Surprisingly, WB have cancelled the nearly-finished Batgirl movie.
The early 1980s were a boom period for superhero comics. They have been overshadowed by the work of Alan Moore and Frank Miller later in the decade, but they deserve more attention.
George Pérez, who has announced that he has pancreatic cancer, is one of the greats of the American superhero comic.
I really wanted to like this movie a lot. So why didn’t I?
Joker is not a bad movie, nor is it unworthy of your attention. But it is not the work of genius that it so desperately wishes it were.
Hugely admired by his contemporaries, the only criticism of Heath’s work was that the beauty and nobility of his figures belied the grim setting of their sagas.
The term ‘iconic’ is much abused in the contemporary arts, but Ditko’s individual, fascinating, and instantly recognizable style truly deserves the description.
One is left to infer, from the reactions presented, no-one in the United States of America either has, or has ever seen, a penis.
We’d love a Batgirl movie, but we’re suspicious.
Chris McKay’s movie is a charming delight, and a very worthwhile investment of 100 minutes of your time.
