Legends of the Dark Knight - Digital Comic

[Matches Malone]

We announced back in April that an all-new Batman digital comic book would be coming soon.  Today, we're excited to reveal that the first chapter from LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT will be released tomorrow, followed by new chapters out every Thursday. Taking place outside of DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 continuity, the new series features several stand-alone stories by various creators that chronicle different cases handled by The Dark Knight.

Kicking off the first chapter is the all-star line-up of LOST scribe Damon Lindelof with artwork by the critically acclaimed Jeff Lemire.  The line-up for the first six chapters of LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT is as follows:

- June 7 – "The Butler Did It" written by Damon Lindelof with artwork by Jeff Lemire
- June 14 – "All of the Above" written by Jonathan Larsen with artwork by JG Jones
- June 21– "The Crime Never Committed" written by Tom Taylor with artwork by Nicola Scott and Wayne Faucher
- June 28 – "Crisis of Identity" Part 1 written by B. Clay Moore with artwork by Ben Templesmith
- July 5 – "Crisis of Identity" Part 2 written by B. Clay Moore with artwork by Ben Templesmith
- July 12 – "Crisis of Identity" Part 3 written by B. Clay Moore with artwork by Ben Templesmith

Mark your calendars – Thursdays are officially all about The Dark Knight and you can get your weekly fill here for $.99 each.

[Azrael]

Le Legends 

Chi non le ha lette deve rimediare in qualche maniera 

[Green Hankey]

Progetto promettente 

[overminder78]

da quanto ho capito sarà una mini in 6 parti e solo in digitale! mannaggia a loro: le Leggende era una delle serie batmaniane più belle di sempre. Quello che non mi è chiaro è: fanno parte del DCnU?
Post Uniti: 07 Giugno 2012, 23:11:22
appena finito di leggere velocemente la versione digitale scaricata... nulla di che, e parrebbe del tutto slegato tanto dal vecchio DCU che dai Nuovi 52. Sembra avvicinarsi, come tematica a quelle Leggende fuori continuity con versioni alternative di Batman
ma non arriverà mai in Italia 

[Dean Winchester]

Letto il primo numero. Mi ha fatto abbastanza schifo.

[overminder78]

dai... proprio schifo? diciamo che se uscisse in Italia non lo comprerei: non ha niente in comune con la vecchia "Legends"

[Dean Winchester]

Sì, schifo totale

[Azrael]

Letto il primo numero. Mi ha fatto abbastanza schifo.

Mi puoi scrivere in Spoiler la trama? 

[Dean Winchester]

Spiacente, ma non sei autorizzato a visualizzare il contenuto degli spoiler.

[Azrael]

Spiacente, ma non sei autorizzato a visualizzare il contenuto degli spoiler.

Uhmmm, e i disegni come sono?

[Dean Winchester]

Eh, sono la cosa peggiore per quanto mi riguarda. Batman non sembra Batman Comunque mi sa che ha ragione overminder. Mi sa che non è in continuity, sembra più una cosa parallela.

[overminder78]

Spiacente, ma non sei autorizzato a visualizzare il contenuto degli spoiler.

Post Uniti: 08 Giugno 2012, 16:15:23
sembra una storia stile "Black & White"... ma non è detto che saranno tutte così

[Dean Winchester]

Il Batman dei poveri insomma

[Azrael]

LEMIRE MAKES BATMAN HIS OWN IN "LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT"



Da CBR

[Azrael]

"Legends of the Dark Knight" is a digital series of shorts from acclaimed creators. This story, "The Butler Did It," kicks off the series and brings us a brutal tale of trust and self-perception from Damon Lindelof and Jeff Lemire. These two men bring enormous cultural cache to the book and it is nice to see the story live up to the expectations and hopes.

This book's format is 20 pages, with each page comprised of a landscape style page that fits an iPad screen perfectly, which we've seen with a variety of digital-first stories of late. This means we don't get 20 "pages," as we know them, but rather 20 screens and these screens take up as much space as half a regular comic page. It means less story to some degree, but this issue delivers more than enough bang to warrant the 99 cent price point. In fact, this is insane value because it's extremely good and definitely memorable.

Taking place in Batman's past, Lindelof dances between the raindrops of culturally understood continuity, much as he did with his short in "Action Comics" #900. However, Lindelof is asserting a much larger claim in this short. He's not exactly shaking things up, but takes an established character and tests their base role within an extreme situation. Some may see it as false, others will certainly find it confronting, but in the end it rings true for the character. Lindelof has just built more depth into the world of Batman and the tapestry is richer for it.

The premise of the tale is simple. Batman is on patrol, pretty much clapping himself on the back in congratulations for being smarter than the superstitious and cowardly lot he hunts, and stumbles across a crime scene that mirrors the formative alley mugging that shaped his future. From there, things twist plenty with a bait-and-switch, a flashback and one shocking but ultimately satisfying conclusion.

Jeff Lemire would not be my first choice to illustrate a run on any title with Batman in it, but only getting 20 small pages from him works and it eventually leaves you wanting more. His lines feel improvised, his forms more emotional than literal. This is an estimate of Gotham and everyone in it straight from the heart, not the draftsman's desk. Considering this is a tale of men and their words, this works as an effective collaboration.

Lemire is given the opportunity to stretch his muscles and write the Caped Crusader flying about his city as well as just two men talking. A brutal page of violence showcases Lemire's ability to plot and chart a page with a sneaky opportunity to draw a few rogues. His Joker is as good as you'd expect, his Freeze is fantastic and his Poison Ivy is not on the money at all.

"Legends of the Dark Knight" launches with an explosive bang. The opportunity to write 20 half pages and have some fun might be seen as an invitation to go soft and delight the crowd in a light way. Lindelof and Lemire defy the expectation, constructing new knowledge in this world and leaving their mark in a respectful manner. It might not feel respectful -- it might feel intrusive and nasty, but in the end, that's exactly how the best lessons should be.

5 su 5

Da CBR