The first volume of Smith and artist Walt Flanagan's Batman: The Widening Gyre is available in hardback now. 'Not because it's any good - it's just because it was the Batman they grew up reading, and nobody writes it like that anymore.' 'But meanwhile, most cats on my Twitter feed, who were my age and reading comics back then, were going, 'This is the best Batman I've read in a while,'' said Smith. Smith explained that he had spoken to a fireman who confirmed that such incidents can happen when a person is dealing with high temperatures and explosions. and wait until you see when we bring Batman back from the caveman days!' That was the big news.' 'They were all like, 'Yeah, this is fine. 'By the time the Batman bladder thing made it to the page, it had been vetted by a bunch of people who had been doing this for years, and not one of them was like, 'Oh my God! We're going to shake things up with this!'' Smith told CBR.

The Dogma director drew the ire of some critics for rewriting a legendary scene from Frank Miller's Batman: Year One, revealing that the Dark Knight suffered a 'bladder spasm' when he confronted Gotham's corrupt elite. Kevin Smith's Batman: The Widening Gyre is shaping up to be an example of a stylistically unique writer getting that balance between individualism and reverence mostly right. So yeah, this is probably one of the funniest comic related news items of the months.Kevin Smith has discussed the controversy surrounding his Batman: The Widening Gyre title. He also adds that this heat causing pee is from personal experience from when needing to pee whenever he sits on Backdraft the ride and the intense heat makes him need to pee. Smith also states that he never explicitly said that Batman peed his pants, it was more like a few drips. (warning explicit language)īasically for those of you who don’t want to download the podcast, Kevin Smith asserts that Batman at this point in Year One is still a bit inexperienced and that by underestimating the strength of the explosion, the intense heat of the explosives made him have a small bladder spasm. Well, Kevin Smith and Walt Flanagan respond to fans on their podcast “Smodcast” which can be found here.

Fan reaction to this was immediate and enraged it seems as Kevin Smith’s twitter became swarmed with fans of Batman outraged that the “goddamn Batman” would pee his pants. At one point in the 6th issue series, Batman reveals to this new hero Baphomet that during his first year as Batman, during Frank Miller’s Year One, he made an appearance at Commissioner Loeb’s dinner party by blowing up a wall and walking through, he had a “bladder spasm” as he underestimated the effectiveness of the explosives used.

Ok, for those of you who haven’t read Batman The Widening Gyre by Kevin Smith and Walt Flanagan might be a bit perplexed by the idea of Batman having a bladder spasm and are wondering what the rumblings on the internet is all about in comicdom.

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