The Anatomy of Zur-en-Arrh Quotes

“it’s the way those types of books should be done – to acknowledge that participation and to acknowledge the fact that the comic is an artifact in your hands that is brought to life by being in someone else’s hands who then applies their consciousness to it and extracts emotions and meanings, or not, depending on who they are.”
― Cody Walker, The Anatomy of Zur-en-Arrh: Understanding Grant Morrison's Batman

“After Batwoman Katy Kane (she is usually “Kathy Kane,” but Robin calls her “Katy” in this issue) breaks Bruce’s heart, Robin wonders how Bruce will survive and Alfred says, “He learns. He perseveres. He begins again.” We see Batman going into Dr. Hurt’s isolation chamber in order to better understand the Joker. While we knew that Batman had undergone isolation in order to understand the Joker, the Katy Kane information gives us new context. So, rather than just an obsession with the Joker as it appeared back in Batman #673, Batman had to reinvent himself because his heart had been broken.”
― Cody Walker, The Anatomy of Zur-en-Arrh: Understanding Grant Morrison's Batman

“he experienced Thogal because he “wanted to taste the flavor of death” and that “in the cave, in Nanda Parbat, I hunted down and killed and ate the last traces of fear and doubt in my mind.”
― Cody Walker, The Anatomy of Zur-en-Arrh: Understanding Grant Morrison's Batman