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Case Study #82

2012-02-10T04:30:00.000-08:00

Faking death: The only way for a boy sidekick to quit the cape and cowl bullshit.

Case Study #81

2011-03-07T07:38:00.000-08:00

A visual depiction of Batman's psychological architecture. Look at that huge hulking id! This guy is fucked.

Case Study #80

2010-08-15T18:26:00.001-07:00

Good grooming is essential :-{

Case Study #79

2010-07-09T06:21:00.000-07:00

One night as Batman makes a hard man humble.

Case Study #78

2010-07-09T06:16:00.000-07:00

After all the years of abuse, poor Robin only gets ten dollars in Brucie's will.

Case Study #77

2010-07-09T06:13:00.000-07:00

Who else owns a "big book of boners"?
Thanks to the StygianPort (http://thestygianport.blogspot.com/) for this one.

Case Study #76

2009-11-01T04:31:00.000-08:00

Thanatos and Eros = death and sex = knife and ape!

Case Study #75

2009-11-01T04:12:00.000-08:00

Nothing too crazy here, aside from the fact that Robin did grow up to be Batman, with Batman's son as Robin. In a story called Batman RIP!

Case Study #74

2009-11-01T04:10:00.000-08:00

"No-one punctures my personal punching bag!"

Case Study #73

2009-11-01T04:07:00.000-08:00

Once again the reader becomes the focus of the bat-sanity

Case Study #72

2009-11-01T04:05:00.000-08:00

By "safe" he means bouncing wildly between confusion and trauma.

Case Study #71

2009-10-20T09:27:00.000-07:00

"Strange things happen in...Batman's head!"

Case Study #70

2009-10-20T09:22:00.001-07:00

Lugging 50 kilos of kryptonite through a time machine ain't nuthin' to the fuckin' Batman.

Case Study #69

2009-10-20T09:18:00.000-07:00

Batman pierces the ring. Is this a metaphor?

Case Study #68

2009-10-20T09:16:00.000-07:00

"Fish" is queer-speak for women.

Case Study #67

2009-10-20T09:12:00.000-07:00

Batsy attempts to break the fourth wall. Not even the reader is safe any more.

Case Study #66

2009-10-20T09:10:00.000-07:00

It's best to read these texts aloud, with an Adam West style voice-over.

Case Study #65

2009-10-19T18:57:00.000-07:00

"Don't fuck with a bonesman, super biyatch!"

Case Study #64

2009-09-11T05:31:00.000-07:00

"Yes Robin, I too was the helpless victim of a creepy billionaire's psychosis."

Case Study #63

2009-09-11T05:21:00.000-07:00

"The true story of Frankenstein." He was twenty feet tall and got whupped by two guys in tights.

Case Study #62

2009-09-11T05:15:00.000-07:00

Here we see Batman scrambling for the cold embrace of the reaper. This is not a metaphor.

Case Study #61

2009-09-11T05:11:00.001-07:00

See how Bats cranes his neck to make sure the front tire hits square.

Case Study #60

2009-09-11T05:05:00.000-07:00

This cover recreates "La Pieta", kerb-stomping Michaelangelo in the process.

Case Study #59

2009-08-08T18:53:00.000-07:00

You could write an essay on this one. A tiny man is about to be blown to bits, while a tiny woman gets ready to shoot Batman's chin off. Oh yeah and the whole thing is on rails. Rube Goldberg, go jerk one off.

Case Study #58

2009-07-01T04:16:00.000-07:00

Hoist that gorilla!

Case Study #57

2009-07-01T04:02:00.001-07:00

Nobody fucks with Wayne Industries.

Case Study #56

2009-07-01T03:53:00.000-07:00

The super-hero equivalent of hair-pulling.

Case Study #55

2009-06-20T03:41:00.000-07:00

You'd think with all that money he'd have better dental.

Case Study #54

2009-06-20T03:38:00.000-07:00

"Don't worry Robin, there's plenty more eccentric billionaires in the sea!"

Case Study #53

2009-06-20T03:36:00.000-07:00

The scary door has been kicked off its hinges.

Case Study #52

2009-06-20T03:31:00.000-07:00

Another day, another dead Robin.

Case Study #51

2009-06-20T03:24:00.000-07:00

Why would a dog need a secret identity?

Case Study #50

2009-06-15T06:45:00.000-07:00

"They all look like that down there."

Case Study #49

2009-06-15T06:42:00.000-07:00

"Sorry chum, your voice drops, you drop!"

Case Study #48

2009-06-15T06:40:00.000-07:00

A natural conclusion to the whole Bat-tragedy.

Case Study #47

2009-06-15T06:36:00.000-07:00

When the utility belt runs dry, Batsy likes to improvise.

Case Study #46

2009-06-15T06:31:00.000-07:00

"The Trail of Tears starts here, fuckos!"

Case Study #45

2009-06-15T03:36:00.000-07:00

Greater minds than yours have pondered this very question.

Case Study #44

2009-06-15T03:21:00.000-07:00

"Shucks Batman, do we have to test every variant of the Scarecrow gas?"

Case Study #43

2009-06-15T03:18:00.000-07:00

This explains a lot.

Case Study #42

2009-06-15T03:17:00.000-07:00

"You're mental, yeah, yeah, yeah."

Case Study #41

2009-06-15T03:11:00.000-07:00

Batman: "No-One Commissioner, certainly not me!"
Gordon: "Is that a batarang buried in his windpipe?"

Case Study #40

2009-06-15T03:09:00.001-07:00

Batman vs. Batman is a regular theme.

Case Study #39

2009-06-15T03:06:00.001-07:00

Gotham breathes a sigh of relief.

Case Study #38

2009-06-14T06:28:00.001-07:00

"That's just my one-eyed monster Robin. Why don't you wrestle with it while I snap a few pictures?"

Case Study #37

2009-06-14T06:22:00.000-07:00

"That's the third Robin this month!"

Case Study #36

2009-06-14T06:12:00.001-07:00

Gotham ladies attempt to "out" the bat.

Case Study #35

2009-06-14T06:04:00.000-07:00

The reality hammer comes crashing down.

Case Study #34

2009-06-13T05:00:00.001-07:00

"Commissioner Gordon! An empty suit of armor killed Robin."

Case Study #33

2009-06-13T04:47:00.000-07:00

Supes often plays along with Batman's schemes, sometimes with fatal consequences...

The only thing worse than a crazy Batman? A crazy evil ghost Batman!

Case Study #32

2009-06-13T04:30:00.000-07:00

"Gee-wizz Batman, PCP is a hell of a drug!"

Case Study #31

2009-06-13T04:24:00.001-07:00

A rare instance of heterosexual Bat-courtship. Swirly lines above head indicate drug abuse.

Case Study #30

2009-06-13T03:22:00.001-07:00

"Hey Robin, remember that night the Bat-cave flew?"

Case Study #29

2009-06-13T03:18:00.000-07:00

"Great Scott, Batman and Robin are being encircled by yet another weaponized hallucinogen!"

Case Study #28

2009-06-13T03:17:00.000-07:00

"It's okay Robin, I've been a bad boy anyhow. Can I have another?"

Case Study #27

2009-06-13T03:15:00.000-07:00

Just another night in the rumpus room at Wayne Manor.

Case Study #26

2009-06-13T03:12:00.001-07:00

"Ha! That'll teach you to run from my crypto-fascist beatdowns, you dead penguin fuck."

Case Study #25

2009-06-13T03:09:00.001-07:00

Know this: When you kidnap an ape from Gotham Zoo and dress it up in a bat-cowl, karma is a bitch.

Case Study #24

2009-06-13T03:05:00.001-07:00

Look at Superman's face, "What creature, you nutty fruit?"

Case Study #23

2009-06-13T03:02:00.000-07:00

"He must have caught that televised presentation we did last week."

Case Study #22

2009-06-13T03:00:00.000-07:00

That mysterious force is called "Survivor's Guilt"

Case Study #21

2009-06-13T02:59:00.001-07:00

There is no reason for this to exist.

Case Study #20

2009-06-13T02:57:00.001-07:00

"And right here is where I hang upside down in deep theta meditation. You can shoot me in the face from five to seven."

Case Study #19

2009-06-13T02:54:00.000-07:00

Fucking Idiots by Norman Rockwell

Case Study #18

2009-06-13T02:52:00.001-07:00

Note the alarm on Supe's face, and the coy little grin from Bats. Commissioner Gordon would flip if he saw this.

Case Study #17

2009-06-13T02:48:00.000-07:00

Note how the tone and context of Batman's insanity is continually shifting. Here we have another in the series of "Tripping Balls at Wayne Manor"

Case Study #16

2009-06-13T02:42:00.000-07:00

"I will offer my young ward as a sacrifice to the primitive gods of this jungle. Maybe then the voices of Martha and Thomas Wayne will cease their abyssal wail."

Case Study #15

2009-06-13T02:40:00.000-07:00

You may have just opened the scary door.

Case Study #14

2009-06-13T02:38:00.000-07:00

:¬{

Case Study #13

2009-06-13T02:35:00.001-07:00

Thanks a bunch Supes, that trampoline was old and busted anyhow.

Case Study #12

2009-06-13T02:31:00.000-07:00

"Golly Batman, that soldier looked like he'd seen through time! And why did he keep calling you Charlie?"

Case Study #11

2009-06-13T02:25:00.000-07:00

"I said I'd never use a gun Robin, I didn't say anything about field artillery."

Case Study #10

2009-06-13T02:23:00.000-07:00

"I've got an idea Robin, let's scramble the brain of the most powerful being on the planet!"

Case Study #9

2009-06-13T02:21:00.000-07:00

This is only disturbing when you consider how much time and money Bruce must have spent on this one gag.

Case Study #8

2009-06-13T02:19:00.000-07:00

Freud is spinning in his grave. With a huge boner.

Case Study #7

2009-06-13T02:17:00.001-07:00

Super-Batman? You're about to nosedive into concrete in front of three Gotham City police officers.

Case Study #6

2009-06-13T02:15:00.001-07:00

Look at Superman's face, you can tell he's getting sick of humoring all these Bat-fantasies.

Case Study #5

2009-06-13T02:12:00.001-07:00

Getting the Royal Treatment. "For five bucks more can you call me King of Plaxius?"

Case Study #4

2009-06-13T02:10:00.000-07:00

"C'mon chum, let's ride these penny farthings while Gotham burns."

Case Study #3

2009-06-13T02:09:00.001-07:00

"...and then Superman's head just...popped off."

Case Study #2

2009-06-13T01:59:00.001-07:00

You're a traumatized billionaire with too much free time. Now come and take your meds Bruce!

Case Study #1

2009-06-13T01:52:00.000-07:00

Joker Gas can do strange things to a man.