CBR: Finch Teams with The Demon

[CBR News]

Writer/artist David Finch discussed teaming the Caped Crusader with Etrigan the Demon in his ongoing "Batman: The Dark Knight" series and DC Comics teased readers with a new Finch illustration of the hellspawn hero.


Full article here.

[weeks]

wow.

[jgiannantoni05]

Cool picture of Entrigan, I have to admit.

Finch is an interesting contradiction.

On one hand, he talks about how much he loves angry gritty Miller Batman, saying that Batman hasn't been too dark gritty and angry since Dark Knight Returns.

On the other hand, he wants to use Entrigan, kind of a more fantastical kind of character for the Batman universe in a main Batman title. I suppose one can separate writing angry & gritty from writing street-level stuff, but the two have kind of gone hand in hand in the past 20 years. Sure, we saw Entrigan and Spectre and such some in the 90s and such (especially from writers who also wrote Pre-Crisis), but not so much.

My point: I really applaud Finch for using the fantastical. It will make his run fit in even more with Grant's philosophy and approach. Batman teaming up with Entrigan in Dark Knight...will sorta mirror the Bruce team-ups going on in Batman Inc.

[Aelle3]

I do love some Etrigan. And i always like Batman spending time with Jason Blood.

[mdg1]

So wait...

After Morrison spends all this time bringing Batman to a new place, Finch wants to drag him back to the obsessive grim bastard we've been saddled with since DKR?

[DarkKnghtJared]

So wait...

After Morrison spends all this time bringing Batman to a new place, Finch wants to drag him back to the obsessive grim bastard we've been saddled with since DKR?

I think it works in the sense that he's being obsessive for a reason--trying to find his childhood friend. That's different from the "Bat-Jerk" era, where people thought it was just more badass that he acted like a dick 24/7.

Anyway, the whole story with Etrigan does sound really interesting--I'm curious to see if Finch can pull it off.

[kalorama]

Not a big Finch fan, but . . . damn! That's a nice drawing.

[Balesirion]

I think Finch's tendency towards exaggerated musculatures really lends itself very well to monstrous characters like Etrigan.

[Matt Odinson]

So wait...

After Morrison spends all this time bringing Batman to a new place, Finch wants to drag him back to the obsessive grim bastard we've been saddled with since DKR?

And I cant wait for this, because the omnipotent-super-godlike-hero that he has turned batman into is so annoying!

[kalorama]

I think Finch's tendency towards exaggerated musculatures really lends itself very well to monstrous characters like Etrigan.

Yeah, kind of the same way Eaglesham makes him a logical fit for the Hulk.

[Pyramid]

One of my favorite Batman comics was when he teamed up with Etrigan and Breyfogle did the art. Now it's Finch and I couldn't be happier. :)

[Captain Jim]

I'm not sure what to think. The Demon was always my least favorite Jack Kirby creation. And I really don't care for supernatural Batman stories. On the other hand, I liked DK #1 quite a bit. Well, I've committed myself to finishing the first arc. I guess by then I'll know whether I want to continue or not.

[jhfrail]

I find it laughable that the Demon was referred to as "the rhyming, hellish hero," since Finch practically admitted that he is unwilling/incapable of writing the Demon's dialogue in verse. At the 2010 Mid-Ohio-Con, I asked him about that directly, when he announced that he was using the caracter. In his rambling, somewhat incoherant response, he settled on the answer that he and DC were still at odds over rhyme, and if it were up to him, he wouldn't use it at all. To his credit, he was able to see by the look I was giving him that I am strongly in favor of the Demon speaking in verse.

Nothing personal, but if you can't/won't write the character, don't.

I haven't read Dark Knight #1, yet. I'm willing to give him a shot, but as of right now, my gut tells me this is going to be the first Bat-Book I drop in over 10 years. When there are something like 15 monthly Batman titles, I am finding it easier and easier to decide I don't need everything, when there are more choices than neccessary.

[hondobrode]

I like the supernatural approach. It knocks Bruce down a few pegs since he's practically perfect at just about everything.

The supernatural stories are some of my favorites. The Demon is such a loose cannon but that rhyming drives me crazy.

[thwhtGuardian]

I know the Demon is supposed to be a rhymer, but is this really ever consistently shown?