Lee Bermejo

I'd put off reading this a while, despite a lot of good critical reviews. I wish I hadn't, as I enjoyed this a lot but there's a silver lining in my delay.

Reading a Dickens' Christmas Carol pastiche via Batman in June with temps in the 90's didn't mute the effectiveness of the story and in some ways showed me how well done it was.



Yes, Batman as Scrooge is a staging that seemed strange at first blush but it grew in its work and still told a good tale with a few strains of credulity in there (moreso than the usual)--Other than authorial conceit and Clark's role as the Ghost of Christmas Present, why doesn't Superman return to help Batman when the Batmobile blows up seconds after his departure?

I'll be looking for more works by Lee Bermejo, and that's about the highest praise I give for contemporary creatives.… (more)