Joker's Asylum: Penguin

 Now this is more like it. Unlike the Joker issue, both the art and writing seem to be telling the same story. Also the artist, does not draw random lines across the faces of the characters.  The story is good, and unlike the Joker story, adds a little to the Penguin Mythos. Especially to someone picking up a book like this for the first time. I am glad I continued this series, and have at least a small hope for the further chapters.

The second comic in the series focuses on one of the more obscure villains in the Batman comics, Oswald Cobblepot or as he better known The Penguin. It deals with The Penguin’s relationship with women, sounds dull doesn’t it? Of course it does sound dull but it’s not, it packs a punch and it more violent than the other stories believe it or not. The style is very visceral and straight edged with flairs of darkness added in to emphasis the darker psychological aspects of Penguin’s personality. It may not be the best of them but it definitely is an impressive effort on the artists/writers part.