#no man's land

[lemonlimestar]

not haunted, infested (helena u will always be a batman to me…)

#helena bertinelli #bart (as in bug art) #the bat #batman #huntress #oooooo u wanna read nml so bad #helena’s there :) #dc #dc comics #batman no man’s land #no man's land

[madcat-world]

No Man's Land boss (1 of 2) - Robert Ryminiecki

#No Man's Land boss #Robert Ryminiecki #No Man's Land #fighters #giant #crab #monsters #masks #fantasy art #digital art

[kermit-coded]

what if i threw up!!

#ough if i think about bruce and dick for too long i explode #soda speaks #dc #dc comics #no man's land #dick grayson #nightwing #batman #bruce wayne #batfam

[spacebubblehomebase]

"The Punisher of The Damned and The Protector of All Innocent."

Hehe. I enjoy the duality of one Nicholas D(oomed by the narrative). Wolfwood! He just fits Dia de los Muertos so well! To show this, I drew his lost childhood once yearned and the weapon in his mirror he wish died altogether. Bound like his arsenal of choice and named from parts of himself marked by two angels. Plus, a BONUS: As you can see, Teru Vash and I only have "WooWoo" in the brain. 🤞🥲✝️ Love and R.I.PEACE!!! 💀

-Bubbly💙

#spacebubblearts #my art #fanart #nicholas d. wolfwood #vash the stampede #vashwood #trigun #trigun stampede #netflix #dia de los muertos #the punisher #gung ho guns #eye of michael #young wolfwood #teru vash #the angelic and religious symbolisms tied to these characters I- #doodle #posted this on insta too but the graphics weren't as nice #gunsmoke #no man's land #november 2 #chibi #i can definitely see wolfwood feel stuck as a child in a soldier's body #having nightmares of everything he didn't want to be but he believe he became #and hating it #thus I tied him to his so-called sins like how he ties The Punisher #this man is dead inside and it shows #ngl I really like how I drew this #iffy about the colors but maybe I'll like it later on #Soft about how everything he does is for some kids who'll never know the extent of his pain and the hell he went through for them

[akimao]

Trigun + Landscapes

One of my favorite things about Trigun are the settings, these cities built around the remains of spaceship on a desert planet ♥️

Old work

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prints on redbubble

#obviously for the third pic I used the movie badlands rumble as inspiration #my art #akimao #trigun #trigun maximum #trigun stampede #landscape #landscapes #no man's land #Noman's Land #process gif #desert #plant #spaceship #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #nicholas d wolfwood #Meryl Stryfe #milly thompson #gunsmoke #prints on redbubble and society6 search akimao

[androxys]

#dc comics #Batman #no man's land

[horsechestnut]

Baffled to discover that (in universe) Cass's Batgirl suit wasn't made with her in mind. Like, it so perfectly encapsulates everything about Cass: the way it's almost a direct recreation of Batman's suit, the frowny face, the way it inverts the black bat on yellow, the lack of mouth hole.

But nope. Helena made it for herself before Cass even showed up. Insane turn of events.

#cassandra cain #batgirl #no man's land #helena bertinelli #i have more thoughts on the symbolism of Cass's suit #and why things like the frowny face are so important to Cass as a character #but I wanted to keep the post short and sweet #batgirl ii #batfam #batfamily #i read comics

[havendance]

Anyway, No Man’s Land is insane and I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that they kicked a whole ass city out of the United States

#batman: no man's land #carthago delenda est #no man's land #dc #bats + birds + affiliated

[lost-technology]

Speculative Trigun Biology Time! Plants? Nope. Worms / Wam? Nope! Teleporting, ubiquitous black cats that might be an eldritch being or possibly God? Nope! HUMANS!!! So, you thought humans were boring, hmm? Silly human, you! I had the thought today regarding human adaptations to the harsh environment of Planet Gunsmoke / No Man's Land - and NOT the cobbled together tech adaptation, slapdash survival adaptation in behaviour or culture. What if... humans actually start BODILY adapting? And what if it doesn't take very long? Listen to me. I Used to live in Arizona (the desert part) and it is actually a known scientific thing that if a person is born in Arizona or lives there for more than two years, their bodies actually get a nifty adaptation for retaining water. I forget where I heard it, I think on the news there - like a study on adaptations to arid environments. I feel like I've experienced it in my own body in terms of moving from AZ to the Eastern United States and a temperate climate. My body no longer retains water or "strategically sweats" the same way as I did as a desert-person. I think that the people of No Man's Land would very quickly, within one generation - and actually perhaps pass it on genetically, those who survive best - adaptations such as stuff for moisture-retention.

#trigun #trigun maximum #trigun stampede #noman's land #no man's land #planet gunsmoke #humans in no man's land #humans on gunsmoke #trigun speculative biology #speculative biology

[laufire]

detective comics #733

batman officiating history's first shotgun lesbian wedding.

#talking to the void #dc #dc comics #no man's land #detective comics #batman #bruce wayne #id in alt text #captioned

[saint-of-ossaville]

“Some [vengeance], surely, but it has to be more about justice and compassion. If it’s not, we’re as corrupt as our enemies. You had a choice and you chose well, you chose compassion. I said you’d do fine, and you did.”

— Batman (Bruce Wayne) comforts Jean-Paul Valley (Azrael) by combatting his perception of failure in the Joker escaping, with the thought of success in saving the captured child through his own compassion, in Azrael: Agent of the Bat Vol 1 #53 (Jun 1999; 1998, DC Comics) by Dennis “Denny” O’Neil (W), Roger Robinson (P), James Pascoe (I), Rob Ro and Alex Bleyaert (C), and Ken Bruzenak (L).

#comics #dc comics #dc #entry #entry quote #jean paul valley #azrael #bruce wayne #batman #azrael: agent of the bat #azrael: agent of the bat 1998 #no man's land #denny o'neil #dennis o'neil

[fantastic-nonsense]

Helena Bertinelli should get Batman legacy rights for wearing the mantle during the No Man's Land crisis. Because she wasn't trying to replace Barbara Gordon's Batgirl, folks. She was trying to replace Bruce Wayne's Batman. She called herself The Bat. She saw herself as acting in Bruce's stead and several people thought she was him for months. She specifically told Bruce "Gotham needed a Bat" and he implicitly accepted that justification. She's not the second Batgirl; she's the fourth Batman. She should get credit for it.

#batman is a gender-neutral mantle and helena proves it #frankly the ONLY reasons people even attach her to 'Batgirl' are because of that weird freakout Babs had over her wearing the symbol #and the fact that Cass ended up with her costume #helena bertinelli #huntress #batman #no man's land #batman no man's land #barbara gordon #bruce wayne

[zahri-melitor]

The entirety of Legends of the Dark Knight #125 is fabulous and a high point of both No Man’s Land and Bat storytelling generally, but I want to call out this classic page as particularly pointed, given all the discussion of Janet Drake this week.

Not only is it a lovely big sister-little brother moment for Babs and Tim, I want to call out that it’s BABS and TIM waiting upstairs as their dads discuss custody of the city and if they need cop-vigilante counselling.

“Robin? Hey, it’ll be okay.”

Of all the extended Batfam. It’s Babs and it’s Tim. Of the crew operating in No Man’s Land at this time, they are the TWO who know exactly what this feels like when your parents are having the divorce fight and you’re hiding out of sight. They’ve both been here before. Sure, Janet died before the divorce could happen, but the writing was on the wall, from everything we’ve seen.

“Feels like my parents are having a fight, you know? And we’re upstairs, waiting to find out if the divorce is final.”

It’s just such a profound, human moment. They’ve both lost parents. They’ve both lived with parents who were divorcing. They’ve both navigated their parent in a new relationship and a stepmother (ok so Dana isn’t QUITE yet, but she’s already acting as one).

And they’re waiting there together, to find out whether their vigilante family has to go through this too.

“It’ll be okay. They need each other. They’ll work it out.”

It’s a powerful framing moment for the rest of the story, which is Bruce and Jim having one of their fundamental discussions of what their roles are and why they should trust each other and what Batman means to Gotham.

It’s a moment that is there to relieve some of the tension. But the background of why it’s so important that it’s Tim and Barbara waiting, beyond being ‘the current Robin’ and ‘Jim’s daughter’, is what helps elevate the whole comic’s power.

Because it’s not just a joke to them. It’s their history as well as their future.

#z canon read throughs #dc #tim drake #barbara gordon #I know Tim isn’t adopted yet but in this situation it doesn’t matter #Batman is Robin’s vigilante parent #and the parents have been fighting for 9 months #no man's land

[anniebuddy]

Cassandra Cain & “Stop”

Okay so, I’m still early in, so apologies if I’m missing some other clues or interpretations, or if I’m just getting things plain wrong (anyone is welcome to correct me or just add their own takes ^^) - but; I noticed and wanted to appreciate how the concept of “stop” factors in to Cassandra’s origin. Like, communicating “stop” - telling something or someone to “stop”. For one, it’s the first word she successfully learns how to speak;

Batman #567

And she first spoke it when David Cain reunited with her;

Batman #567

It goes on to be the only word she can speak for a while.

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #61

And even prior to her first utterance of the word, Cassandra is shown to have learned how to express the idea of communicating “stop” in a language more comfortable to her - physicality.

Batman #567

It’s a phrase she’s taken to. And you can see why it would appeal to her. Why it’s so significant that the first word she speaks is one that is able to both disapprove of and order the ceasing of an action, after living a life deprived of that level of control.

After all, she first verbalizes it only after being reminded of what was the most traumatic result of this power imbalance growing up.

Batman #567

And when she repeats it, the comparison is made even more obvious; by placing it side-by-side with what was likely the biggest, and earliest, attempt to communicate that idea, using the only language she'd known - violence.

Batman #567

None of that is to say the idea of being able to just say “stop” suddenly came to her in THIS moment, at 17 years old. But it seems likely she picked it up only after leaving Cain. 

Children are impressionable, and are going to defer to adults at a young age. As a parent, I don’t think Cain left any room for her to believe the life he was raising her for was optionable. And I believe the significance of this moment is that Cass has come face-to-face with him, and is now able to tell him to stop - to impart her disapproval, and demand adherence. Using both languages.

There lies the difference between these two scenes. Cass isn’t a confused child anymore, her escape from Cain isn’t defined by impulse, and certainly not misunderstanding - all of which are what David Cain seems to assume of her in the way he approaches her. She knows what she means to say. And why she’s saying it. She knows she doesn’t want to be deprived of control any longer. And her expression as she repeats it seems to be at peace in finally relaying that to him.

It’s Cass who’s internally comparing the events. And it’s Cain who can’t see the difference, still chasing after that wounded dove he can coax back into a cage.

And it’s also not a purely verbal idea! With the way things go, I don’t see it as a case of “speech is the pinnacle of expression”. Cass continues to communicate “stop” through physical signals, because at the end of the day, that is more natural for her. And it’s perfectly capable of communicating the same thing. For example, her continued use of the raised hand gesture;

Detective Comics #734

As well as other gestures she’s picked up throughout her life. One comes specifically from David Cain’s training, in fact; which provides a perfect example of how Cain methodized control over people in his time - and how Cassandra has flipped that around and taken control of herself. All so she can communicate that there’s nothing anyone can do to stop her from doing what she’s going to do. Which, in this case, is stopping Cain himself from hurting more people.

Detective Comics #734

And by the time she does just that, even David Cain is starting to realize this. By her own volition, Cass tracked him down - foiled his plans - and once again, said “stop”.

Detective Comics #734

And for once, David Cain realizes she means it. There’s nothing he can do. 

Detective Comics #734

Cassandra has outgrown him.

#cassandra cain #batgirl #orphan #black bat #batman #no man's land #david cain #DC comics #headcanon #analysis #okay this is poppin off um follow me for more pls?? <3 #cw: child abuse

[rubydubydoo122]

So Wayne Manor was destroyed during No Man's Land, right? What does it look like now compared to the past? Did Bruce let it be rebuilt exactly like the original? Is it a completely new design? Is it the original but with more secret rooms? Are all the rooms in the same place?

Thinking about how things changed from og designs to post no mans land always gives me a headache.

I would like to think that most things are generally the same, it's just more accessible and convienient. otherwise everything's the same

#batman #batfam #dc comics #no man's land #bruce wayne #wayne manor

[akimao]

The new July looks amazing! Much more technological than the original version, love it.

Excellent opportunity to make another trigun landscape :D

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#akimao #my art #trigun #trigun stampede #landscape #july city #desert #digital art #digital painting #process gif #matte painting #No Man's Land #Gunsmoke