Hey, I love Frank Miller's art ... he's a brilliant graphic illustrator. But when I heard about the "Holy Terror, Batman" project I decided I would reserve judgement until I had seen and read it for myself.

Some of his Sin City material is pure genius ... he could possibly pull something like this off and manage a strong message in the storyline. But (judging from some more recent stuff) I don't know if that will be the case.

We'll just have to see.

There is precedent.

Wait a minute...I thought this story was posted by the "Greek Editor." I assumed Batman was gonna butt fuck Osama.

Yeah ... but that was a long time ago. Lots of bad things have great historic precedence ... slavery, racism, religious intolerance, etc.

I was thinking more along the lines of Miller conveying the idea that the situation isn't as black and white as it may be publicly portrayed (even when printed on the pages of a graphic novel). But I'm pretty sure those days are over for Miller. He pulled some pretty intelligent storylines off in the past, but I have a feeling this project will be more akin to the comic cover you used as an example above.

Right on Grant Morrison.

I love Frank Miller's work and I am huge fan of his, but his latest stuff with Batman hs left me sorely dissapointed. If someone told me that Miller was working on something 9/11 related, I would have expected it to be harsh critique of the Bush administration, not some chest-thumping work of simplistic propaganda.

Posh said

Im sot so sure on that, I was watching an interview with Frank Miller about this project where he explained what it is he is actually doing with this comic. It's less of a USA A'OK project and more of a throw back to Propoganda comics of the 40s and 50s like the Captain America comic pictured above, but rather than being so straight forward it is done with typical Frank Miller style.

It could end up being about how Bush is such a moron that he can't get the job done so Batman does it himself, who knows mabey even Bush will die so Batman figures he is the only man for the job, it could really go alot of ways so I will wait and see before I judge, im just glad to hear its a throwback to those comics rather than an America is great jizz fest.

So which nations have failed to survive due to a lack of patriotism?

Isn't Osama some warped form of patriot?

Tune in next week. Same bat-time, same bat-channel.

V vs. George Bush would be awesome.

Except this isn't nearly as bad as slavery, racism, or religious intolerance. It's just a relic from the bygone days of comics that's been revived.

Frankly, before reading Miller's quote, I'd have thought this was an homage to comics such as the one depicted above and that maybe it'd end with Bruce Wayne buying a fuck load of war bonds and making out with Rosie the Riveter. Even if it's meant to be a sincere piece, though, you can still find it just as hilarious as that pictures of Cap clocking Hitler.

^But according to pussy, though, it is an homage. Neat.

P.S. Grant Morrison is great.

P.P.S. Brian K. Vaughn too.

Too bad Bin Laden's already dead....

WTF is he thinking?!! As a long time Batman fan, I think we outta get a say in whether or not this retardedness is allowed fruition. The whole point of comic books/graphic novels is to ESCAPE reality. I hope someone stops Miller before this gets out of hand. If you really wanna mix patriotism and comics read Alex Ross' 'Uncle Sam'.

(yes, I said retardness...see below)