DC Sneak Peek: Batgirl
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Brenden Fletcher: I think Batgirl as a character had been in such a dark place, it was an obvious journey for us. Cameron [Stewart] and I wanted for her to be the Batgirl that we grew up with — not exactly in her characterization, but in the way that she felt like the iconic version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl: Yvonne Craig from the 1966 Batman TV show, Barbara Gordon from Batman: The Animated Series, from the old comics in the 1960s and 70s. We wanted to feel that from the character.
Writers: Brenden Fletcher & Cameron Stewart
Artist: Babs Tarr
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Date: 2015-05-27 08:54 pm (UTC)Admittedly, the whole 'death maze' thing is a bit trite, but at least the cheat-code bit is new and the concept of 'video game taken to a new level' is logical, in it's own twisted way.
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Date: 2015-05-27 09:25 pm (UTC)Blame editorial
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Date: 2015-05-28 12:28 am (UTC)But yeah, Five Doctors reference all over the place. I was expecting her to finish the line with pi.
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Date: 2015-05-27 11:25 pm (UTC)I think this is part of why I've been really enjoying this run. Look, I know I'm in the minority, but for however many awesome Oracle scenes there's been, when I think "Barbara Gordon," I think of her in Batman: The Animated Series--I can even still hear her awesome music from that time. So I'm really liking that we get the classic Barbara, and having a bit of Oracle in there with her tech skills and Frankie assisting.
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Date: 2015-06-02 05:09 am (UTC)Yeah, when I said the minority, I meant the minority around here.
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Date: 2015-05-28 02:06 am (UTC)I think it should be some sort of rule: you have to like the character who you are writing, otherwise you shouldn't be writing it. Denny O'Neil is a great Batman writer, but he sucked on Superman, because he didn't really like the character. Elliott Maggin was a great Superman writer, because he really LIKED the character.
Which brings me to what's happening to Superman...oh, nevermind. That's another post. But yes, I'm enjoying this.
I dunno, I don't believe that Gene Luen Yang actually hates Superman
Date: 2015-05-28 04:59 am (UTC)Re: I dunno, I don't believe that Gene Luen Yang actually hates Superman
Date: 2015-05-29 01:22 am (UTC)Hence why I chalked it up to editorial
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