Comics Fondle

Reading this story, “Going Sane,” I couldn’t help but wonder how it would have worked with a different artist. Maybe a painter, one of the ones DeMatteis frequently collaborated with previously. Because, even with a big plotting problem (the Joker goes sane immediately, while narrating, and the transition isn’t believable), the story’s ruined by the […]

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It’s probably wrong to call The Stardust Kid a disappointment. DeMatteis is way too loose with the writing for there to be any actual expectation of goodness. He’s trying to write a fairy tale with modern trappings and he’s plotting it for that goal, instead of any actual “magic.” While it’s calculated and pragmatic–and way […]

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I read “Kraven’s Last Hunt” when I was nine, ten on the outside. I think it might have really messed me up. “Last Hunt” is an awesome (in terms of DeMatteis’s endeavor) look at fear, insanity and innocence. Lots of time, in the first half, are spent inside Kraven’s wacko mind, without it becoming clear […]

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