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Heya, so I've been absent for a while on tumblr because I've been trying to find somewhere to live (extremely stressful, we were messed over by multiple places which caused me and my partner to have to move in with family for a bit after two places fell through even after we had paid the deposit on them 😥) but it's all sorted now and I'm moving into a new place in two days!!

Anyway!! This comic rec is for Batman: The Knight which is a phenominal prequel story about bruce in his teens and early twenties training all over the globe and finding his skills he later uses as batman.

It is also a great look into Ghostmaker (Minkhoa Khan) and his relationship with Bruce. If you don't want to go through the batman issues that introduce Ghostmaker (Batman (Vol. 3) #100 is his introduction issue.) then this is a really great way to see his character for the first time.

I personally really enjoy the art, and the writing is very engaging and easy to get through. Each issue is a really good length and finishing an issue on it's own is quick and satisfying.

Each cover for each issue shows the bat symbol in some way, like a looming threat of who bruce will become, a hanging blade ready to fall for the duration of the run. It's also great characterisation for bruce, unlike some issues recently where he acts like an irredeemable monster, he feels very grounded and full of heart like he is meant to be, but still misguided and stunted emotionally in his thoughts and motivations to some degree.

I own the hardback cover of the compendium eddition and its absolutely gorgeous, a great run to read if you are struggling to find somewhere to start with batman comics. Prequels are just a great option for that.

Honestly a 9/10 from me and a massive comic rec. It's all online and available to read so if it's something you might like please go check it out!

thanks a bunch, baby!

[image id: a comic panel from Avengers (1963) #99. Thor is wearing his classic armor, red cape, and winged helmet. Hawkeye/Clint Barton is wearing a blue minidress with purple accents, purple boots, and a matching headband. In the top left corner it reads "--And into the fortuitous arms of--". In the centre, Thor catches Clint in his arms after he was flung across the room. Clint says: "Thor! Thanks a bunch, baby!". Thor responds: "There be little time for gratitude, archer. Look thou at yonder Titans!"

day 20. avalon

Waste of Paper

A short comic about my job, with image description.

[Begin image description:

A square comic divided into 4 square panels, drawn in neon colors with a black background.

Panel 1 shows a customer, drawn in purple, and the text reads, "yesterday a customer told me that our ticket machine is a waste of paper."

Panel 2 shows 6 paper tickets, drawn in yellow, and the text reads, "I was kinda mad, but not because I thought she was wrong."

Panel 3 shows 8 cardboard boxes stacked on top of a pallet to be moved, drawn in orange and yellow, and the text reads, "sometimes we have to throw out entire pallets of perfectly good product."

Panel 4 shows an industrial sized dumpster, drawn in blue and labeled with the word "trash", full of boxes, drawn in orange. The text reads, "this company is a waste of the earth."

I’m working on streamlining my comic description so it doesn’t sound so awkward. Here’s what i had earlier (3 sentences, 78 words).

60 years after a catastrophic war, St. Ignatius is allegedly the last remaining city on Earth, the citizens believing themselves to be humanity's last hope against total annihilation. Rebels in two factions wage war against the perceived injustice of the city's government. But the tenuous equilibrium these sides have developed could change when two travelers claiming to be from beyond the cloistered remnant of civilization appear – unless they're merely rebels hiding behind the most implausible lie possible.

And here’s the new one (1 sentence, 27 words)

60 years after a near apocalypse, two explorers unwittingly thrust themselves into a war between the government of the last city on Earth and its disenfranchised citizens.