Modern Man

I came across a post-​modern take on Bat­man recently at JayPinker​ton​.com:

It’s hilar­i­ously offen­sive! Both in gen­eral and to the Bat­man mythos.

I tend to like post-​modern stuff when char­ac­ters are genre-​savvy. Who doesn’t like it when Road Run­ner takes advan­tage of the “you won’t fall if you don’t look down” rule to get away from Wile E. Coy­ote, or when Spider-​Man men­tions tropes in his banter?

I some­times like it when char­ac­ters break the fourth wall, but it has to be done in a par­tic­u­lar way. I like Dead­pool, but didn’t like Filth.

I think that for me, a big part of it is the humor. I like usu­ally self-​referencing par­ody, but only in things with an estab­lished light side. And seri­ous post-​modernism is just some­thing I usu­ally don’t get. How do you feel about post-​modern art? What are your favorite and least favorite examples?

Oh, and since I’m talk­ing about comics… I’m off work tomor­row. Does any­one want to hit up Won­der­Con with me? It’s only $12 if you pre-​reg online.

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