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Summary: Night Cries is excellent!
Review: Batman stories are counting on the dark detective angles that are played out on the comic-book page. "Night Cries" does exactly what you need to make Batman both believable as well as entertaining. Nothing thrills me more than having a one-shot Batman story that begin and ends superbly as this title does. If your a fan, order this bad boy now. If not, go back to your John Grisham!
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Summary: Night Cries is excellent!
Review: Batman stories are counting on the dark detective angles that are played out on the comic-book page. "Night Cries" does exactly what you need to make Batman both believable as well as entertaining. Nothing thrills me more than having a one-shot Batman story that begin and ends superbly as this title does. If your a fan, order this bad boy now. If not, go back to your John Grisham!
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Summary: A Dark Knight Worth Sleeping Through
Review: Despite all of the hype, NIGHT CRIES is a vastly overrated, artistic mess, placing Batman in the middle of a crisis and trying to make a statement about child abuse. While I'm one of the greatest advocate for comics having adult themes, this one fell flat on its face from Page One. Besides that, the artwork (coloring, especially) is horrible. One sad day in Gotham.
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Summary: A wonderful book with wonderful script and pictures
Review: Goodwin and Hampton create a beautiful graphic novel. And when these two collide it makes a graphic novel on a problem that is timeless. Child abuse. A very important topic that is taken very seriously in this graphic novel. Commissioner Gordon faces this problem with his son while trying to solve a child abusing case. While Batman is being accused of being the insane homecidal killer of the child abuser. His only hope is a young girl that has been so afraid she won't talk. This book has overwhelming pictures that push the boundries of comics. As you can see on the cover. I recomend this book to anyone (mature enough).
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Summary: Incredibly powerful and haunting work...
Review: More than any other Batman graphic novel, Night Cries deals with a subject that hits home. Whether or not you have experienced or know people who have experienced child abuse, it is not difficult to identify with the characters and be moved by this story. The reason for its power is that it is the most human Batman story I've read. Unlike Arkham Asylum which deals with wacky screwed-up villains, or the Dark Knight Returns which tells of an Batman's action-packed rebellious return, Night Cries speaks of children. It speaks of the effects that abuse has on human souls, the abused or the observers of the abused. Nothing tears the human soul more than a child in any sort of pain, and Night Cries explores these types of pain and the effects of it. Scott Hampton also took much time and care creating the lush and dark paintings in this graphic novel to fit Archie Goodwin's mysteriously unfolding story. Note: By no means am I suggesting that Dark Knight Returns or Arkham Asylum are not good (in fact I like them more than Night Cries) but Night Cries is definitely far more arresting than either of the aforementioned.
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Summary: Incredibly powerful and haunting work...
Review: The art in Night Cries is cut from the same cloth as Arkham Asylum. If you liked the latter, then there's a good chance that you'll like the former. I personally found the art in both unappealing and uninspired, but to each their own. Night Cries is also drug down by a poor story with too many confusing elements that get further muddled by the poor art.
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Summary: The art is bad, the story is worse
Review: The art in Night Cries is cut from the same cloth as Arkham Asylum. If you liked the latter, then there's a good chance that you'll like the former. I personally found the art in both unappealing and uninspired, but to each their own. Night Cries is also drug down by a poor story with too many confusing elements that get further muddled by the poor art.
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Summary: This was one of the best graphic novels I have ever read.
Review: The art was amazing. The story was compelling and made for an overwhelming excellent novel.
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Summary: A Graphic Noval On A Graphic Subject
Review: This graphic noval, co-plotted by Archie Goodwin and Scott Hampton, is beautifully writen and illustrated. The paintings are surreal and work into the readers mind like a dark dream. The subject, child abuse, is handled with care, without being too preachy- yet - bringing about the severity of the issue. James Gordon has a big part in this story as he comes to grips with this issue himself. The noval works well and one can feel the frustration Batman feels. We see Gordon struggle and the end of the story is sad, yet triumphet as Gordon begins to come to terms with his demons. Batman, of course can't, as he sreams in frustration. The reader watches it all.
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Summary: A Graphic Noval On A Graphic Subject
Review: This graphic noval, co-plotted by Archie Goodwin and Scott Hampton, is beautifully writen and illustrated. The paintings are surreal and work into the readers mind like a dark dream. The subject, child abuse, is handled with care, without being too preachy- yet - bringing about the severity of the issue. James Gordon has a big part in this story as he comes to grips with this issue himself. The noval works well and one can feel the frustration Batman feels. We see Gordon struggle and the end of the story is sad, yet triumphet as Gordon begins to come to terms with his demons. Batman, of course can't, as he sreams in frustration. The reader watches it all.
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