Yeah,
I know I said I was going to read Civil War. I started it some time ago
but when I saw Batman lying around the living room, I picked it up and
began reading the story of Batman's origins.
This
comic book was written using two perspectives --- that of Bruce Wayne
from the time his parents were killed at the age of six to the time he
returned to Gotham City at a ripe age of twenty-five, after patiently
readying himself to fight crimes in their God-forsaken city. Then
there's that of Lieutenant James Gordon, a police officer under the
tutelage of the city's Police Commissioner, who somehow found his way to
become Batman's new friend towards the end.
It
was a good read for me. It maintained Batman's original story as
created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger in 1939 and yet they improved on it,
gave it depth, complexity and a wider context. Details were added
especially in Bruce's struggles to become Batman, thereby giving the
story more credibility.
The
comic book is divided into four chapters: I. How I Came To Be; II.
Declaration of War; III. Black Dawn; IV. Friend In Need. Somewhere in
between is also Catwoman's story standing at the sidelines. It was
pretty awesome actually! And towards the end, the creators explained how
it was all done, with Frank Miller writing the script, David
Mazzuchelli doing the illustrations and Richmond Lewis doing the colors
and painting. I felt like I wanted to be like them too. If only I have
the talent. But since the last time I painted was when I was 22, then I
guess I'd better stick to reading them instead. Hehe. 
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