Compare. It's pretty clear.




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Why Prince? Why?!!!

the whip he is holding looks like something else !!!

Wow, that's so gay! Batman's showing bulge, Robin's collapsed on his stomach, and the looks on their faces is postcoital for sure. Who drew this?

The artist is Frank Quitely. It's the revamp of the Batman series where Dick Grayson has become Batman and Robin is the illegitimate child of Bruce Wayne and Talia Al Ghul. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne has been teleported million years into the past but no one knows it and it hasn't been explored yet by DC Comics.

The villain here is named 'The Flamingo', no less.

See, this is why I've started to hate DC. They're a mess. I didn't read Batman R.I.P., but didn't Batman (Bruce Wayne) die in that? And then he died in Final Crisis for sure. But now he's a million years in the past? So confused.

Also, what about the old Robin? Did he assume a new identity?

Frank Quitely is a great artist, but this is definitely a Purple Rain Meets Gay Porn montage!

They similarities are outstanding. The gayness uncanny.

I thought that was just concept art for the Batdance video...

Efan said:

interestingly enough, the writer of RIP, Final Crisis and this new series is Grant Morrison and yes, it is rather confusing. I read something somewhere that cleared it up a little.
The old Robin (Tim Drake) quit being Robin after Dick Grayson chose Damian Wayne to his new sidekick and become Red Robin.....with the costume of an older Robin from an alternate universe. He's refuse to believe that Bruce Wayne is dead and is looking for him around the world.

Red Robin:




ya i guess it is a mess even though I am enjoying this new Batman and Robin series by Morrison.

All I can come up with is...

So is this one:


Two Prince mentions on the cover.

Milty said:

Red Robin? Well, that's a mess. Does he serve all-you-can-eat French fries while he fights crime?

Grant Morrison is just the worst thing to happen to comics ever.

johnart said:

Frank Quitely tends to do that. This was his design for a new Wolverine costume:

Efan said:

I really liked his run on X-Men from a few years ago coincidentally (or not) with artist Frank Quitely.

sextonseven said:

i'm actually liking the run on this Batman series. It's a little different.

Milty said:

You can always count on Morrison to do something different when he takes over a book.

It's the closest we'll get to seeing P as a platinum blonde superhero - LOVE IT!

Milty said:

To be a fan could or could not be true. However, the Purple Rain album is rather iconic w/ Prince on the motorbike. So the image in itself could be the muse rather than a fan animator making an homage to Prince. Either way, Prince was on his mind, most likely, when this was drawn.

So what's the characters name supposed to be "Flamingo Man"?

EmeraldSkies said:

Milty said:

sextonseven said:

I figured as much,hence the bird on the bike.

sextonseven said:

So... shouldn't he be standing on one leg with his hands on his hips?

with a rip like that, i'd have thought it was Greg Land

Efan said:

I agree. His recent run on Batman was crap, so I ain't buying his new Batman And Robin series.

I'd be more interested in seeing All-Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder by Frank Miller and Jim Lee getting concluded.

scififilmnerd said:

yeah me too. what's up with that book?

That's the gayest thing I've ever seen (not that there's anything wrong with that:).

He reminds me of the unsavory charlatan on the Sims 2 Vacation.

lol.I see the comparison, though. Interesting.

Milty said:

I heard Frank Miller has become a drunk and is in danger of becoming one of those homeless winos he used to draw in Daredevil.

scififilmnerd said:

He deserves that after making that awful Spirit movie.

Efan said:

The Spirit !!!!!