Batgirl - Year One - 2003 - 9 volume set July 12, 2005
Posted by BDcomics in : Comics ,
Publisher: DC Comics
Writer: Scott Beatty & Chuck Dixon
Pencils: Marcos Martin
Inks: Alvaro Lopez
Colors: Javier Rodriguez
Letters: Willie Schubert
Price: $17.95 US/R205.00 SA
This series was voted by the editors of Wizard magazine as the best mini-series of 2003. With a careful mix of simplistically beautiful art and great storytelling it’s easy to see why it topped the list.
Barbara Gordon wants to be a crime-fighter. She has studied it, trained for it but she just can’t seem to make the cut. Her father, James Gordon, is the police commissioner and the last thing he wants or needs is his ‘little girl’ becoming a cop. After applying for a position in the FBI and being unceremoniously shown the door, Barbara decides to take the situation into her own hands. Thus the legend of Batgirl begins…
This story is a heartwarming, quick-witted and highly entertaining look at what it takes for a ‘regular Joe’ to become a superhero. Barbara becomes a close friend as we read about her struggles against her Father, Batman and organized crime to become the hero she believes she is. Beatty [Batman: Gotham Knights, Son of Vulcan] and Dixon [El Cazador] write a down to earth character that we can all relate to. She has more faults than she does perfections and it’s the ‘learning curve’ point of view that makes this story so interesting and readable. Whether you’re a superhero nut or not this is one book that is highly accessible to almost any reader out there.
Via a clever narrative account Beatty and Dixon get us inside the head of Barbara Gordon and draw things out of the central protagonist which build a relationship with the reader, thus cleverly attaching us to her failures and successes as she slowly and sometimes painfully learns how to be the crime fighting hero she always new she was.
Just in case you think this book is serious and focused on character growth alone lets delve into another side of the story. There is a ton of witty humour to be found within these pages and many a wisecrack by the quick-witted Babs [Barbara] will have you in stitches. It’s an old school book looking at the early years of Batman’s Gotham City so the humour is also of that era/nature in many places, but this does not make it any less effective or downright hilarious in many instances.
A story of a young woman coming of age as a crime fighter with a focus on her down to earth origin. This is a personal story of triumph against the odds that is marked with as many roadblocks as it is light hearted moments of victory. A comic for guys and girls of all persuasions, be sure to give this well rounded story a look next time you’re in your local comic shop.
9 volume set, about 24 pages each. In cbr format. Each volume is essentially a set of jpg images: Batgirl - Year One (2003 DC comics) - 9 volumes_part 1of 2.rar 25 MB
http://rapidshare.de/files/2983626/Batgirl_-_Year_One__2003_DC_comics__-_8_volumes_part_1of_2.rar.html Batgirl - Year One (2003 DC comics) - 9 volumes_part 2of 2.rar 27 MB
http://rapidshare.de/files/2986312/Batgirl_-_Year_One__2003_DC_comics__-_8_volumes_part_2of_2.rar.html
On CBR formats July 12, 2005
Posted by BDcomics in : Comics ,cbr & cbz files
A lot of my posted links will be comics in CBR/CBZ format, so here’s some basic FAQ about them. These are comic books in an archive format.
A .cbr file is exactly the same thing as a .rar file and a .cbz file is the same as a .zip file.
To display these archives easily use the free program CDisplay. If you associate these two file types with CDisplay, you never need to unpack the archives, but keep them together, then just double click to read/view the comics (of course, you can unpack the individaul images with WinRar etc any time you want).
The Windows Comic Reader utility ‘CDisplay’ was written to ease the reading of comics with the pages in JPEG, GIF or PNG format, without the need to open the archive at all
Get the free app here: http://www.geocities.com/davidayton/CDisplay
- What are CBZ files?
CBZ files are zipped file archives that have had their extension renamed from .zip to .cbz
- What are CBR files?
CBR files are rarred file archives with their extension changed from .rar to .cbr
- …but why?
These are the extensions associated with the rather excellent CDisplay program, a good way to read digital comics.
- Can CDisplay read zip and rar files?
Yes but you have to run the program then open them manually.
- So why rename them?
By making file extension associations it means when you double click on a CBR or CBZ file it will open in CDisplay automatically. Zip and Rar extensions are more likely associated with an archive program and you’re likely to want to keep it that way.
- So what’s so good about this CDisplay program?
It’s a good way of viewing image archives and has a lot of options for presentation and moving through archives, many of which are optimised for comics.
- How do I make my own CBR and CBZ files?
Archive the files as you would normally (eg Winrar. winzip etc) and just rename them with the different extensions…. yes, it’s that simple!