Stars, that's awful drawing! Just look what they did to my beloved Harley.She looks like an old hag. She's not even pretty. She's plain ugly.Everybody in this comic is ugly.And the story makes no sense in the end. The conclusion is weird for both sides, the Arkham staff and the inmates. Two bad ones in a row already. >.< Does that mean something to my 2017 reads?

I'm struggling with rating this one because parts of it I loved and parts of it bored/confused me so 3.5 stars it is. I honestly think that my expectations were just too high. I was just left wanting more by the end of it. Arkham Asylum: Madness follows the story of a nurse named Sabine who works in Arkham Asylum. I honestly think they're all fucking crazy just for setting foot in that building but guess you gotta get money however you can in Gotham. Kieth does an excellent job portraying the cr...

It was OK. That sums it up pretty well. The art just wasn't doing it for me. It worked with the Joker but the other inmates and staff, nope didn't work. Perhaps that's a sign of how adaptable the Joker is as a character? I enjoyed his storyline, but the story of the nurse 'Sabine' was just a waste of time as were most of the rest of the occurences here. I suppose it did a good job of conveying just how broken Arkham is in every way...but non-essential unless you like to read about Arkham. No Bat...

Well... I feel this is just lazy in the art and a bit predictable in the story. The main character is dull and really not interesting. There are some stuff that makes no sense (Harley Quinn with dreads, Killer Croc being an ACTUAL croc). I dunno, the Joker doing a very old, not clever prank putting glass in the food... It just feels that it was written in one night and draw in another one.I wonder what happened with Sam Kieth. I'm just familiar with his Sandman art but it's SOOO much better than...

It seems like most of Sam Kieth's work is very polarizing. I find that I like his later work, although sometimes not so much his early stuff. In this case we get a fairly deep story about Arkham Asylum. It's done as a "day in the life" type story, just showing a typical day in Arkham. But there's something deeper here in the way of a haunted house type story showing that Arkham Asylum may just be cursed. Or is it? I liked Sam Kieth's art here even though it can be hard to follow at times. I thou...

I think this is my favorite book with the Joker in it ever. Batman will have to get over it for a few since he didn't show up for work the day this book was made. That slacker.This is the story of a nurse's workday at the Arkham Asylum. She starts the day with her husband and son driving her to work. She tells her son what a wonderful work place she has and how all the inmates there should be shown forgiveness and caring feelings. Uh yeah.Once there after gossiping with her co-worker..she admits...

This one follows a day in the life of a nurse, Sabine Robbins, who works at Arkham Asylum and I think Batman’s mentioned twice in passing, so welcome to Batman week, Gothamites.Working at Arkham Asylum, home to Batman’s rogue’s gallery, has to be one of the more stressful ways to make a buck in comics. Between jobs as a Male Exotic Dancer and a Riverboat Pilot, I once worked in a mental institution which had its own wing for the criminally insane. They didn’t have any super villains* housed ther...

Ever wonder what a day in the life of an Arkham Asylum nurse is like? Me neither but here we have it anyway with Arkham Asylum: Madness. And it’s fucking boring! I thought Sam Kieth’s art was unusual and quirky when I first saw it in The Maxx but over the years it’s just devolved into looking sloppy, lazy and ugly - some of the pages are such poor quality they look like a photocopy of a photocopy! The character designs are among the shittiest I’ve ever seen: Harley has dreads, Two-Face is a ‘roi...

The art is horrendous, I just can’t get past it or in to it. Story seems over the top, with the level of ‘homesickness’ the nurse displays - her family drops her off at work and she’s whining and crying about missing them 15 minutes in. Gonna be a hard pass from me.

Sam Kieth’s Arkham Asylum: Madness has no Batman and nothing to pull it above being a relentlessly crappy comic. Normally I wouldn’t have read this. I actually own a first edition of “The Maxx”—Kieth’s big claim to fame—but I preferred a different comic in that four-in-one read (the one about a dude riding around a giant, flying gun). Whatever way you put it, I’m not on the Kieth fan boy track. In fact, I think Kieth’s artistic style has actually gotten worse since then. What happened is I went

I'm a big fan of Sam Kieth. I wasn't disappointed. Was it gripping? No, but it's not meant to be. It's a day spent at Arkham Asylum. And I loved it.

The narrative and the art style is all over the place, but I think that worked in this graphic novel's favor. It gave the impression very well that Arkham Asylum is a pressure-cooker, a living thing waiting to burst. It was a slow burn to begin with, but little things like the persistent thumps coming from the walls and a clock that inexplicably bleeds pushes the feeling that such a place would be unnerving to those who endure that environment for a living. And since Arkham Asylum Madness shows

I just love Arkham Asylum, I think it's hard to write a bad comic on the topic. This story has absolutely no Batman nor does it need him the Asylum itself becomes the main character and the guards, nurses, doctors, and of course super villains who make up the character list are engaging and interesting on their own. The framework of the story lies with a new young nurse who is working a double (24hrs)and misses her son and husband terribly. The narration is at times hard to follow because it see...

More than anything, the end was just...weird, and so anticlimactic!! I didn’t click with the art style either, it seemed to shift oddly, after reading the closing words I understand why, but also it just make the story hard to follow along with. Not my favourite Arkham tale.

An inside look into the Asylum...interesting artwork and interesting story.

I'm always thrilled to get an original take on Batman's Rogue's Gallery, and Sam Keith's Arkham Asylum: Madness is certainly that. Unfamiliar with his previous work (aside from my friend's glowing review of his creator-owned book The Maxx), I was unsure what to expect. What I got was an experiment in mixed media art that, while not my usual cup of tea, was quite enthralling in its willingness to explore such a bold visual palette.The plot revolves around Sabine Robbins, a nurse working a 24-hour...

A cool take on a haunted house tale: Arkham Asylum haunted by all within—inmates and staff. And one particular inmate is even something more. Written and drawn by Sam Kieth, I love this gothic tale and it’s unique visual style. A chilling detour into this famous Gotham landmark.

Not Sam Kieth's best work but still really good. His art is, as always, spectacular and haunting. The idea is a fantastic one - it's set in a prison mental hospital for all the villains Batman has put away. It's a little predictable, but Sam Kieth puts his spin on the characters and I think anyone working in an underpaid overworked hospital IRL could relate so that’s disturbing. Went back to reread to see what Kieth did with Harley Quinn after seeing the movie Birds of Prey. She’s more classic c...

2 1/2 stars ..said no Arkham worker ever."She will always belong to Arkham Asylum. And she will always be a part of the madness." - The Joker

DC, which, unlike Marvel, still releases original graphic novels every once in a while, released this one, which is written, drawn, and occasionally colored by Sam Kieth, colored the rest of the time by Michelle Madsen and Dave Stewart, and lettered by Steve Wands. It’s a slim volume – not quite 100 pages long, and it retails for $19.99. The basic plot is simple: A nurse named Sabine arrives for her shift at Arkham Asylum in the morning and ends up staying for 24 hours when she’s drafted for the...