James Tynion IV

I just finished WYND, BOOK 1: THE FLIGHT OF THE PRINCE by James Tynion IV & Michael Dialynas, from @boom_studios, and I loved it! What seems at first a cute little fantasy turns into a story with deep messages about xenophobia and standing up for what’s right. Wynd, a young boy with magical blood, must stay hidden from the close-minded people of Pipetown, who will go to almost any lengths to prevent the magic outside their town walls from infecting the last “true” humans in the world. show more He gets accidentally wrapped up in a plot to spirit the prince of Pipetown out of the city so that he can give up his claim to the thrown to his uncle, who wants abolish the laws keeping those with magic away. Together with the castle gardener’s son, who Wynd dreams of having a normal life with, and his adopted sister, the 4 kids must band together in order to escape the King’s Men and get the prince to safety. Full of lush colors and fantastic, whimsical art along with a captivating story of both self-acceptance and learning to stand up for what is right, WYND is definitely a series I will be keeping up with. This volume collects the first 5 issues of the series. show less

I’m coming into this with very little knowledge of any recent Batman plot points, characters, and story arcs so perhaps my view is naive - but I thought this was excellent!

I was somewhat familiar with the whole Court of Owls premise from the TV show Gotham, but I think it’s all done much better here. It’s unsettling to see how badly Batman is roughed up (physically and mentally) by them in their underground layer, and the fact that it’s only going to get worse is blowing my mind. show more What a great cliffhanger ending for this first volume!

The art is also detailed and brutal, and does some fun things with layouts and panel formats. I tore through these first few issues in a single sitting, and I’m already reserving the next few from the library. Great stuff! show less

A jackass whines to anyone who will listen about how crappy his life is -- like his four-year-old who cries constantly about the monster in his closet -- while trying to rationalize his self-sabotaging ways. Short and unpleasant, but effective.

when the turtles sneak into the batcave, michelangelo cannot help riding on the back of that giant dinosaur thingy and crying, "this is everything i have ever wanted out of life!!" my first three fandoms were ninja turtles, star trek, and batman, i'm pretty sure in that order. so basically mikey is providing an absolutely perfect visual metaphor for how i feel about this crossover.

this is such a love letter to both of these franchises and their fans. it is actually kind of ridiculous how show more good it is. it's not just a novelty, it uses bruce and alfred and damian's interactions with splinter and the turtle boys to just kinda show off how thoroughly it gets all these characters. the degree to which it is just exactly how i would have approached this extremely unlikely crossover is also just kind of hilarious? not necessarily the main plot and villains so much as the interactions between the heroes, and the fact that said interactions take up probably more of the story than the conflict with the villains. i just feel so incredibly catered to. literally my only complaint is that this didn't come out when i was 5. show less