I've got time for his critics, but
Jim Lee's art is godlike.
True true.
However Frank Miller transcribing a year of him snarling into the mirror he keeps dirty on purpose is something so bad that Wikipedia still needs to keep a picture of it up to explain the trauma to the young, like it was a blimp going down.
The best thing that collection did was reveal that the shit we all thought was genius about Dark Knight Returns was accidental (except his keen eye for incredible page-and-panel-pacing, I REALLY wish someone would come along and do it better, but so far no takers), and the shit we chalked up to youthful inexperience was all the shit he did on-purpose.
It's the Star Wars Prequels of comic books.
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