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Jazz is nothing but death! and crime! And the rage of a beast! ...Wait...Wanted to try something a little different with this one, make it look like a jazz poster
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Memorable quotes from episode 208:
Linkara: "We open on a park, where someone wearing a very loud and poorly-drawn coat is accosting an old man playing some loud and poorly-drawn music."
Man in loud coat: "Old man, this is our park!"
Sax player: "I'm just playing my music."
Man in loud coat: "Our park, we play our music."
Linkara (as man in loud coat): "Joey, play our music!" *suddenly, "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" plays, while Linkara crosses his arms and nods his head to the music*
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Batman (narrating): "It must be the music that brought me."
Linkara (as Batman): "I always hear my theme music when I attack." *hums a tune as Batman*
Batman (narrating): "Fast and fluttery as a bat's wings, but floating* as an owl over the cement darkness."
Linkara (as Batman): "Ooh, I need to write that one down. I've got a poetry slam tomorrow."
Batman (narrating): "Full of mystery. And there may be other mysteries in life than 'who killed who?'"
Linkara (as Batman): "Like Twinkies – how the hell did they get the cream inside the Twinkies?"
Batman (narrating): "This is Uptown, where sounds in the night usually lead me to violence and pain."
Linkara (as Batman): "People throwing their TVs out the window when they realize that Honey Boo Boo is a real show."
Batman (narrating): "Tonight I followed a sound for its beauty. And it leads me to the same."
Linkara (as Batman): "An old man getting beat up because he's playing his saxophone. Beautiful."
Linkara: "And yes, I know he's referring to the "violence and pain" thing, but the sentence structure implies that he's referring to the remark about beauty. Anyway, one of the punks grabs a gun and shoots, but Batman easily bends his over-muscled body so he can kick the guy in the face. You want to know how messed up this artwork is? I can't tell if that's the back or the front of his leg."
Batman: "I won't debate turf with you. Or music tastes."
Linkara (as Batman): "Unless you like rock 'n' roll, in which case" *holds up fist* "I'LL PUNCH YOUR FACE IN!"
Batman: "I will suggest you respect your elders."
Linkara (as Batman): "I'm Batman for American Seniors Insurance."
Linkara: "The other punk scolds the guy for carrying a gun, and they make a hasty retreat under Batman's urging. The old guy picks up his sax and laments the growing amount of gangsters."
Sax player: "Guess a young man's got to give himself a purpose."
Batman: "There are better purposes."
Sax player: "Like swinging around the city in a mask?"
Batman: "I..."
Linkara (as Batman): "Oh, my God. I never thought of it like that before. I'm gonna go home and rethink my life."
Batman: "...think you'd better find a safer place to stay".
Linkara: "Seriously, why the pause after he says "I"? This is not some profound bit of wisdom, Batman. In fact, why the hell are you even still talking to him? Move on! Other people are in danger!"
Sax player: "I never liked it safe. And I found what I want here. I found myself here."
Linkara (as old man): "I found out I'm a homeless drifter who could play a saxophone semi-decently, does not have regular food or warmth during the winter, and I wear a coat that smells like urine."
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Linkara: "Anyway, after Batman leaves, we cut to said Paradise Club, where there's apparently a large crowd of people who have come to hear Willie Little perform, although nobody actually knows anything about him, as a friendly bartender exposits."
Bartender: "He shows up, says "My name is Willie Little and I play the alto saxophone", he plays... and ten minutes later the boss is hiring a trio to back him up."
Linkara: "So... what, is it always open mic night or something? How do you even book this guy, with a poster outside and everything, if he just shows up whenever he wants?"
Bartender: "Look at this now. When's the last time you saw white people in here?"
Patron: "Election time."
Bartender: "I mean real people."
Linkara (as bartender): "Politicians are just figments of our imagination.
Linkara: "Actually, come to think of it, what the hell does that even mean? Some random nightclub is popular during the election season? The two at the bar spot some famous countess or something, but everyone's attention gets diverted when Batman walks in... standing very awkwardly."
Linkara (as Batman): *his shoulders scrunched up* "I'm Batman. Just go about your business."
Batman: "I want a table. Non-smoking. And Willie Little said you'd waive my cover."
Linkara: "Wait, dude's a mutli-billionaire, and he won't even pay a measly cover? What an asshole! By the way, how damn surreal is this? Why the hell is Batman even here? Why is he dressed as Batman in a jazz club?! Hell, this damn thing admitted that lots of yuppies and high-class people are coming into the club, so why isn't he here as Bruce Wayne? And if he thinks that that would attract too much attention, Batman's a master of disguise! Dress as Matches Malone or something. Why is he here in the Batman outfit?! And why the hell does everyone instantly believe he's the real Batman and not just some crazy person dressed up like him? Anyway, they tell him there isn't really a cover, and Willie was just pulling his leg. He's told he can sit wherever he wants, but the Countess invites him over to her table."
Countess: "Tell me what brings you here. Does the world-famous lawman really listen to the music of the downtrodden?"
Batman: "I like to think I fight for the downtrodden."
Person at table: "Of course. You would, wouldn't you?"
Linkara (as this person): *waving dismissively* "How dare you, Batman, presume to fight for the downtrodden. Why, you're just so posh in your cape and cowl and bat logo on your chest."
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Linkara: "Anyway, Willie Little appears and starts playing."
Batman (narrating): "One second the trio is pounding behind him, then a reedy wail rushes up out of some well of pain, and the trio dissolves..."
Linkara (as Batman): "My God, he's using his saxophone to vaporize people!"
Batman (narrating): "And he's out there all alone. All alone he turns the pain into something I've never heard before, something not bound by gravity or humanity or even music."
Linkara (as Batman): "He's... He's playing dubstep with a saxophone!"
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Linkara: "And so, our comic ends with the saxophone-playing creature letting out music that forms into a concentrated mix of glass shards that aim right for Batman..." *confused by what he read* "I have no idea what I just read," *closes comic book and holds it up* "but it sucks. The artwork is all over the place, and a lot of the time, it's too dark to make out what's happening, or the colors are just dreary browns. Batman is the most out of place in this setting, and I don't just mean the fact that he just up and decides to go to a club, while in full Batman gear, but his overmuscled physique makes him look out of place with the more realistic-looking humans in the club. To be fair, the writing is better than "Batman: Fortunate Son". When the characters talk about how great a musician Byrd was, you really do get a sense of how it speaks to the souls, whereas in "Fortunate Son", it was just a bunch of dickheads talking about how great his music is, because it fights "The Man", yo. On the flip-side, however, like in "Fortunate Son", the characters are really damn pretentious about the music. Look, yes, music is meaningful and important to people, but sometimes people aren't looking for something artistic; they just want to enjoy something! And as I said, it has that same problem where, since we can't hear the music they're going on about, we just have their word that it's awesome. To compare this to something else, the Doctor Who Christmas episode of 2010 featured a hauntingly beautiful song performed by Welsh singer Catherine Jenkins, and when you hear that music, you can tell that it's something that can control the weather and tame sky sharks. Don't ask, it's Doctor Who."
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Batman's hatred of Rock & Roll? Bruce Wayne grew up listening to jazz.
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Batman is just going after every music style now. Can't wait to hear how Polka is evil.
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looks really amazing :'D this is one of your coolest tittle cards in artistic terms :3
besides Linkara's smoothness is unbeatable
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Another great episode. Loved the ending. Can't wait to see what The Gunslinger has planned for the Holo Emitter Thing.
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got to say, i love this episode. not for the review, but it was fun. i mostly meaning the ending. holokara was just insane and seeing linkara handling it was epic and seeing how he felt about it all was clever too. though, it would be cool to see holokara come back as a villain, somehow of course. very good episode.
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Well, rock 'n' roll developed out of jazz, so it's like...injury. And misbehavior. And the irritation of a beast. Or something.
Nice work!
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Love the "Jazz is nothing but death, and crime and the rage of the beast, wait..." quote. I want Linkara to say that!
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At least it's not the evil that is rock and roll.
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You're not gonna 'get' jazz just by holing up with some CDs and microfilm for a couple of hours!
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I really like the colouring on this one. So batman is going after Jazz now.
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Now if Epic Sax Guy and Lisa were involved, HOLY HELL! No words would describe how awesome that would be!
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Y'know, that jazz is descrpition is spot on (just kidding, jazz fans!)...
Good work on this as usual!
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This different style looks really good! Classy stuff. ;D
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It's the Anti-Rock n Roll, Just what Batman needs.
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And yet, without Jazz, we would not have had Rock'n'Roll. o_O
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OF COURSE! Batman will defeat the evil of Rock n' Roll with smooth jazz
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I see. So does that mean I can listen to this? [link]
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Well, electro-funk is pretty safe, and you can always listen to show tunes, and even I like to enjoy some polka from time to time. However, classical, gospel, and anything with a harpsichord, pure evil!
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I think this would help, to acomply that poster.
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Is he going to have a vendetta against Jazz like with Rock and Roll?
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Is there ANY kind of music the Dark Knight HASN'T fought? So far we got Musicals from the Music Meister, Rock from that one hippie dude, um... I think classical maybe a case with one of those fiddler theme villains...
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Am I the only one who's hoping for Cab Calloway to be in this comic?
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of course we'll defeat Rock'n Roll with the power of jazz!
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Batman in a jazz club thing.... oh no nono NOT THE..
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who wants to see Batman fight Jazz from Transformers
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is he gonna face villains like "The Pain Coltrane" or "Louis Strong-arm"?
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And here I thought Rock'n'Roll was the ultimate evil.
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