2013-08-27

A tall SMBC comic. The whole exchange happens through the Bat-Signal projected into the night sky, with text written across the glowing circle, intercut with shots of a brooding Batman. Batman muses "Hmmm..." The signal replies "What address?" Batman won't answer normally; the signal asks "Can you just pick up your cell phone?" Batman insists via the signal, "That's not how we do things, Alfred." The signal gives "Furman Street, Brooklyn." and Batman says "Thanks." Batman then asks "Are you mad?" The signal stammers "..." then "I..." then pleads "Can you pick up your phone? I sent an email." Batman repeats, "That's not how we do things." Exasperated, the signal-text reads "You know what, just go ahead and kill me." The final panel shows a police officer standing beside the Joker on a rooftop. The joke: Batman is so committed to communicating only via the absurdly inconvenient Bat-Signal that he drives Commissioner Gordon to a breakdown. Votey: the Bat-Signal again shines into the sky, this time with the text "Fuck you, Batman" projected across it.