From the very first page it's clear that this is a vibrant and unbridled work. Pope's art can be loose and grotesque, taking anatomy lightly, he has sacrificed it for movement, for the wide frames darting through space, telling the story precisely with evocative images, and for the physical representation of personality. There's a great overview of the wordless opening pages here.After reading a poorly-written, awkwardly visualized comic like Fables, it was a shock to my system to watch Pope pus...

Day 24 of my Batman graphic novel binge brought me this version of the Dark Knight. Batman: Year 100, which I'm sure is a play on the lauded Batman: Year One, was . . . interesting. I have a friend who knows WAY more than I do when it comes to comics and graphic novels. He always says: "I can't read a comic unless I like the art." I've always thought, "Well, that's pretty shallow. I mean, a good story will always trump lousy art, right?" Well . . . now I'm not so sure. The story behind Batman: Y...

What if Gotham had become a police state that no longer observed the personal liberties of its citizens? And what if Batman existed but hadn't been active in decades? And what if Inspector Gordon's grandson was around and had the same job and ran into Batman as he dealt with a Federal conspiracy? That's the thrust of this tale that focuses on tight, gritty shots and tries to make Batman lean and mean yet not so mysterious or superhero like. Notice his shoes are like military boots in some of the...

Well. That was...interesting. It took a while for me to get into this but once I did it was a pretty quick read.The art is a bit of an acquired taste I think. Some of it made me cringe but overall I liked it ok.The story on the other hand was pretty simple. All masked heroes have been taken down and Batman has become an urban legend until he's spotted by the Federal Police. After that the hunt is on to track him down and find out his true identity. The only person able to figure it all out is th...

I found this story very jumbled and mostly confusing. On top of that the art was plain ugly. Really disliked this one.

Other Useful Reviews: Sam Quixote's review and Derek Parker's reviewBook Info: This collection contains Batman: Year 100 issues #1-4.ABSOLUTE RATING: {3.5/5 stars} (Rounded Down)STANDARDIZED RATING: <4/5 stars>The year is 2039 – 100 years after Batman's official debut – and it's been decades since his last documented appearance. Between then and now, the memory of the Dark Knight has faded from the public consciousness, and he has since become little more than an urban myth. But now, after o...

Set in 2039 (100 years after Batman debuted in Detective Comics #27 in 1939), Gotham has become a police state and the overbearing authorities know everything about everyone. A cop is killed and Batman is suspected as he was at the scene - an obvious frame job. It’s also the first appearance he has made in public for years and people have forgotten his existence - is the mythological Batman real? He is nonetheless hunted by psychic cops, robot dogs, and other futuristic crime-fighting tools. In

This was a interesting read. Never judge a book by it's cover! Because this a ugly fucking cover. So I almost didn't read it :P However I sat down and flipped through page after page and actually got pretty engrossed quickly. The idea of Batman running around in a shitty future (think like Robocop almost) while fucking up some bad people with some weird uglish art going on, and you got something special (or at the very least unique). Batman, who we don't know if he's Bruce Wayne or not, is going...

This was certainly different. Paul Pope introduces us to the Batman 30 years into the future. The future is yet another dystopian world where the police/government have power to oppress the people. Batman is accused of murder and in trying to investigate and free himself, discovers a larger, more sinister plot.Reading this, there's some adjustment to the future world, learning who's in control, future technology, etc. This is hampered somewhat in that there are absolutely no captions, not even t...

What if Gotham had become a police state that no longer observed the personal liberties of its citizens? And what if Batman existed but hadn't been active in decades? And what if Inspector Gordon's grandson was around and had the same job and ran into Batman as he dealt with a Federal conspiracy? That's the thrust of this tale that focuses on tight, gritty shots and tries to make Batman lean and mean yet not so mysterious or superhero like. Notice his shoes are like military boots in some of the...

THIS IS THE UGLIEST ART I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A TRADE!! IT'S REPULSIVE.GIVING THIS BOOK 1 STAR IS BEING GENEROUS. *Note to Self*NEVER read this again!

A nifty Batman story with some pretty original art. It's a dark (it's modern Batman, so that's a given)dystopian story about the last undocumented human in America (guess who). As usual, half or more of the story is told through Gordon (not a commissioner in this one) so that Batman can remain in the shadows where he belongs. I dig the bleak, slighty askew art, though it probably won't work for everyone--Batman's jaw is bigger than most of his head in this comic, and his forehead practically dis...

Good story about what Batman would be like in the future.SPOILER SPOILER SPOILERBut I didn't really think it was acceptable that Bruce Wayne is still Batman 100 years later. Everyone else (Gordon, Robin) is the grandchild of someone from the past, but Bruce is still Batman? He's still human. And unless I missed it, there's no weird reason he didn't age or something. It would've been more believable if it was Tim Drake or someone else taking his mantle. Pretty much my only problem with the story....

It doesn't really explain why the same person has been batman for like a hundred and twenty years. But it's pretty wicked cool nevertheless.

A beautiful vision for batman. Take the original batman from the early days, go 100 years into the future and envision where his legacy ends up. So much amazing detail done with original style.

Batman Year 100 is strange. I think it's one of the most interesting Batman stories I've read in a while. But it's missing so many elements of the Batman canon. And by design. It's 2039, 100 years after Batman debuted in Gotham and he's become a forgotten icon. He's a new terrifying thing to the superstitious and cowardly criminals of this world. But there's been a murder and he's being framed for it. So he has to unearth the conspiracy that has him in this position.I'll say right here that this...

Batman: Year 100 is a four-issue American comic book mini-series starring Batman, published in 2006 by DC Comics. It was written and illustrated by Paul Pope. Batman: Year 100 collects all four issues of the 2006 miniseries with "The Berlin Batman" from The Batman Chronicles #11.In the year 2039, Gotham City is very nearly a police state, its citizens subject to unwarranted search and seizure. The Gotham Police clash almost daily with Federal agents, who are pursuing the legendary "Batman". Capt...

I don't really have too much to say about this one. I was hoping that it would be more like the episode in "The Batman" called Artifacts, during which Batman is no longer around, but the memory of him still is and it is this that ultimately defeats Mr. Freeze who has been waiting for 20 years to become unfrozen and conquer a Batman-less Gotham. Sadly, however, this could not be further from that episode, but it was rather well written. I personally wasn't too interested in the art style and it t...

Paul Pope sure crams his stories with ellipses, incomplete sentences and inside baseball conversations, the latter an apt enough metaphor for how I feel about this book as a whole (inside Batball?). There's too much action, too much vague world building, and not enough actual character for me to care or distinguish this story as a distinctly Batman story and not some V for Vendetta fan fiction. Style over substance, I guess, although I've never been much of a fan of Paul Pope's wet smear Skecher...

This was a fun, creepy, dark, romp of a cyberpunk future. I really adored the freaky Gothic/Japanese style art infused with the sci fi story. However I didn't really feel it had much to say about the Batman mythos. Perhaps it was supposed to say that Batman is everlasting, I'm not sure. It was never too clear to me. But it had some fun action scenes and witty dialogue, so I don't regret buying it.

+ explosively good art+ characters i want to dig into+ leaves us still not knowing who the bat-man is- fairly typical "surveillance state"-type batman story; i had hoped for something a little more pushed to the extremes for a "futuristic batman" story- do the archetypes have to be filled by characters with the exact same names? i get that it's a myth, but c'mon, play around with it a bit- could've used 2 more issues to let the story expand and breathe

Visually stunning as anything Paul Pope

Uhhhhhh okay. 2.5- So this was a pretty interesting read, however it wasn't what I thought it would be. In "Batman: Year 100" we get a look into the year 2039. 100 years after the first sighting of the original caped crusader. In this future the Batman is still roaming the streets, only this time around we don't know who's donning the cowl. We can presume its not the original Bruce Wayne as this story follows real life continuity, so Bruce Wayne would be 130 years old. And this Batman is still y...

If you were to ask me what I liked about this graphic novel, I wouldn't have anything to say.I didn't find the story engaging, the characters interesting, or the art appealing. I was happy when I finished the last page.

As always, art first. The words terrible, horrible, atrocious, and abysmal don't convey how bad the art in this volume truly is. A lot of times Paul Pope's Batman looks like a Cro-Magnon man. His shoulders are are slumped and looks really out of place in the 21st century setting. Then we have the Batman suit. It looks like a cheap Halloween costume thrown together using second hand items found at a local Goodwill. Did Bruce lose his billions? Did he not set something aside for Batman's future? T...

I've grown tired of the trend towards dystopian futures in comics - that despite whatever our heroes attempt to accomplish today, the world of tomorrow will be the worse for wear. The world presented in Batman Year 100 is no exception to this rule, but darn it that I did not get drawn in.Paul Pope's attention to detail and future technology is great. I was immediately drawn into the story and the authorities' chase to capture the Batman. Pope's interpretation of Batman as a individual now relyin...

Really disappointing. Batman is hands-down my favorite superhero, and Paul Pope is one of my favorite artist/writers, so I expected this to be an instant classic.My biggest problem is that the entire comic is full of missed opportunities, which makes for a frustrating read. Batman is 140 years old, but it's never explained or explored in any meaningful way. Gotham (and the rest of the country) is a futuristic police-state, and again it's never really used to it's potential. The plot could easily...

Not bad. Pope's art is certainly unique, and it lends itself to the grimness in which Batman usually luxuriates. However, I appreciate him--at least in this book--more as a writer than I do as an artist. There are several scenes in Year 100 where the action seems obscured, or even undermined, by the illustration style and/or layout of the panel. Perhaps this was intentional, something akin to creating the "fog of war" in Batman's various actions. But there are elements of the writing, as well, t...

Fuck yeah, a great Batman tale with a more organic Bat as opposed to the aloof, techno versions we often get. Check out his combat boots! The year is 2039 and Homeland Security has everyone tagged, monitored, and kept in line...except for some figure...where'd he go? How does he move like that? Are those fangs?Awesome.

Batman looks weird. And the story was a bit too confusing. I liked the idea but it wasn't told that well.