude." It's almost as annoying as Superboy's catchphrase being "seriously."
(2) Gleason's writing is pretty rough. He could do with a good scripter, because the story itself isn't bad, he could just use a hand in telling it.
(3) After careful consideration I've decided to shelve this YA.
— Jul 18, 2019 04:30AM
Three things:
(1) It bothers me that Maya's catchphrase is "dude." It's almost as annoying as Superboy's catchphrase being "seriously."
(2) Gleason's writing is pretty rough. He could do with a good scripter, because the story itself isn't bad, he could just use a hand in telling it.
(3) After careful consideration I've decided to shelve this YA.
Jayson
is on page 61 of 160
Robin: Son of Batman 2, 2015 (left), Superman 10, 2017 (right)
Thoughts:
(1) I wonder if it's plagiarism if you copy yourself? (see above)
(2) Gleason reminds me of another artist-turned-writer, Dan Jurgens. With both there's a lot of action without much story. This last issue was basically one big kaiju battle.
(3) Goliath origin, please!
— Jul 17, 2019 04:31AM
Robin: Son of Batman 2, 2015 (left), Superman 10, 2017 (right)
Thoughts:
(1) I wonder if it's plagiarism if you copy yourself? (see above)
(2) Gleason reminds me of another artist-turned-writer, Dan Jurgens. With both there's a lot of action without much story. This last issue was basically one big kaiju battle.
(3) Goliath origin, please!
Jayson
is on page 37 of 160
Thoughts:
(1) The art's too confusing. The problem with artists who also write is they just want to draw cool stuff, and write around it.
(2) Talia's back. No attempt's made to explain how she came back to life. I can only assume that when Damian did she did too, because they somehow share a life-link... exposure to the chaos crystal or whatever.
— Jul 16, 2019 04:30AM
Thoughts:
(1) The art's too confusing. The problem with artists who also write is they just want to draw cool stuff, and write around it.
(2) Talia's back. No attempt's made to explain how she came back to life. I can only assume that when Damian did she did too, because they somehow share a life-link... exposure to the chaos crystal or whatever.
Jayson
is starting
Two things:
(1) I'm unsure whether or not to tag this as a young-adult book. It may possibly even be middle-grade. I suppose I'll have to wait and see.
(2) I'm a tad wary to start this. It's a "DC You" series, which was an initiative that shuffled creative teams and stressed "story over continuity" – basically the final nail in the New 52 coffin.
— Jul 15, 2019 04:30AM
Two things:
(1) I'm unsure whether or not to tag this as a young-adult book. It may possibly even be middle-grade. I suppose I'll have to wait and see.
(2) I'm a tad wary to start this. It's a "DC You" series, which was an initiative that shuffled creative teams and stressed "story over continuity" – basically the final nail in the New 52 coffin.