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Batwoman Elegy Greg Rucka JH Williams JG Jones Books

This is not a book I would ever have purchased were it not for the Eisner award it received and sadly I would have passed up a fantastic collection. I first noticed J.H. Williams III art when he drew an issue for Grant Morrison's Black Glove and was immediately impressed. Having collected comics since the late seventies (taking a fortunate break in the nineties) I cannot deny that many of the artists of today are far superior to ANYONE pencilling comics in previous decades and Williams is one of the best of the current crop. Artists like Williams have taken comic art to a whole new level and somewhat give justification to the much higher price of today's comics. I will return to Williams later.

Rachael Maddow wrote the books introduction which seems only appropriate given that the main character is a lesbian but Kate Kane (Batwoman) is more than just a comic heroin who happens to be gay. Her homosexuality is pivotal to her character and is treated entirely respectfully throughout; at least from my perspective as a straight reader. Greg Rucka delivers a decidedly character driven story which is a tremendous breath of fresh air from what DC usually sends out. When Barry (the Flash) Allen died in Crisis on Infinite Earths I remember that it made little emotional impact on me compared to the death of Rorschach which occurred the same year. Despite the fact that Rorschach was only developed for the twelve issue series, Alan Moore gave him more dimension and depth than the rest of the DC writers managed to give The Flash in nearly three decades. Rucka gives Kane that same kind of depth to where the reader actually cares about the character and in my mind that places this collection on a plane of writing above and beyond the super event of 2009-2010, Blackest Night.

What's interesting is that Rucka creates such a believable character that I began to ponder things best left unpondered in super hero comics. For instance, the absurdity of a woman choosing a career in vigilantism and having her father help send her into harms way to battle crime. But if you think about it it's far less absurd than a man acquiring the ability to move at greater than light speed and the best he can come up with is to use his abilities to foil bank robberies. This is not a criticism of Rucka but praise for creating a character that feels so real.

Getting back to J.H. Williams, he's certainly deserving of his Eisner Award for best penciller and if I had one complaint it's that the order of the frames can sometimes be difficult to follow but that is more of a stylistic decision on the artists part rather than sloppiness. Williams draws pages with a true artist's mentality. For instance in one scene Kate is facing off against an opponent and rather than draw a sequence of fight frames the frames are jagged and red toned and placed clockwise around a central image. It sometimes takes a little effort on the reader's part to discern exactly what is happening. Williams also draws the scenes of Kate in her Batwoman costume in a completely different style then when she is in street clothes to the point where it looks like two different artists drew the comics. The scenes where she is not wearing her costume are far less artistic and much easier to follow.

Detective Comics sales spiked with issue 853, Grant Morrison's last issue, and has seen a steady decline in readership since. It can't really be blamed on Batwoman since even when Batman returned the numbers continued to drop. Its sales numbers on Amazon, among graphic novels, is pretty ho hum which is a real shame because this is great stuff. I can't even brag about my own ability to see talent that others ignore since I never would have bought this if it weren't for its Eisner award. For some reason the numbers seem to imply the Rucka just isn't connecting with readers. The critics love it, serious fans love it but by and large the public seem ambivalent. I hope more comic fans will discover this gem even though the team of Rucka, Williams and Kane has already broken apart.


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Batwoman Elegy Greg Rucka JH Williams JG Jones Books Reviews

The stunning, just-about-groundbreaking artwork of J.H. Williams III. The mood-setting colors of Dave Stewart. The tight writing of thriller novelist Greg Rucka. The fleshing out of one of the strongest female characters in comic books. The sheer assskickery and the street level grit. BATWOMAN ELEGY collects DETECTIVE COMICS #854-860 (minus the Question back-up feature; sorry, Renee). If you missed out on or passed up these issues when they first published, well, what's your excuse now? In 2009-10, DETECTIVE COMICS, sans the Darknight Detective, vied for the mantle of best superhero comic then going. Maybe, at the time, you were vexed because Bruce Wayne and Cassandra Cain (Batgirl) had just gotten the raw deal. Maybe you felt that DC was trying to shove this mysterious Batwoman down your throat. I felt a bit like that. And then I cracked open the pages, and I was bowled over, my gob all smacked.

History (and Wiki) notes that this modern-era Batwoman debuted in 2006, during the seventh week of the 52 maxi-series, and that she began operating in Gotham during Batman's year-long sabbatical, post-Infinite Crisis. But it wasn't until DETECTIVE COMICS that she and we finally began getting truly acquainted. Going into this brace of issues, you need to know that Batwoman had long been targeted by the Religion of Crime, what with Batwoman's demise having been prophesied in the Bible of Crime. This monstrous cult's previous leader, the High Madame, some time ago had captured Batwoman, had plunged a dagger into her heart.

As this volume opens, Kate Kane - not to be confused with Kathy Kane a.k.a. the original Batwoman who debuted in DETECTIVE COMICS #233 way back in 1956 - is still recovering from her near fatal stabbing. So she doesn't react too kindly when she hears that a crazed murderess named Alice has just assumed the role of new High Madame to the Religion of Crime and its thirteen covens in Gotham. The Batwoman anticipates having a word with Alice. This'll pose a problem as the creepy Alice tends to exclusively quote Lewis Carroll.

Kate Kane has landed much notoriety, thanks to her being a 1ebanese or something. That so much attention is given by you and you and me to that one aspect of her makeup tends to undermine how strong of a character she really is. Greg Rucka is a wonderful writer, expert at crafting these taut, hard-boiled thrillers, and he doesn't neglect those good character beats (and if you haven't checked out his Atticus Kodiak and Tara Chace novels, then you're missing out). This volume explores not only Kate Kane's sexual orientation but, finally, her full backstory. I love that Batwoman isn't just a female Batman clone. We learn of Kate's military career being derailed before it even had a chance to take off. Desperate to serve in some way - and late one evening inspired by the Batman - she doesn't feel the need to worm her way into Bats' inner circle. She's her own woman and doesn't require Batman's approval (but she gets it anyway). In fact, the sense I get is that should any in the Bat family throw a criticism her way, she'll just shrug it off. Along the way, Rucka establishes Kate's set of supporting characters (the most prominent of which is her military dad who acts as sort of her tech/tactics/weapons support at her secret home base). It's a very interesting, sometimes tense relationship that they share. Kate habitually calls her dad "Sir."

Even if Greg Rucka hadn't been penning this and the writing had sucked, it still would've been worth a peek for J.H. Williams III's sensational, haunting artwork. It took forever for me to get thru these issues, mostly because I spent minutes ogling the art inch by inch. Williams' creative layouts and impressive design work deserve the reader's rapt attention, and, hell, maybe a bit of adoration. I was so tempted to rip out that glorious two-paged spread (pages 18 & 19) in issue #854 just so I could pin them up on the wall. The Batwoman is visually dynamic. I love her costume's stark contrast of black and that wash of crimson. Kate Kane in her civilian guise is equally as striking. Kate, with her paleness and fiery hair and unconventional wardrobe, looks one step out of sync with everyone else.

By the way, I think colorist Dave Stewart just ran out of red.

Kate Kane's tragic origin story unfolds in issues #858-860. One of the neat things about this arc is that Williams, during the flashback sequences, applies a style that's reminiscent of Mazzuchelli/Weeks/Lark. I initially assumed another artist was handling the flashback panels, but, no, it's all J.H. Williams.

Unlike the other "New 52" relaunches, the current BATWOMAN series (Batwoman Vol. 1 Hydrology (The New 52)) - which unfortunately doesn't have Rucka but does have J.H. Williams - actually picks up the continuity from these issues in DETECTIVE COMICS. In the New 52, Kate's backstory and the events in the "Elegy" arc still happened. Just in case you're looking for one more reason to get invested.
Collects Detective Comics 854-860

When it comes to comics, I'm normally more interested in the stories than the artwork, but J.H. Williams III's art is just so incredible I had to get this. The story isn't half-bad either.

After "Infinite Crisis," the Big Three (Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman) took a year-long sabbatical to re-assess their purposes in life. The 52 weeks of their absence was chronicled in the series "52." During that time, Gotham city needed a protector, and Kate Kane became Batwoman to fill the void. During this time, she fought an organization called the Religion of Crime.

In this volume, Batwoman continues to fight crime (even though Batman is back in action). The Religion of Crime has a new leader, Alice, whose dialogue consists entirely of quotations from the works of Lewis Carrol.
The first four issues here are the "Elegy" story itself, telling the story of Batwoman's fight against Alice. This has one plot element that is extremely difficult to believe, but telling you what it is would be a spoiler. The remaining three issues are Batwoman's origin story. As an interesting twist, Kate's father becomes her "Alfred."

Parental guidance This books contains lesbians, painted-on costumes, and a werewolf, so I'd rate it about PG-13.

Additional note I think this story survived the 2011 reboot, more or less.
This is not a book I would ever have purchased were it not for the Eisner award it received and sadly I would have passed up a fantastic collection. I first noticed J.H. Williams III art when he drew an issue for Grant Morrison's Black Glove and was immediately impressed. Having collected comics since the late seventies (taking a fortunate break in the nineties) I cannot deny that many of the artists of today are far superior to ANYONE pencilling comics in previous decades and Williams is one of the best of the current crop. Artists like Williams have taken comic art to a whole new level and somewhat give justification to the much higher price of today's comics. I will return to Williams later.

Rachael Maddow wrote the books introduction which seems only appropriate given that the main character is a lesbian but Kate Kane (Batwoman) is more than just a comic heroin who happens to be gay. Her homosexuality is pivotal to her character and is treated entirely respectfully throughout; at least from my perspective as a straight reader. Greg Rucka delivers a decidedly character driven story which is a tremendous breath of fresh air from what DC usually sends out. When Barry (the Flash) Allen died in Crisis on Infinite Earths I remember that it made little emotional impact on me compared to the death of Rorschach which occurred the same year. Despite the fact that Rorschach was only developed for the twelve issue series, Alan Moore gave him more dimension and depth than the rest of the DC writers managed to give The Flash in nearly three decades. Rucka gives Kane that same kind of depth to where the reader actually cares about the character and in my mind that places this collection on a plane of writing above and beyond the super event of 2009-2010, Blackest Night.

What's interesting is that Rucka creates such a believable character that I began to ponder things best left unpondered in super hero comics. For instance, the absurdity of a woman choosing a career in vigilantism and having her father help send her into harms way to battle crime. But if you think about it it's far less absurd than a man acquiring the ability to move at greater than light speed and the best he can come up with is to use his abilities to foil bank robberies. This is not a criticism of Rucka but praise for creating a character that feels so real.

Getting back to J.H. Williams, he's certainly deserving of his Eisner Award for best penciller and if I had one complaint it's that the order of the frames can sometimes be difficult to follow but that is more of a stylistic decision on the artists part rather than sloppiness. Williams draws pages with a true artist's mentality. For instance in one scene Kate is facing off against an opponent and rather than draw a sequence of fight frames the frames are jagged and red toned and placed clockwise around a central image. It sometimes takes a little effort on the reader's part to discern exactly what is happening. Williams also draws the scenes of Kate in her Batwoman costume in a completely different style then when she is in street clothes to the point where it looks like two different artists drew the comics. The scenes where she is not wearing her costume are far less artistic and much easier to follow.

Detective Comics sales spiked with issue 853, Grant Morrison's last issue, and has seen a steady decline in readership since. It can't really be blamed on Batwoman since even when Batman returned the numbers continued to drop. Its sales numbers on , among graphic novels, is pretty ho hum which is a real shame because this is great stuff. I can't even brag about my own ability to see talent that others ignore since I never would have bought this if it weren't for its Eisner award. For some reason the numbers seem to imply the Rucka just isn't connecting with readers. The critics love it, serious fans love it but by and large the public seem ambivalent. I hope more comic fans will discover this gem even though the team of Rucka, Williams and Kane has already broken apart.