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[Comic Excerpt] This has to be the most confusing comic page I have read since Star Wars:Union. [Batman (2016) #37]
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[Comic Excerpt] This has to be the most confusing comic page I have read since Star Wars:Union. [Batman (2016) #37]
It Clark and Bruce dressed as each other at a fair eating icecream talking about Bruce’s pending marriage to Catwoman. Selina and Lois are talking to each other, with Lois wearing Selina’s catsuit.
Its confusing because you’re missing most of the context. Its really, really important to remember that this and the preceding issue are about how Bruce and Clark feel about each other as much as how Bruce and Selina feel about each other. The previous issue has Clark telling Lois about why he thinks Bruce is a better man than he is, and Bruce telling Selina why he thinks Clark is the better man.
This issue has Clark and Bruce discussing what they think about their life, getting married, etc.
I also appreciate that Bruce *doesn’t* look like Clark when he’s wearing the Superman outfit.
If you came across these pages online and are reading them out of context, it’s going to be confusing as fuck. There’s two separate ongoing conversations, jumping back and forth, this is the middle of it, and nobody involved is in their own costume. Try reading just the women’s panels, then just the men’s. Might make it a little easier to follow. It’s really one where you have to read the whole issue, and the one previous.
The artist must’ve been rushed that day. They repeat the same fax over and over
Here is a comic page of two pairs of people, who each have almost the same face, dressed as each other, having two different conversations at the same time, while you only see their faces. And sometimes someone talks over a different panel. And the same four panels are copy pasted four times. Took me 10 minutes to understand what was going on.
This is a comic book sin
Only 2 of those panels are original
Wen King’s Batman Omni?
It should have been 16 panel pages but once you realize how it goes I think it’s fine
It’s confusing, but it’s also fun
Tom King’s writing on this run (and some of his other stuff that I’ve read) is so masturabatory
Since their faces don’t change, it is easy to notice that Clark and Lois are enjoying their ice cream while Bruce and Selina hesitate to actually try theirs, just like their relationships.
Not sure which is more jarring; the flow from one page to the other, or the same three panels being used across both pages.
Tom King is just the worst comic writer since…well, ever. I cannot stand his dialogue or this unoriginal artsy “let’s use the same panel or two for an entire page in which nothing happens” shit.