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DCAU Rewatch: Batman the Animated Series 32
DCAU Rewatch: Batman the Animated Series 32: Robin's Reckoning. Tension arises between Batman and Robin when the man responsible for the death of Dick Grayson's parents returns to Gotham City.
Tension arises between Batman and Robin when the man responsible for the death of Dick Grayson’s parents returns to Gotham City. The heroes reckon with their mutual past as they remember their first meeting.
Credits:
Written by Randy Rogel
Directed by Dick Sebast
Music Composed by Carlos Rodriguez
Animation by Spectrum Animation Studio
Count me among the Batman fans who views Robin as a…
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No Context Comics: A Look at 3 Books I Don't Read from the week of April 24
This week's reviews of comics I don't read include Star Wars: Jango Fett #2, Green Arrow #11, and the sci-fi dystopia of IDW's The Ministry of Compliance #5.
Welcome back to another edition of No Context Comics, the regular column here on Urbane Turtle where I take a look at 3 new comic releases and review them. How do they work in isolation as a single work outside of their larger serialized narrative? That’s always the question I am looking to answer. This week, journey to a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: Jango Fett #2, join the Arrow Family for…
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#comic books#comics#comics criticism#Ethan Sacks#Green Arrow#Jango Fett#John Ridley#Joshua Williamson#Luke Ross#no context comics#Phil Hester#Sean Isaakse#Star Wars#superheroes#The Ministry of Compliance#writing
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Random Comic Panel of the Week #117
Random Comic Panel of the Week #117: Danger and Other Unknown Risks (2023, Penguin Workshop) by Erica Henderson and Ryan North
Danger and Other Unknown Risks (2023, Penguin Workshop) by Erica Henderson and Ryan North
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Turtle Club Newsletter: Scattershot
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First, sorry if you are subscribed and have been getting a bunch of emails. As I start working with the new features, there’s been some hiccups. Duplicate posts, previously scheduled posts that I can’t seem to figure out how to turn off the email option… Growing pains! Working on the site itself has been taking up a lot more time than producing writing for the site. Think that’ll…
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DCAU Rewatch: Batman the Animated Series 31:The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy
A crooked foreign dignitary humiliated by Batman hires a criminal mastermind to capture the Dark Knight's cape and cowl for his trophy case...or has he?
A crooked foreign dignitary humiliated by Batman hires a criminal mastermind to capture the Dark Knight’s cape and cowl for his trophy case…or has he?
Credits
Written by Elliot S! Maggin
Directed by Frank Paur
Music Composed by Beth Ertz, Mark Kovel
Animation by Dong Yang Animation Co., LTD.
While this episode is not particularly well remembered, and even was initially disliked by the…
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Random Comic Panel of the Week #116
Random Comic Panel of the Week #116: Harvey Knight's Oddysey (2023, Drawn & Quarterly) by Nick Maandag
Harvey Knight’s Oddysey (2023, Drawn & Quarterly) by Nick Maandag
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Subscriber Review: Animated Intrigue in Uncanny Valley #1 by Tony Fleecs and Dave Wachter
A review of the new cartoon mashup series Uncanny Valley by Tony Fleecs and Dave Wachter.
Nostalgia defines the majority of the entertainment industry. We exist in a world that is desperate to replay the hits, recapture the magic of previous successes, to turn back the clock to our childhood.
Uncanny Valley knows this. Its structure harkens back to an era of cartoon/live action hybrids like Roger Rabbit, the Pagemaster, or Rockadoodle. By its very nature as an homage to the animation…
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#comic books#comic review#comics#comics criticism#Dave Wachter#Pat Brousseau#review#Tony Fleecs#uncanny valley
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DCAU Rewatch: Batman the Animated Series 30: Perchance to Dream
Bruce Wayne awakens in an idyllic life where his parents were never killed. But can a man defined by pain learn to accept a chance at happiness?
Bruce Wayne awakens in an idyllic life where his parents were never killed. But can a man defined by pain learn to accept a chance at happiness?
Credits
Story by Laren Bright, Michael Reaves
Teleplay by Joe R. Lansdale
Directed by Boyd Kirkland
Music Composed by Shirley Walker
Animation by Dong Yang Animation Co., LTD.
Of all the many great Batman stories we have gotten from across the…
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Random Comic Panel of the Week #115
Random Comic Panel of the Week #115: Amazing Spider-Man #34 (2023, Marvel) by Patrick Gleason, Marcio Menyz, and Zeb Wells
Amazing Spider-Man #34 (2023, Marvel) by Patrick Gleason, Marcio Menyz, and Zeb Wells
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Turtle Club v 2.0
Announcing the updated Turtle Club newsletter and subscription
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If you are reading this, first of all, thank you, second, it means you previously subscribed through the Urbane Turtle website, the Substack, or Patreon. Wherever you come from I really appreciate your support and viewership. This is a one-man operation and an outlet for my own passion so every reader is a real validation.
I’ve spent the last few weeks…
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No Context Comics: A Look at 3 Books I Don't Read from the week of April 3
Happy Wednesday and Happy April. It’s miserable and rainy and cold here in the Philadelphia area but Bryce Harper hit 3 home runs last night so we are managing.
This week, I also celebrated the 24th anniversary of the seminal sprite comic of the early aughts, BOB AND GEORGE. Check it out. I’m proud of it. At Comics Beat this week I share a few words about Immortal Thor.
Enough preamble. We’ve…
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Review: Wonder Woman the Outlaw
No subtlety hereMan there were a LOT of comics this week! And lots of them are new first issues. I blurbed a couple over at The Comics Beat this week. I had a few thoughts on the close of the first arc of the Lanzig/Kelly Guardians of the Galaxy (such a weird book) for the Marvel Rundown. I was also wowed by a new Image series called Junior Baker which has some stunning artwork. You can check out…
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Wanna Go Do Something Stupid? The legacy of Bob and George the Mega Man comic strip 24 years later
The year is 20xx. The internet is still exciting, a place where a plucky nobody can create a work of art and share it with the world, no gatekeepers between the creator and audience. The only limits: your ability, your willingness to grind through the writing, hone your art, and figure out how to format a damn table on Geocities or Tripod.
Or, if you’re Dave Anez, you realize you can’t draw and…
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#Bob and George#comic strips#comics#comics criticism#Dave Anez#Mega Man#sprite comics#video games#writing
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Random Comic Panel of the Week #114
Random Comic Panel of the Week #114: Hound (Mad Cave, 2024) by Rodrigo Vásquez, Justin Birch, Sam Freeman, and Sam Romesburg
Hound (Mad Cave, 2024) by Rodrigo Vásquez, Justin Birch, Sam Freeman, and Sam Romesburg
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Random Comic Panel of the Week #113
Hexagon Bridge #3 (Image, 2023) by Richard Blake
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DCAU Rewatch: BTAS 19: Prophecy of Doom
A self-proclaimed psychic is preying upon the wealthy of Gotham City. The con man will find more than he bargains for when he tries to target hapless playboy Bruce Wayne.
Credits
Story by Dennis Marks
Teleplay by Sean Catherine Derek
Directed by Frank Paur
Music by Shirley Walker
Animation Services by Akom Production Co.
Layout Services by NOA Animation
In the last few years when I’ve felt like watching Batman, I’ve picked a few old favorites. I don’t remember having anything particularly against this one but I catalogued it to the part of my mind where I store some of the weakest episodes of the show. That’s not completely fair to this particular episode which is mostly fine if unremarkable.
The first thing that grabbed me in this show was the opening swing music that led into the raucous dance scene and casino on board the cruise ship. It’s an effective sixty second story that perfectly sets a mood—and then introduces drama and tragedy. There are quite a few sweeping camera pans throughout this episode, an assured confidence in the art and visuals. It's surprising this was Akom, as at least this part of the episode is definitely a bit higher in quality than their previous work. But that Akom quality does pop up as the episode unfolds.
As the series goes on we get less and less Bruce Wayne, so it is really nice here to get so much of the hapless facade as Batman uses his identity to investigate Nostromos’ cult. Not only does Conroy deliver the foppish dialogue with incredible comedic sensibility, but the dialogue itself perfectly captures the obnoxious and affable aura this Bruce presents. Even the animators have some fun with the way the character moves. It’s a nice wrinkle of dramatic storytelling to have Bruce lose his love interest as a consequence of his investigation into Nostromos.
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