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Dec. 18th, 2001
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I can understand why "Mack the Knife" could become a Jazz standard, but it just creeps me out that everydamnjazzartistbody that records it sings it so upbeat.
"Hey, yeah! I'm going to sing about somebody who goes around committing serial murder with a jackknife! Ain't it cool?"
Jeeze.
"Hey, yeah! I'm going to sing about somebody who goes around committing serial murder with a jackknife! Ain't it cool?"
Jeeze.
The Dark Knight Strikes Back...
Dec. 18th, 2001 11:17 pm"This is it, Clark. No more skirmishes. No more compromises. No more deals. No more secrecy. No more silence. No more pretending that we don't exist. Not one more lie. Damn the consequences. The war begins."
With those words, a story which was already redlining goes up several notches further. This is that rarity of rarities - a sequel that not only lives up to the premise of the story that birthed it, but improves upon it. This leaps ahead of where TDKR left off by Spider-Man sized bounds, and by the time the first installment ends, you realise that any wait whatsoever for issue #2 is going to be too long.
Buy this book.
With those words, a story which was already redlining goes up several notches further. This is that rarity of rarities - a sequel that not only lives up to the premise of the story that birthed it, but improves upon it. This leaps ahead of where TDKR left off by Spider-Man sized bounds, and by the time the first installment ends, you realise that any wait whatsoever for issue #2 is going to be too long.
Buy this book.