Well, this one has been a long time coming. I got busy over the last few weeks and never got a chance to post on a number of things, so I'm gonna knock 'em all out with this one.
- Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is considered by many to be the greatest Batman story ever. I disagree strongly. While this tale of a grizzled 60 year old Batman coming out of retirement is a great read, I'd put at least two other Batman tales ahead of it. Both The Long Halloween and...
- Batman:Year One, another Frank Miller penned beauty. This baby shows a young Batman's stumbles out of the gate as he tries to clean up Gotham's streets, and turns Jim Gordan into one of the best supporting players in all of comics. It's far and away my favorite Batman story.
- The Affliction: Banned pay per view event was fan-frickin'-tastic. Some of the early fights were uneventful, but once the Heavyweights took over, it was all good. Andre Arlovski looked better than I've ever seen him while beating Ben Rothwell down, and Josh Barnett's knockout of Pedro Rizzo was actually overshadowed by his interview after the fight. And of course, Fedor is the greatest Heavyweight in the world and proved it.
- The UFC event that aired the same night as Affliction: Banned was kinda lame, even for a hastily assembled free TV card. Anderson Silva did provide us with another impressive KO victory, though.
