Memory Monday - Gnat Rat!

Back in 1986, a guy named Mark Martin wrote and drew Gnarat: The Dark Gnat Returns. Billed as "Book One and Only," it was a send-up of the hugely influential, mega-popular Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

And it was friggin' hilarious.

I rolled and rolled with laughter over this thing. My kid brother wept tears of joy. We were both huge fans of Dark Knight, and sometimes there's nothing funnier than that which skewers that which you love. Readers of DKR (as it's affectionately known) should get a giggle out of Gnatrat.

To this day -- decades later -- my brother and I will still look at each other and say, "This rain! It's like...water, falling from the sky!" And then convulse in stupid laughter.

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Re: Memory Monday - Gnat Rat!
By: Ariella on Mon November 07, 2011, 20:12:21

So, Barry. Guess who just acquired Batman: Noel? THIS CHICK

You should read it. Because oh my god Batman: Noel, Batman: Noel, oh my god. It is incredible.

How many pages is Gnatrat? It doesn't seem like something of that variety could be particularly long.

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Re: Memory Monday - Gnat Rat!
By: Barry on Mon November 07, 2011, 20:20:10

Gnatrat was only something like 36 pages. Short and sweet. :)