From issue 75 of Superman/Batman (out right now!) and currently getting a load of attention all over the Interweb thing, comes this quite brilliant Calvin and Hobbes parody/homage by Brian Azzerello and Lee Bermejo. I imagine it’s the best thing in the comic by a long way. Hell, it’s probably the best Batman related thing you’ll see all year.
How good would it be to hear that DC have taken note of all the attention and decided it’s going to get it’s own comic? Or, at the very least, a regular page in one of the monthly Batman comics.
Here’s the full strip – click to make bigger….
(Via – well, take your pick really, but I saw it first at Grantbridge Street)
August 27th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
You’re right. That is brilliant…
…but I can’t help but feel that part of what makes it so is that’s it’s a one-off.
August 27th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Yep, can see that point of view as well. Maybe a Christmas special?
August 27th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Joker & Lex: http://bit.ly/bIkQ3p
August 27th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I’d like to see them segue into other ‘in the style of…’ strips…
Peanuts?
But, anyway, this is genius!
August 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
I think it would be cool to do a book that is all one-off homages to newspaper strips using the DC characters. Call it DC Funnies or something and have parodies of Peanuts, Bloom County, Far Side, and so on featuring the likes of Batman, Superman, etc. Wonder Woman as Cathy? Green Lantern as Beetle Bailey?
August 27th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
John – that is a great idea, would love to see that. Not quite the same, but in a similar vein – did you see Masterpiece Comics? (review)
August 28th, 2010 at 10:10 am
The Joker and Luthor – Really funny, quality strip. Go look!! http://bit.ly/bIkQ3p