Anybody else been reading this comic? Namely the latest story arc about how The Joker became the The Joker?
It's... it's no Killing Joke... to say the least.
The dialog is awkward, the art makes my eyes hurt, the plotting is lazy, the characters are under developed, and to be perfectly honest... it reads like it was written by someone who's only familiarity with the characters is from the movies. Maybe the show too, since Harley Quinn shows up briefly.
Which is really sad, because there was a lot I liked about it. Especially when pre-Joker is lecturing thugs about how their torturing him incorrectly. But unfortunately, that's pretty much the height of character development. Anything that might explain why a person would become a brutal psychopath is only mentioned in passing, if at all.
And then there's the batarang scene... I didn't much care for the batarang scene.
I'm not demanding it be The Killing Joke, and to be perfectly honest... as much as I adore that comic, I'd rather it not be. But the whole thing feels rushed. TKJ had more character development in 3 pages than this has in 4 issues. Not to mention some of the best art work in comics to this day. If you're going to follow it, don't phone it in.