Wouldn’t it be great to go to school in Gotham City? Well, it probably wouldn’t be scarier than anywhere else. This week, Mrs. Abigale Heartbalm, Esq. stops by, and we talk Gotham Academy and two other school centric Batman related stories. We talk about how Gotham Academy successfully brings manga tropes to Gotham, question how far an AU story can diverge from canon before it breaks established readers’ view of the world, and what exactly a MacGuffin is.
- Welcome to Gotham Academy (Gotham Academy #1-6)
- Bruce Wayne: Not Super OGN
- Tree of Knowledge (Batman Adventures V.1 # 26)
Be sure to check out this week’s BatChat column where we look at Detective Comics #1,071, Riddler: Year One #4 and Tim Drake: Robin #8.
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Matt Lazorwitz read his first comic at the age of 5. It was Who's Who in the DC Universe #2, featuring characters whose names begin with B, which explains so much about his Batman obsession. He writes about comics he loves, and co-hosts the podcasts BatChat with Matt & Will and The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.
Will Nevin loves bourbon and AP style and gets paid to teach one of those things. He is on Twitter far too often.
