![]() ![]() Graphic novels to influence the zeitgeist AA's impact, however, may have gone beyond the world of Batman and The title itself, borrowing from a poem by Philip Larkin, compares Arkham Asylum to a church. ![]() More as decoration than they contribute to the structure. References to Lewis Carroll, Parsifal, mythology, and religion perhaps operate To mythology and literature outside of the superhero genre, although the many Significant as it is for its place in this larger web of BatmanĬonsidered alone, and many of its references, starting with the title, are owed So much as it was squarely part of a Batman renaissance in progress, the greatįilm starring Michael Keaton ruled the box office and a new series, Legends of the Dark Knight, debuted in But to a reader picking it up new, AA did not relate to a past or a future Novels of the Eighties, but also the first significant work in Morrison's long AA may be thought of as the last of several impactful graphic One building on the outskirts of Gotham City. Graphic novel here, to distinguish it from the place) redefined more than just ![]()
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