Batman arkham asylum

The story of the novel can be seen as Batman locked inside Arkham to face his deadliest foes. Or the story can be seen a disturbing telling of Batman facing his own personal horrors and demons. I personally think think you need both haves to tell this story, like two face one will feel incomplete with out the other side.
I liked how the Joker took a different side to his role with Batman, he became his guide through this experience of self healing. There where times reading this where I was just in shock of how deep this story goes on an psychological level. One of the great scenes in the book was at the end where Batman is being attack by the Doctor. But Batman being a master martial arts expert he can't get this skinny lunatic off him. Like he was battling his inner psyche and calling out for another part of him to save himself.  Its a brillant concept is Arkham really a persons mind that dreams them to life, and that it could be Batman's head. Over all I enjoyed the ride of the story.

MAUS

For me reading Maus was like listening to my grandfather tell me stories of world war II, and the pain his family went through in the Holocaust. I found Maus hitting me more on an emotional level than any comic I have read previously before that. I enjoyed it, it was almost like I was viewing an experience my family went through.   I liked the way he used animals to represet the people, I got a laugh seeing the cats cause I hate cats. I liked how the representation of the dark times where illustrated in a more contrast and almost dirtier environment than the present.


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