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Batman: Battle for the Cowl As most of you who frequent #ocremix know, I read a lot of comic books, mostly of the DC superhero variety. I wanted to make this thread to discuss a big event that'll be going on for the next three months or so in the Batman-corner of the DC Universe. What is it? Batman: Battle for the Cowl is a three-month-long event that DC is publishing that comes out of the events of the recent Batman RIP and Final Crisis storylines. The main series is being written and drawn by Tony Daniel, who's been the artist on Batman for the past year or so. What's it about? Bruce Wayne, better known as Batman, has been "killed" by Darkseid and is no longer with us in the present day (the actual truth is a little more complicated; readers know that Bruce is alive and simply presumed dead, but let's leave that aside for now). As a result of Batman's "death," Gotham City has been thrown into chaos. The city's criminals are trying to take advantage of the Dark Knight's demise to make powerplays and seize control of the Gotham Underground, and Batman's family of heroes, led by Dick Grayson, aka Nightwing, are doing everything they can to keep the city under relative control. What everyone will soon realize is that Gotham City may not survive without a Batman, and this will be a major point of contention between Batman's three "sons:" Dick Grayson--the first Robin, currently Nightwing--believes that no-one can or should take up the Cape and Cowl and that the heroes of Gotham should do what they can as themselves; Jason Todd, the gun-toting hot-headed back-from-the-dead second Robin, believes that he has the absolute right to take up the mantle and become a newer, more vengeful Batman; and Tim Drake, the third and current Robin, believes that Batman isn't dead, and is going to use all of his skills as a detective to find out what really happened to Bruce. There are a lot of other major players in the story, inlcuding Catwoman, Hush, Batgirl, Huntress, Oracle; the list goes on and on. Needless to say, a whole lot of hell is breaking loose in Gotham City. What should I read? In addition to the main Battle for the Cowl series, there are two companion mini-series and a slew of one-shots hitting every week that'll fill in what's going on with different people in Gotham City. Here's the schedule, taken from DC's Battle for the Cowl checklist: MARCH Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead? Battle for the Cowl #1 (of 3) Azrael #1 Oracle: The Cure #1 Battle for the Cowl: Commissioner Gordon APRIL Battle for the Cowl: Man-Bat Battle for the Cowl #2 (of 3) Azrael #2 Oracle: The Cure #2 Battle for the Cowl: Arkham Asylum Battle for the Cowl: The Underground MAY Battle for the Cowl: The Network Azrael #3 Oracle: The Cure #3 Battle for the Cowl #3 (of 3) Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive? Generally speaking, with events like these, you can get away with just reading the main series, but that sort of takes all the fun out of it. I'll be grabbing every issue each week. What this thread is for: This thread is for talking about Battle for the Cowl and its related mini-series. By extension we can also discuss other Bat-stuff going on right now in the comics, like Neil Gaiman's Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? storyline that's had it's first part published in the latest issue of Batman. We can also talk about what's coming after Battle in the comics, as DC's revamping their Bat-line with eight--yes, eight--ongoing titles. I'll post that list if it comes up during discussion. What this thread isn't for: I really want to keep this thread focused on the comics. That means no discussion about Batman: The Animated Series, The Batman, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the Batman movies, other non-Batman comic book related stuff (DC's other big stuff like Green Lantern and all the Superman stuff going on, Watchmen, Marvel Comics stuff, etc.). As much as I love all that stuff and could talk at length about all of it, I want to stick to BftC here, so stay on track! But DarkeSword, comics are too difficult to get into! I wouldn't even know where to start! I'd get confused! There's too much history! To that I say, "Bollocks!" In today's digital age, it's easier than ever to jump into comic books, because you can easily look up something you don't understand on Wikipedia or fansites. Give it a shot! Be a nerd with me! Do you have more information, like pictures or previews? IGN Comics has a great mini-site up for keeping track of everything going on with this event. They've got five-page previews of some issues already, so hit them up. ____ Where are we so far? This list will be updated as new issues come out. Gotham Gazette: Batman Dead? - 3/4/09, released! Battle for the Cowl #1 - 3/11/09, released! Azrael: Death's Dark Knight - 3/19/09, released! Battle for the Cowl: Commissioner Gordon - 3/25/09, released! Oracle: The Cure - 3/25/09, released! ____ Join us at ComicShop on IRC to discuss weekly comics! I think that's all you need to know for now! Please join me in reading what promises to be a really great event. Thanks!

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Please stay on topic.

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Frames of animation.

Not sure if anyone's familiar with this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/collections/72157603486269567/ The conceit: a comic strip form the early 20th century about a pair of vagabond felines--with a twist.

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The only one of Sirlin's points I disagree with is where he talks about how quick recovery from being knocked down should be automatic, making staying down the conscious decision.

My only complaint is that Street Fighter IV lacks Third Strike.

Dave if you miss the music from those Disney movies, go see Enchanted.

Been waiting for this movie for a while.

Stop putting "bitches!" in the titles of the threads you make in Community.

The buzz thread on VGMix for that mix was pretty legendary. The best part was when someone found out that he ripped the whole thing off of someone else's MIDI.

Hey guys listen to my Earthbound piano arrangement that I performed with Claire in a real english pub where everyone spoke and clattered their dishes at a different bitrate than the recording of my piano that my uncle in the recording industry did for me.

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If you actually read Judges' Decisions, you'd know that I don't make my votes large-texted, just bold. Plus, what judge has ever written out their single-word vote in title-caps and punctuation. "No." Seriously?

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Oh BTW, when signing up for XBox Live, I discovered that someone else is using DarkeSword as their gamertag, so if you play with DarkeSword, that's not me. My gamertag is something else.

When did Prot hack OCR?

It's a very straightforward fighter. I wouldn't call it particularly deep; not on the level of something like Street Fighter; it's more of a Street Fighter-lite. Still very fun. Graphics and art are very pretty and the music is wonderful. Controls are tight, and characters are varied enough. They all fit the old anime-fighter clichés; movelists are standard; lots of QCF/QCB/etc. Overall it's a really nice package. I like it a lot.

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People will try to get banned just to get on the banlog. And it's not really anyone's business why a person gets banned.