In the 1990s, legendary writer Paul Dini had a flourishing career writing the hugely popular BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES and TINY TOON ADVENTURES. Walking home one evening, he was jumped and viciously beaten within an inch of his life. His recovery process was arduous, hampered by the imagined antics of the villains he was writing for television including the Joker, Harley Quinn and the Penguin. But despite how bleak his circumstances were, or perhaps because of it, Dini also always imagined the Batman at his side, chivvying him along during his darkest moments.
>>83964054
Bump
>>83964376
Bump
>>83964525
Bump
>>83963898
bump
This has been really good so far. I think I'll take a break from this thread for a while and wait for more pages to be posted before reading it again.
Not reading personally, but keep at it, OP.
>>83964670
>the way the plants cup her breasts
>those pointy nips
>those hair horns
HHHNNNGGG
>>83964840
Bump
Bump. Good work op.
>>83964822
a tale of niggers being niggers.
Okay guys I have to go out, but I already leave the necessary cached CAPTCHAS up. So if nothing goes wrong this should go nice and smooth, if it don't then someone should take me place
>>83965255
Thanks OP
>>83965255
Thanks for doing this man, I've been looking forward to it
>>83965341
Huh, I thought the Arkham games were the first to do the Kruger hands. The more you know
>>83965357
Thank you
>>83965312
>Powdered on impact
Holy shit man.
>>83965420
goddamn I love this Ivy
thanks OP
I always appreciate those who take the time to storytime
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>>83965457
Dude's got issues.
>>83963898
>he was jumped and viciously beaten within an inch of his life
Jesus. Why.
>>83965472This is getting uncomfortable.It's hitting a little too close to home.
>>83965603
dun dun dun
>>83965531
Stuff like that happens in the real world.
>>83965671
good lord
>>83964557
same
>>83965739
CAPTCHA ate him
Boooooooo I was enjoying
rekt
I know this was pretty much him working out on how to work with this shit, but goddamn i feel bad for Dini, its good to see that he is back at DC working with the characters he likes though
rip
Anybody else have scans or can find them?
>>83966104
It's in the win-o
desu, it should be Timm doing this, it feels strange to See Dini doing a fucking biography in comic form without Timm
>>83964650
OUCH
>>83964170
>Batman '66
>almost literally Nicholson Joker
Risso?
>>83965545
god damn this is a good story
>>83965589
>You should only write when inspiration strikes.
>POW
>>83965739
WHY DID OP STOP? FUCK! Ugh, to win-o I go I guess.
>>83966772
OP had to run. He didn't have a gold. His CAPTCHA probably ran out.
>>83965151
Ugh ... they weren't black you know?
He didn't see them well and did not want to be seen as a racist ...
>>83965739
>leaves off on this page
>on phone
Tell me how to escape from the trap dini please
>>83967147
They were drawn that way. Check the pages again.
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>>83965312
>#NOTALLBLACKPEOPLE
>>83964157
Is anyone able to identify that issue cover?
Shit senpai it was getting good
Thanks OP. Definitely gonna pick up a physical copy.
>>83964323
>They can't all be Harley Quinn stories
WE HAVE TO GO BACK
>>83966729
Seeing the villains as representations of people's worst facets is somehow legitimately more scary than them in a regular story.
>joker feeding someone's self loathing because he finds their downwards spiral funny
I'm honestly uncomfortable right now.
>>83967535
Lel
>>83967147
>Don't be the dick who changes direction just because he sees a couple of black guys
>>83964928
>Oh my god you were almost killed?
>Let me tell you about the time I got catcalled
Fuck you, too
>>83967992
>>83968065
>DC publishes a bitches and dindus comic in 2016
It truly is a rebirth.
>>83965569
i like how risso keeps alternating between different versions of the joker
bump
>>83965603
>the comic literally has batman saying stop procrastinating work on your art
fucking meme magic
>>83964905
>>83965164
>Leads? Yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab. They got 4 more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!
>>83965180
>I've had worse
kek
>>83965569
Looked up pictures of Paul Dini that I have seen for years.
Fuck, he totally has that scar
>>83965385
You realize this came out after the Arkham games, right (ie, last week)? Plus Dini wrote those too.
>>83965377
>It's funny how you can justify be willingly destructive to yourself
Wait, was Dini on heroin or something?
Dumping the rest for OPis this rude or not?
And for those wondering about my usual storytimesno Hickman thread today
>>83968754
Op said for someone to finish if something went wrong
>>83968670
I had no idea
>>83968754
Thanks dude
>>83968817
Oh, okay.
>>83968824
No problem
There's really not much left
>>83968735
Keep reading, he was a cutter.
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>>83968847
OH SHIT, IS THAT EPISODE THAT NEVER CAME OUT, BASED DINI
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>>83965545
So I guess Dini wasn't allowed to put Woody the Woodpecker in his comic? I kind of figured there was some sort of legal exception for these kinds of things for non-fiction.
>>83968899
Huh?
>>83968919
There was going to be a episode on season 3 of Batman:TAS with this same premises but it never came out because WB said no, Timm even made sketches of Morpheus for it
>>83968833
a little OOC for death but whatever im just glad risso got to draw them
>>83968981
Neat!
>>83965619
>unrealistic, unobtainable extension of a child's power fantasy
But my comics are super serious!
thanks to both posters
>>83968906
this is particularly touching because harley is almost 100% his creation and was the only villian who hadnt shown up yet
>>83965652
hah, he literally looks like Ralphie
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>>83968906
Literally the best version of Harley in the last few years, THANK YOU DINI
That's all. Thanks for reading.
>tfw you don't have a hallucinatory Batman to whip you into shape and get you to stop feeling depressed and anxious about every fucking thing
>>83969208
We all need a mind batman
I bought the physical copy day one, had been looking forward to it for ages.
It didn't disappoint. Based Dini does it again. I loved the art too, not sure why I saw some people shitting on it recently.
His fault for walking in the wrong neighborhood drunk alone in the middle of the night
>>83964376
Perfect
>>83963898
Batman hallucinations, one weird recover story
>>83968784
>For it was THE BATMAN who made me the happy soul I am today
DEEPEST LORE
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fuck, it's always a surprise when a comic get you from the inside, but when it happens it's a gleeful reminder why i keep reading, buying and sharing comics, i'm ordering this one as soon as possible
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>>83968847
>we could have had an episode of BTAS with The Endless
Holy missed opportunities, Batman!
it's safe to say this is probably in the top ten list of good comics this year, and will stand the test of time certainly
>>83969249
Or a mind Superman, or a mind Captain America.
Definitely not a mind Spider-Man, though. He's kind of a perennial fuck-up.
>>83964525
Reading Bump
>>83969390
>His fault for walking in the wrong neighborhood
It was his neighborhood
>>83969803
Shouldn't have lived so close to the poor part of LA then.
>>83969624
Considering that this is pretty much like Flex mentallo the less complicated version, yeah, it will
>>83969838
It may well have been the only place he could afford to live at on his paycheck while being a reasonable travel distance to-and-from work (discounting the ones that would be even worse to live in).
>>83969854
story doesn't need to be complicated to be powerful, moving, great, etc.
>>83969208
>>83969249
The movie inception had an idea similar called Mr Charles
I've used Batman as my Mr Charles many times. Life can be hard, and we don't all get blessed with half the support Dini had
>>83967147
Did you even read the comic, or do you just wait for people to shitpost so you can give them a (you)?
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>>83967147
>West LA mugging in the 90's
You're seriously going to tell me they weren't black...
Jesus Christ, this story is straight out of a cringe thread. This was a grown man with a career behaving like that? Taking girls out on dates multiple times being nothing more than a friendzone guy, when he's feeling bad he thinks of what girl he can call and calls harleys voice actor? Jesus
I nearly died about 2 years ago. Im lucky to even be walking today. This story really hits hard. Well done Paul Dini, you really did affect "someone". Thanks
>>83970307
Sorry to bring this to you dude, but everyone has problems and acts like dumbass sometimes, even adults make mistakes you know ?
>>83970307
Considering Sorkin liked him enough to buy him a birthday present and come over when he was hurt, I'd say they were close enough that it was actually a smart decision.
Some of your best friends can be made at work.
>>83965603
he didnt listen to batman about toning up. when he was on smiths podcast promoting this comic he was twice the size he is in this comic
>>83970616
Seeing as how it seems like nothing actually changed in his life besides his will to continue living, I can't say I'm surprised
>>83970307
>when he's feeling bad he thinks of what girl he can call and calls harleys voice actor?
Sorkin and Dini were friends before BTAS even started, that's why she ended up voicing the character he created. But go ahead and keep shitposting like a newfag.
>>83970616
To be fair, this was like in the 90s I think, it has been a long time now
>>83967147
>Ugh
>elipsis
Are you being ironic?
Tagging it
>>83969624
comic blogs don't put DC comics on top 10 lists
I loved it. I'll have to grab a physical copy when I can.
Here's hoping it wins an Eisner or two, given how badly DC got shafted in the most recent round of nominations.
After reading this Dini truly deserved to marry his waifu. God bless you Dini
Thanks storytellers.
>>83971448
>Dini truly deserved to marry his waifu.
>Google it
>He literally married a hot stage magician
Holy shit
>>83971772
No, anon
He married Zatanna.
He made his waifu a reality.
>>83971772
Wow he has a problem
>>83971944
Why?
>>83971772
>Dini married Zatanna
>Morrison married his earth 11 self
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>>83971924
Bumpy bumpy bump
>tanx opie and supersub for posting
Really enjoyed this. Thanks for the storytime fellas
>>83965255
Batman: You knew those were niggers!
Dini: (pout)
>>83969172
Dini's Harley is the only good Harley desu
>>83965116
God, its so weird knowing that they were best buds.
>>83973066
Why do you use past tense, man?. Arleen & Paul are still friends
>>83973052
I was about to point out Gotham City Sirens, but then I remembered he wrote that too.
>>83973168
I consider Sirens to be an extension of the animated series. That's what it always felt like to me.
>>83964670
So I'm supposed to think the guy's been wronged because a girl isn't interested in his dick?
>>83970535
He and Sorkin knew each other long before BTAS. He based Harley on her and was the one that got her in the studio to do VA work.
>>83965296
>that fat Flashfag
Fastest wheels alive.
>>83973378
Its not that. The point is that they attempted to date but they weren't compatible. That happens sometimes.
>>83973442
Fair.
>>83968891
She's hot.
>>83969040
Batman replays KGBeast's death?
