Vachss has, in fact, written a few Batman stories. I think
there was a graphic novel and a mini-series, both dealing
with -- what else? -- child abuse. As I remember they were
pretty good, featuring the grimmer, darker Batman of recent
years.
In fact, I think Vachss' comic book work (he's done some
other stuff, including a great series of short stories from
Dark Horse a few years ago adapted to comic form called HARD
LOOKS) and his short fiction are usually far sharper and more
pointed and less cartoonish than his Burke novels.
As for whether Vachss swings to the left or the right, who
cares? Most of the Burke novels are so heavy-handed they
barely swing at all
-- just plod on and on, following a straight line from intro
to conclusion, leaving a string of atrocities and corpses in
their wake. Burke's solution to most problems too often is to
simply set the villains up and then blow them away. That's
not the typical leftist response, unless you consider
you-know-who a liberal...
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