Batman: Li'l Gotham Vol. 1 Paperback Author: Derek Fridolfs | Language: English | ISBN:
1401244947 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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About the Author
Derek Fridolfs broke into comics at the same time as Dustin Nguyen, and has collaborated with him on such titles as GEN ACTIVE, JET, THE AUTHORITY, SUPERMAN/BATMAN and now DETECTIVE COMICS. In addition, he has contributed work to a wide variety of other titles, including Wolverine, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Kiss, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Emily the Strange and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as writing stories for Western Tales of Terror, Trailer Park of Terror, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's More Fund anthology and an upcoming volume of the Image anthology title Popgun. Fridolfs has also worked with the Fresno County and Kern County libraries, teaching seminars on comics for fans of all ages. He lives in Fresno, California.
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- Series: Batman (Book 1)
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics; First Edition edition (February 25, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401244947
- ISBN-13: 978-1401244941
- Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
One of my biggest issues with DC’s New 52 is the total lack of humour in their titles. They’re almost all “dark and gritty” comics that are unpleasant and not fun to read most of the time. Thankfully DC’s digital side has done a lot to alleviate that this year, publishing the excellent Batman ’66, Scooby-Doo Team-Up with Batman and Robin, The Adventures of Superman, and Batman: Li’l Gotham. Following the popular trend of chibi (meaning small/cute) versions of characters, DC have miniaturised Batman and his world and hired writer/artist Dustin Nguyen to create a series of excellent all-ages comics.
Batman is wearing his pre-New 52 outfit, Damian is still alive, and Barbara is back in the chair as Oracle so Li’l Gotham is set a few years ago, definitely pre-New 52. The stories are based around public holidays and are very gentle, as you would expect from an all-ages book. So in the Joker story here, set on Valentine’s Day, rather than face-hanging-off Joker from Death of the Family, you’ve got classic face painted Joker, running away from a lovelorn Harley, accidentally tipping a potent pheromone from Ivy’s lab on himself, and becoming irresistible to all of Gotham’s women – it’s like that Lynx ad!
Nguyen has packed the book full of feel-good Batman moments that fans will love. Damian learns about trick or treating and makes a new animal friend – Jerry the Turkey – whom he saves from becoming a Thanksgiving dinner (no such luck for the many others though!). Nightwing and Oracle go on a date on Cinqo de Mayo and have a dinner of roasted habaneros – damn, Barbara looks cute in this book! – while Alfred reminisces about the early days of Batman pre-Robins when he was a Kato-like chauffeur to Bruce(!).
Firstly, Dustin Nguyen's art is simply adorable and it looks gorgeous. If this were simply a book of sketches, I would pick it up immediately.
Each story has the central theme of a holiday(s): Halloween, Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, Lunar New Year, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day and Father's Day. The crime the protagonists deal with is typically directly related (e.g, Penguin attempts to make a turkey revolution on Thanksgiving, it's the year of the snake, so Cobra steals a sword on the Lunar New Year). It reminds me of a bit of "Steel Magnolias" and how each time transition was for a holiday. It's a neat way to break up a story and the plots were very creative and enjoyable for the most part. The story is very light-hearted and a bit corny, but that's expected with the art style. As a point that might confuse people - this is NOT the Batman/Gotham and Co. folks as kids. They're just chibified.
It was also really great to see this cast of characters interacting, especially with all the team ups. There are a few stories were all of the Bat kids, for example, get together and do something. The villains team up a number of times. It's just fun. My only problem is that we tended to see more of the men than the women. I understand that it's Batman and clearly the story is focused around his current partnership with Damian as Robin, but it was still kind of disappointing. If you look at the cover, along with Batman's Rogues Gallery and the male members of the Bat Family, Batwoman, the Black Bat, Huntress, Oracle and Stephanie Brown's Batgirl feature.
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