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superfan1 (superfan1) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-01 17:46:00

Entry tags:

char: alfred pennyworth, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, creator: art thibert, creator: kevin smith, creator: walt flanagan

Batman: The Widening Gyre #2
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Silver St. Cloud the one that got away twice. Grieving widow to senator evan gregory,Even through they never made it official.

Apparently knows bruce is batman.

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	starwolf_oakley 2009-10-01 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Little shaver." And now Superman sounds like Jason Lee in my head. And I have no problem with that, aside from beforehand Mr. Miracle always sounded like Jason Lee. (Lee plays chipper characters, and Scott Free is quite chipper.) (Reply to this)

	taggerung301 2009-10-01 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Stop being so British" This is going to become one of my new icons very soon :) (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-10-01 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	Dick's joygasm at seeing Superman is fun, as is his pity for Bruce at not being able to trust people.. and at the same time, the Toyman just seems to be the LAST person who would say something like "Oh crap", he views himself as a friend and protector of children, and being a potty mouth would be a very bad example to set. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	taggerung301 2009-10-01 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	I'm thinking that Robin's pose on the first page would make an amazing icon It's not my cup of tea, but are you considering it icon_uk? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	randyripoff 2009-10-02 12:23 am UTC (link)
	I'm not Icon_Uk, but here's an icon or two: (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jasper_stars 2009-10-01 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	Dick is a little fanboy! I love it. "Little shaver" though? o.O Don't believe I've heard that, uh, phrase before. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nezchan 2009-10-02 12:11 am UTC (link)
	Used to be relatively common, a few decades back. Before my time and yours, I'm sure. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluejaybirdie 2009-10-02 12:37 am UTC (link)
	It just made me think Dick does really shave his legs... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	starwolf_oakley 2009-10-02 05:33 am UTC (link)
	Kevin Smith has used it before, in a CLERKS comic and also in CHASING AMY. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-10-01 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	Bruce is far too hardcore to sit down while reading his tabloid newspaper and drinking two glasses of... of... What is he drinking, anyway? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mullon 2009-10-01 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Lime Kool-Aid and Tang. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-10-01 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	Get a little sun Robin? (Reply to this)

	espanolbot 2009-10-02 12:00 am UTC (link)
	Hey, a reference to Dark Detective! :D Well I think it is. It's the story where the Joker compares being evil to sex. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	filthysize 2009-10-02 04:05 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that caught my eye. That looks like his haunted house, too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

aaron_bourque
2009-10-02 12:27 am UTC (link)

Silver St. Cloud the one that got away twice. Grieving window to senator evan gregory,Even through they never made it official.

Apparently knows bruce is batman.

::sigh::

Yes. She's an exceptional detective too, because she figured out Bruce and Batman were the same through simple deduction. Obscenely quickly. Then, continuing her mary sue-nessness, she decided she couldn't put herself as an obstacle Bruce's mission as Batman. (Not to mention Alfred heard wedding bells after first meeting her. Isn't she just sooooooooo perfect. Ugh.)

Smith's not doing anything to lessen my dislike for this woman, either. He's not making me dislike her more, just not doing anything, really.

I mean, is it hard to write a strong female character love interest for Batman who's not a mary goddamn sue? Look at, say, Catwoman when she's not a being too selfish. Or 70s/early 80s Talia, or Jesus, Julie effin' Madison in Wagner's Dark Moon Rising, or arguably Vicki Vale after the '89 film. I like NOCTURNA more than Silver St. Cloud, and Nocturna sucks! Is it really that hard?

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	schala_kid 2009-10-03 03:14 am UTC (link)
	Also her name is Silver St. Cloud I mean seriously WTF? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluejaybirdie 2009-10-02 12:36 am UTC (link)
	D'awwww. Lil' Dick is adorabable. I love the "Stop being so British" line too. It cracked me up :D (Reply to this)

	jelly_ace 2009-10-02 03:08 am UTC (link)
	Can anybody photoshop Bruce reading Playboy instead of the newspaper in the 2nd to the last page? And make it to a gif? Please? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ladymirth 2009-10-02 01:22 pm UTC (link)
	I second this request! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-10-02 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	Or Playgirl... Dick is showing signs of independent thought, time to line up a new Boy Wonder perhaps... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jelly_ace 2009-10-02 04:49 pm UTC (link)
	I was waiting for somebody to reply with this comment. You never fail, icon_uk! :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-10-02 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	[tips cowboy hat] Just doin' ma job ma'am.... or sir.... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	chipsnopotatoes 2009-10-02 04:50 am UTC (link)
	"it was one of the only times in my life..." i don't know why that bugged me. Shouldn't it have been "one of the few times in my life" or "it was the only time in my life..." any case, think you also have a tiny typo or did you really mean that she was a "grieving window" :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	superfan1 2009-10-02 05:13 am UTC (link)
	Thanks! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-10-02 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	Well, she was in a great deal of emotional pane. Thenkyewthenkyew I'll be here all week.... (Reply to this) (Parent)

runespoor7
2009-10-02 06:33 am UTC (link)

Is this good enough to be picked every month, or is it best to wait until it comes out as a trade? Cause I liked some of the parts that were scanned last time, but if there's a lot more of Ivy-as-a-sexpot, I'm not sure I want to read it.

But this is really nice. The scene with Superman and Robin and the one with Alfred are lovely and hilarious, and the one with Silver... Well, she's one of the multiple proofs that Bruce falls in love at the drop of a hat, which never stops being both funny and sad.

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	iondan 2009-10-02 07:26 am UTC (link)
	I'm waiting on the trade, cacophony left too much of a bad taste in my mouth (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ladymirth 2009-10-02 02:12 pm UTC (link)
	I see the art has taken a turn for the worse. Dick looks spooky. He looks like one of Jervis Tetch's victims. But I do love how smileyface and bright Supes looks here - his expression looks a lot like Nightwing's. (Reply to this)

	schala_kid 2009-10-03 03:23 am UTC (link)
	I like Supes' flashy entrance and spectacular exit and the way Kevin wrote him was fun, charismatic and funny. I will never tire of the way Lil Dick squees over him and how Supes treats him like an equal all while Batman pouts. Also Alfred is full of British butler win! (Reply to this)

	redsilkscarf 2009-10-03 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Gaaaah, Little!Dick is so adorable. :DDDD (Reply to this)