I've been reading comics since I was six years old and writing comics since I was seventeen. I'm a huge fan of the super hero genre and a big proponent of the idea that super heroes aren't cliche or childish by nature. My favorite is Batman, but not for the same dumb reasons every half-fan likes him. Outside of spending about $1,000 a year on Batman comics and memorabilia, I've read Batman and Philosophy and The Psychology of Batman and they really changed how I see the super hero genre as a whole.Â
Y'know what, I'll just copy and paste something I wrote to a friend about Batman earlier. She didn't get why I liked Batman so much so I wrote this:
Batman is a story of tragedy, insanity, vengeance, and punishment. It is the most compelling saga in comic book lore. Batman's saga is a heavily emotional opera of a story told out frame-by-frame with bone-chilling dialogue and images as dark as the night. We all know the story: Young Bruce Wayne sees his parents murdered before his eyes and vows vengeance on the evil that took their lives, no matter what form it chooses. Bruce Wayne is merely a man, but what most people don't understand is that Batman is not. When Bruce Wayne puts on the cape and cowl, he loses himself in the horrific facade that is the Batman. Batman is vengeance. Batman is the night, and all it represents. When Batman faces off against the Joker, he is not facing a crazed felon, he is facing the very insanity that has engulfed his life and forced him out into the darkness, armed for war. The truth of the matter is, Bruce Wayne no longer uses the Batman disguise to battle evil. Rather, Batman uses the Bruce Wayne disguise as a means to gain information. Batman is not a "billionaire in a bat-suit that punches bad guys at night". Batman is a man on the brink of insanity, fighting pure evil in the very bowels of his own Hell. Every night, he takes one more step down the rabbit hole, and comes that much closer to losing his grip on his mind. Batman is the shattered remnants of a man trying to protect his city and his world from the evil that broke him. That is why Batman is my favorite super hero.
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That aside, I'm also a huge fan of Superman, the X-Men, Wolverine (I didn't assume he was included in 'the X-Men' because he has plenty of solo series and he's an Avenger), Spider-Man, Captain America (when he's done right) and Spawn.
The series I'm currently following as of this month, in case you were wondering:
-Batman
-Justice League
-Batman/Superman
-Aquaman
-All New X-Men
-Uncanny X-Men
-The Avengers
-Captain America
-Spawn
-Wolverine
-Savage Wolverine
-Superior Spider-Man
To answer the question about if this character influenced my character(s) at all, I'd say very little. Uther is based almost entirely on Medieval legend, though I added in a bit of Superman and Aquaman with the "I'm not one of these people. I don't belong here, but I'll help anyway." attitude, because Uther is from Ishgard. Wart, I'd say is more Wolverine than anyone. He's older than he looks, he's scruffy, he's short, and he's a fighter. I did add in some Batman to him though with the idea that Wart uses inventions to make up for his physical disadvantage just as Batman uses gadgets to make up for his lack of super powers.
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I could also go on and on about Wolverine and how much I love the man-vs.-beast internal conflict and how I love that he's 5'3 in the comics and I'm 5'3 IRL and I think it's cool that he's universally seen as a badass despite his stature... But I'll save it for another time.
I'm way too big of a comic fan for this thread of simple questions. If I get started, I'll go forever. I've probably spent $20,000 in comics and comic book related things in the past five years alone. I have a problem. You started the wrong thread
EDIT: This is the best thread in the world. IF ANYONE EVERÂ WANTS TO TALK ABOUT COMIC BOOKS EVERÂ SEND ME A PM. I LOVE COMICS.
Y'know what, I'll just copy and paste something I wrote to a friend about Batman earlier. She didn't get why I liked Batman so much so I wrote this:
Batman is a story of tragedy, insanity, vengeance, and punishment. It is the most compelling saga in comic book lore. Batman's saga is a heavily emotional opera of a story told out frame-by-frame with bone-chilling dialogue and images as dark as the night. We all know the story: Young Bruce Wayne sees his parents murdered before his eyes and vows vengeance on the evil that took their lives, no matter what form it chooses. Bruce Wayne is merely a man, but what most people don't understand is that Batman is not. When Bruce Wayne puts on the cape and cowl, he loses himself in the horrific facade that is the Batman. Batman is vengeance. Batman is the night, and all it represents. When Batman faces off against the Joker, he is not facing a crazed felon, he is facing the very insanity that has engulfed his life and forced him out into the darkness, armed for war. The truth of the matter is, Bruce Wayne no longer uses the Batman disguise to battle evil. Rather, Batman uses the Bruce Wayne disguise as a means to gain information. Batman is not a "billionaire in a bat-suit that punches bad guys at night". Batman is a man on the brink of insanity, fighting pure evil in the very bowels of his own Hell. Every night, he takes one more step down the rabbit hole, and comes that much closer to losing his grip on his mind. Batman is the shattered remnants of a man trying to protect his city and his world from the evil that broke him. That is why Batman is my favorite super hero.
That aside, I'm also a huge fan of Superman, the X-Men, Wolverine (I didn't assume he was included in 'the X-Men' because he has plenty of solo series and he's an Avenger), Spider-Man, Captain America (when he's done right) and Spawn.
The series I'm currently following as of this month, in case you were wondering:
-Batman
-Justice League
-Batman/Superman
-Aquaman
-All New X-Men
-Uncanny X-Men
-The Avengers
-Captain America
-Spawn
-Wolverine
-Savage Wolverine
-Superior Spider-Man
To answer the question about if this character influenced my character(s) at all, I'd say very little. Uther is based almost entirely on Medieval legend, though I added in a bit of Superman and Aquaman with the "I'm not one of these people. I don't belong here, but I'll help anyway." attitude, because Uther is from Ishgard. Wart, I'd say is more Wolverine than anyone. He's older than he looks, he's scruffy, he's short, and he's a fighter. I did add in some Batman to him though with the idea that Wart uses inventions to make up for his physical disadvantage just as Batman uses gadgets to make up for his lack of super powers.
I could also go on and on about Wolverine and how much I love the man-vs.-beast internal conflict and how I love that he's 5'3 in the comics and I'm 5'3 IRL and I think it's cool that he's universally seen as a badass despite his stature... But I'll save it for another time.
I'm way too big of a comic fan for this thread of simple questions. If I get started, I'll go forever. I've probably spent $20,000 in comics and comic book related things in the past five years alone. I have a problem. You started the wrong thread
EDIT: This is the best thread in the world. IF ANYONE EVERÂ WANTS TO TALK ABOUT COMIC BOOKS EVERÂ SEND ME A PM. I LOVE COMICS.
