Review of Batman: Cacophony

This is my first review on this site and I choose to review Batman: Cacophony by Kevin Smith. I picked this up being a huge fan of Batman and Kevin Smith hoping this would be a match made in Batman heaven. Sadly I was a little disappointing by Kevin Smiths first Batman graphic novel. The first thing I noticed about the book is that both Batman and the Joker were both a little off; Batman wasn't his usual cold, calculated self but seemed a little weak. Joker was still pretty ridiculous but his jokes were a little stale and towards the end of the book how Joker was actually acting like a normal person (this part was actually cool).  The other negative part of the book was the art, which at points looked almost lifeless and lazy.

Negatives aside, I really enjoyed "Onomatopoeia", the main bad guy in this comic.  I don't want to ruin it but he is out for Batman's blood and uses creative ways in order to take him down, he also speaks only with an onomatopoeia (boom, pow, blam) which gives him some extra "villainous".  This novel also has a sprinkle of Kevin Smith "charm". If you've seen a Kevin Smith movie (Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma) you'll know exactly what I'm talking about, if not WATCH THEM (or watch at least one of them)! 

All in all being a new Batman comic novel fan I've only read a few but the few I've read were amazing (Year one, Killing Joke, Dark Knight Returns), so Cacophony would have to be the worst Batman comic I've read (but that is not necessarily a bad thing). I'm giving it a 3/5 but still check it out if your a Kevin Smith and a Batman fan because you'll still enjoy it!

-Andrew

Image from amazon.com