Batman: The Killing Joke

I wonder why I insist on calling Alan Moore Michael Moore. This is a mystery to me, except that I think both their faces are obnoxious to me. I suppose this is beside the point.

So, why am I reading traditional superhero comics? I am hoping to go to a conference in Wilmington, NC this October and present on terrorism in comic movies and fantasy novels. I picked this graphic novel up because I wanted

Fables: Legends in Exile (Vol. 1)

Our favorite Grimm characters come to the modern world to escape the adversary who has taken all their lands. Snow White's sister Rose Red fakes her own murder to get out of a pending engagement with Bluebeard.

Whys and Wherefores (Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10)

When I went to pick up these last four books at Plan 9 Comics in Boone yesterday, the man said he thought Y: The Last Man was the best graphic novel series out there. I am really interested in why this is the case. This series was really quite brilliant, but I thought the ending was a little anticlimactic. I wonder if men really enjoy The Last Man series because Yorick ends up fairly free of women?

Motherland (Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9)

Kimono Dragons (Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8)

Yorick and crew spend some time in Japan.

Paper Dolls (Y: The Last Man, Vol. 7)

Girl on Girl (Y: The Last Man, Vol. 6)

355, Dr. Mann, and Yorick board a heroin trafficking cruise ship captained by Kilina, a comparative literature major turned sailor. An Australian submarine attacks the ship, killing Kilina and commandeering the last y-chromosome crew. 355 and Dr. Mann give a romantic relationship a first try. We hear from Beth in Australia, but her storyline is still convoluted.