The only complaint i have about Kevin Smith's Cacophony is that Roy sold himself short. He soooo could have netted a hell of a lot more than $20 grand, course....that will make more sense in a bit.
Witty dialogue and senseless violence marks the beginning of Cacophony, Smith's recent venture into the Batman world and I am so happy that he let us into his twisted version of the Batman universe.
Tying the poor economics of today, Smith starts us off with a satirical joke on big business and keeps on going; delving into such topics of green merkins and why pedophiles enjoy the Sunday papers Family Circle comic. But the fun doesn't stop there kiddies.....all of that happens in the first few pages of the book.
Starting off with a potential murder, Deadshot has been hired by a bereaved parent whose kid offed himself while using the new drug on the street "Chuckles". Chuckles was discovered when Zues Maximus raided one of the Jokers hide-outs and found a random canister of The Joker's fatal laughing gas. Maximus being an entrepreneurial kinda guy thought it would be wise to cut Ecstasy with diluted Joker gas and sell it on the street. Next thing he knows he's mass producing the next designer drug. Sadly, Deadshot's current employer doesn't realize the drug is being put out by Maximus so he's sent Deadshot in to kill The Joker.
After getting the security codes to Arkham Asylum from a disgruntled security guard named Roy who was let go due to our poor economical times possibly brought on by the Bush administration, Deadshot makes his way into Arkham to bust the Joker's chaps. Sadly he's stopped short by an unknown assailant who has different plans for Joker....bust him out of jail and give him LOADS of cash. The Joker graciously accepts the cash load and makes off to take his revenge on Maximus.
Kevin Smith does a fantastic job of showing us the darker side of Gotham by including special appearances by Zasz and other insane members of the cities zanies, not to mention that Smith's version of Batman does seem to border that thin line of sanity he sometimes balances on.
Batman Cacophony was a great book that not only I could recommend to a Batman fan, but to someone new to the whole DC universe and not have worry about them being lost. Smith's dialogue helps barely used Maximus seem like a regular in the Batman world and adds enough development to each character so you don't feel like an outsider as some mini series can.
Totally dig it. Pick it up!
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