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* LostAesop: So... is RockAndRoll ''actually'' [[RottenRockAndRoll rotten]] or not? On one hand, the narrative and most characters within it frame Izaak Crowe in a sympathetic light despite his violent SanitySlippage, suggesting we're meant to agree with his dissatisfaction with [[SellOut selling out]] for [[CelebrityIsOverrated a cushy celebrity lifestyle]], as well as his crusade to have his music be distributed entirely on his own terms (which also includes [[DisproportionateRetribution bombing a music studio just to stop a video he didn't like from being broadcast]]). However, we also have Batman, who [[CompressedVice ardently]] ''[[CompressedVice hates]]'' [[CompressedVice rock music in this comic]], ''especially'' the type that Izaak is trying to act for, yet the plot also sides with him in his claims that [[TheNewRockAndRoll it's a force for evil that corrupts people into becoming murderous psychopaths]], with Bats never having any sort of epiphany on the matter or otherwise changing his mind. Mixed into this is a vilification of the music ''industry'', with it being revealed that Izaak's breakdown was engineered in large part by his manager, whose EvilPlan is revealed to be of trying to make Izaak into a martyr [[WarForFunAndProfit for the sake of sales]]... using the breakdown entirely motivated by Izaak's own bizarre "DoingItForTheArt"[[invoked]] manifesto. To make the topic especially confusing, the book (according to its own writer in the dedication) was made to be a ''tribute'' to rock music by creators who loved the genre, ''not'' as an anti-rock diatribe, yet how exactly the plot ends up ''respecting'' rock music is vague at best.
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* LostAesop: So... is RockAndRoll ''actually'' [[RottenRockAndRoll rotten]] or not? On one hand, the narrative and most characters within it frame Izaak Crowe in a sympathetic light despite his violent SanitySlippage, suggesting we're meant to agree with his dissatisfaction with [[SellOut selling out]] for [[CelebrityIsOverrated a cushy celebrity lifestyle]], as well as his crusade to have his music be distributed entirely on his own terms (which also includes [[DisproportionateRetribution bombing a music studio just to stop a video he didn't like from being broadcast]]). However, we also have Batman, who [[CompressedVice ardently]] ''[[CompressedVice hates]]'' [[CompressedVice rock music in this comic]], ''especially'' the type that Izaak is trying to act for, yet the plot also sides with him in his claims that [[TheNewRockAndRoll it's a force for evil that corrupts people into becoming murderous psychopaths]], with Bats never having any sort of epiphany on the matter or otherwise changing his mind. Mixed into this is a vilification of the music ''industry'', with it being revealed that Izaak's breakdown was engineered in large part by his manager, whose EvilPlan is revealed to be of trying to make Izaak into a martyr [[WarForFunAndProfit for the sake of sales]]... using the breakdown entirely motivated by Izaak's own bizarre "DoingItForTheArt"[[invoked]] manifesto. To make the topic especially confusing, the book (according to its own writer in the dedication) was made to be a ''tribute'' to rock music by creators who loved the genre, ''not'' as an anti-rock diatribe, yet how exactly the plot ends up ''respecting'' rock music is vague at best.
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* ElvisImpersonator: An unstable rock musician who has frequent hallucinations of the unnamed "god of rock and roll" and other rock legends. When he travels to Las Vegas, he's disgusted by the many "god" impersonators he sees, viewing "the god" himself as having chosen money and fame over music, and consequently begins repressing his hallucinations.
* ElvisImpersonator: An unstable rock musician who has frequent hallucinations of the unnamed "god of rock and roll" and other rock legends. When he travels to Las Vegas, he's disgusted by the many "god" impersonators he sees, viewing "the god" himself as having chosen money and fame over music, and consequently begins repressing his hallucinations.
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* LostAesop: So... is RockAndRoll ''actually'' [[RottenRockAndRoll rotten]] or not? On one hand, the story and characters within it frame Izaak Crowe in a sympathetic light despite his violent SanitySlippage, suggesting we're meant to agree with his dissatisfaction with [[SellOut selling out]] for [[CelebrityIsOverrated a cushy celebrity lifestyle]], as well as his crusade to have his music be distributed entirely on his own terms (which also includes [[DisproportionateRetribution bombing a music studio just to stop a video he didn't like from being broadcast]]). However, we also have Batman, who [[CompressedVice ardently]] ''[[CompressedVice hates]]'' [[CompressedVice rock music in this comic]], ''especially'' the type that Izaak is trying to act for, yet the plot also sides with him in his claims that [[TheNewRockAndRoll it's a force for evil that corrupts people into becoming murderous psychopaths]], with Bats never having any sort of epiphany on the matter or otherwise changing his mind. Mixed into this is a vilification of the music ''industry'', with it being revealed that Izaak's breakdown was engineered in large part by his manager, whose EvilPlan is revealed to be of trying to make Izaak into a martyr [[WarForFunAndProfit for the sake of sales]]... using the breakdown entirely motivated by Izaak's own bizarre "DoingItForTheArt"[[invoked]] manifesto. To make the topic especially confusing, the book (according to its own writer in the dedication) was made to be a ''tribute'' to rock music by creators who loved the genre, ''not'' as an anti-rock diatribe, yet how exactly the plot ends up ''respecting'' rock music is vague at best.
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* LostAesop: So... is RockAndRoll ''actually'' [[RottenRockAndRoll rotten]] or not? On one hand, the story narrative and most characters within it frame Izaak Crowe in a sympathetic light despite his violent SanitySlippage, suggesting we're meant to agree with his dissatisfaction with [[SellOut selling out]] for [[CelebrityIsOverrated a cushy celebrity lifestyle]], as well as his crusade to have his music be distributed entirely on his own terms (which also includes [[DisproportionateRetribution bombing a music studio just to stop a video he didn't like from being broadcast]]). However, we also have Batman, who [[CompressedVice ardently]] ''[[CompressedVice hates]]'' [[CompressedVice rock music in this comic]], ''especially'' the type that Izaak is trying to act for, yet the plot also sides with him in his claims that [[TheNewRockAndRoll it's a force for evil that corrupts people into becoming murderous psychopaths]], with Bats never having any sort of epiphany on the matter or otherwise changing his mind. Mixed into this is a vilification of the music ''industry'', with it being revealed that Izaak's breakdown was engineered in large part by his manager, whose EvilPlan is revealed to be of trying to make Izaak into a martyr [[WarForFunAndProfit for the sake of sales]]... using the breakdown entirely motivated by Izaak's own bizarre "DoingItForTheArt"[[invoked]] manifesto. To make the topic especially confusing, the book (according to its own writer in the dedication) was made to be a ''tribute'' to rock music by creators who loved the genre, ''not'' as an anti-rock diatribe, yet how exactly the plot ends up ''respecting'' rock music is vague at best.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Crossing over a bit with ArtisticLicenseReligion as well: Izaak raids the former home of "[[Music/ElvisPresley The God]]" -- which happens to [[DeadGuyOnDisplay preserve the man's body on display a la Vladimir Lenin]] -- and announces that he's going to make it free to access for all, directly comparing to how "In Europe, the relics of saints are available to all worshipers -- free!" This analogy doesn't work for a variety of reasons: the US government already subsidizes sites of cultural importance, including those related to music, making it unclear what Izaak is trying to fight here that would prevent access from being "free" in the first place. Even if one buys into the equation that a for-profit musician should be venerated and maintained on the same level of holy saints, the display of saints in European countries isn't free either -- they're paid for by the Catholic Church, who don't receive any government or tax benefits and thus maintain (and profit off of) this practice out of pocket.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Crossing over a bit with ArtisticLicenseReligion as well: Izaak raids the former home of "[[Music/ElvisPresley The God]]" -- which happens to [[DeadGuyOnDisplay preserve the man's body on display a la Vladimir Lenin]] -- and announces that he's going to make it free to access for all, directly comparing to how "In Europe, the relics of saints are available to all worshipers -- free!" This analogy comparison doesn't work for a variety of reasons: the US government already subsidizes sites of cultural importance, including those related to music, making it unclear what Izaak is trying to fight here that would prevent access from being "free" in the first place. Even if one buys into the equation that a for-profit musician should be venerated and maintained on the same level of holy saints, the display of saints in European countries isn't free either -- they're paid for by the Catholic Church, who don't receive any government or tax benefits and thus maintain (and profit off of) this practice out of pocket.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Crossing over a bit with ArtisticLicenseReligion as well: Izaak raids the former home of "[[Music/ElvisPresley The God]]" -- which happens to [[DeadGuyOnDisplay preserve the man's body on display a la Vladimir Lenin]] -- and announces that he's going to make it free to access for all, directly comparing to how "In Europe, the relics of saints are available to all worshipers -- free!" This analogy doesn't work for a variety of reasons: the US government already subsidizes sites of cultural importance, including those related to music, making it unclear what Izaak is trying to fight here that would prevent access from being "free" in the first place. Even if one buys into the equation that a for-profit musician should be venerated and maintained on the same level of holy saints, the display of saints in European countries isn't free either -- they're paid for by the Catholic Church, who don't receive any government or tax benefits and thus maintain (and profit off of) this practice out of pocket.
* DeadArtistsAreBetter: The evil villain's plan was to capitalize on Izaak's profile as an artist largely posthumously, turning him into a legend whose story and talents would rival that of "[[Music/ElvisPresley The God]]". That said, he felt that death alone wasn't enough to inspire such veneration, and thus screwed up Izaak's life to a massive degree to ensure he went out in a psychotic blaze of glory.
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* InstantExpert: Part way through, Batman realizes that, if he's going to understand his opponent, he needs to find out about rock & roll and asks Lazarus to set him up with microfilm and music. Robin suitably {{lampshades}} this by pointing out that there's no way he can do such a thing, but somehow he does.
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* InformedAbility: Izaak is frequently touted as being an incredibly skilled and gifted musician, but comics being a non-auditory medium, we as an audience only get to read his lyrics, taking the comic's word for the rest.
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** Their appearances are quite different, but Izaak Crowe -- based on his status as a highly popular but greatly-troubled rockstar who struggles with [[CelebrityIsOverrated his relationship with fame and the music industry]] before his untimely death -- appears to be a very loose caricature of Music/KurtKobain.
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** Their appearances are quite different, but Izaak Crowe -- based on his status as a highly popular but greatly-troubled rockstar who struggles with [[CelebrityIsOverrated his relationship with fame and the music industry]] before his untimely death -- appears to be a very loose caricature of Music/KurtKobain.
** The mysterious "God of Rock & Roll" is easily a blonde expy of Music/ElvisPresley, who instead of being referred to as "The King" is called "The God".[[note]]Note that in real life, Elvis was a devout Christian who in fact disliked being called "The King" as in his own words, "There is only one King, and that's UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}." Make of that what you will.[[/note]]
** Their appearances are quite different, but Izaak Crowe -- based on his status as a highly popular but greatly-troubled rockstar who struggles with [[CelebrityIsOverrated his relationship with fame and the music industry]] before his untimely death -- appears to be a very loose caricature of Music/KurtKobain.
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* TwoDecadesBehind: The book was released in 1999 and ostensibly takes place in its "modern day", and yet its approach to {{Rock}} music seems exclusively limited to discussion of classic RockAndRoll from TheFifties (referencing the likes of Music/ElvisPresley, Music/TheBeatles, Music/BuddyHolly, etc.), only acknowledging the PunkRock scenes of TheSeventies at the absolute latest. Despite the narratively largely centering around a rock artist in the present day, there's zero acknowledgement of the likes of {{Grunge}} or HeavyMetal.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Batman tries to scare Robin straight by hauling him to Arkham Asylum and showing him the various criminals locked up as proof that things like rock & roll are evil and can create people like them. It just pisses Robin off more and he bails.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Roy Lazarus is this, intending on boosting sales of Izaak's music by pushing his psychotic break as far as it can go.
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* MadeOfIron: For some reason, Izaak seems to shrug off a ''lot'' of stuff, such as being shot in the arm and downing a bunch of drugs with alcohol. It doesn't last as he's shot by trigger-happy police near the end.
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* RottenRockAndRoll: The main gist of the book seems to have Batman seeing things like rock & roll as inherently evil, as he compares it to how his parents refused to let him listen to it, especially the day they ended up dying. He also considers punk evil due to one psychopath deciding to murder a girl early in his career.
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* {{Expy}}: The mysterious "God of Rock & Roll" is easily an expy of Creator/ElvisPresley.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Both Roy Lazarus and Evangeline Dove do this to Izaak in order to drive up sales of his music before he goes out in a blaze of glory, even putting in people dressed up as "God" to continue to fool and make Izaak go insane.
* {{Jerkass}}: Despite this being set in the early days of his career with Dick being Robin, Batman is a major asshole in this book, especially since he hates rock & roll and other "new music" with a burning passion.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Batman is right that Izaak is a threat and his music is connected to this, but he's wrong because he doesn't realize he's being gaslit.
* RottenRockAndRoll: The main gist of the book seems to have Batman seeing things like rock & roll as inherently evil, as he compares it to how his parents refused to let him listen to it, especially the day they ended up dying. He also considers punk evil due to one psychopath deciding to murder a girl early in hiscareer.career.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Batman tries to scare Robin straight by hauling him to Arkham Asylum and showing him the various criminals locked up as proof that things like rock & roll are evil and can create people like them. It just pisses Robin off more and he bails.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Both Roy Lazarus and Evangeline Dove do this to Izaak in order to drive up sales of his music before he goes out in a blaze of glory, even putting in people dressed up as "God" to continue to fool and make Izaak go insane.
* {{Jerkass}}: Despite this being set in the early days of his career with Dick being Robin, Batman is a major asshole in this book, especially since he hates rock & roll and other "new music" with a burning passion.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Batman is right that Izaak is a threat and his music is connected to this, but he's wrong because he doesn't realize he's being gaslit.
* RottenRockAndRoll: The main gist of the book seems to have Batman seeing things like rock & roll as inherently evil, as he compares it to how his parents refused to let him listen to it, especially the day they ended up dying. He also considers punk evil due to one psychopath deciding to murder a girl early in his
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Batman tries to scare Robin straight by hauling him to Arkham Asylum and showing him the various criminals locked up as proof that things like rock & roll are evil and can create people like them. It just pisses Robin off more and he bails.
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Rock star Izaak Crowe is at the end of his rope, spiraling into despair as he feels his music doesn't have that same tone as it did before. However, before he can take his life, he's met with what seems to be a hallucination of who he claims to be God who convinces him to change and he becomes more destructive. As Batman and Robin deal with the matter, the two are stuck in a generational gap as Batman believes rock and roll is inherently evil and Robin believes Batman's being overreactive. Can the two solve their differences and find Izaak before he does something deadly?
While the book didn't make much noise when it was released, it became well known thanks to Linkara's review of it on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', mocking Batman's ridiculousness such as his idea that "Punk is nothing but death... and crime... and the ''rage'' of a ''beast''" and considering rock & roll to be one of his most nefarious foes.
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* RottenRockAndRoll: The main gist of the book seems to have Batman seeing things like rock & roll as inherently evil, as he compares it to how his parents refused to let him listen to it, especially the day they ended up dying. He also considers punk evil due to one psychopath deciding to murder a girl early in his career.
Rock star Izaak Crowe is at the end of his rope, spiraling into despair as he feels his music doesn't have that same tone as it did before. However, before he can take his life, he's met with what seems to be a hallucination of who he claims to be God who convinces him to change and he becomes more destructive. As Batman and Robin deal with the matter, the two are stuck in a generational gap as Batman believes rock and roll is inherently evil and Robin believes Batman's being overreactive. Can the two solve their differences and find Izaak before he does something deadly?
While the book didn't make much noise when it was released, it became well known thanks to Linkara's review of it on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', mocking Batman's ridiculousness such as his idea that "Punk is nothing but death... and crime... and the ''rage'' of a ''beast''" and considering rock & roll to be one of his most nefarious foes.
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* RottenRockAndRoll: The main gist of the book seems to have Batman seeing things like rock & roll as inherently evil, as he compares it to how his parents refused to let him listen to it, especially the day they ended up dying. He also considers punk evil due to one psychopath deciding to murder a girl early in his career.
