Gotham: 10 Reasons The Court Of Owls Will Enhance The Show

6. The Maze

You know what owls are? Owls are creepy. Case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_L-y_rwW0s Commendations, Youtube, I now won't be able to sleep without seeing an owl knocking back a mammal like a shot of tequila while one of its friends laugh and the other two stare at me and whisper that I'm next. I instantly regret writing this article after watching that video. I hope you're happy. Because owls were created to give us nightmares, the Court is just as creepy and visually unsettling. They need a lair that exemplifies the feeling of uneasiness they bring and the Maze is exactly that. In the Court of Owls story-line, Batman, investigating the Court, is drugged and wakes up in a maze made of marble. Somehow, he survives in the maze for eight days, despite not having his utility belt, food or wi-fi. His only sustenance is the water from a fountain that is possibly drugged, because being trapped in a maze for days on end while being taunted by a crowd of creep as f*** owl-people isn't bad enough. Through the mastery of Greg Capullo, the artist of the Court of Owls story-line, you feel Batman's sanity slip faster than Amanda Bynes on a crack binge, because the art is printed upside down, across centerfold or even spiraling, forcing you to move the comic as you read. Panels and pages are repeated, causing the reader (myself included) to wonder if I had already read the page (I hadn't). It's a culmination of amazing writing and art that equally contribute to the narrative. Substitute Batman for Jim Gordon in this situation and you have an episode of Gotham unlike any other, where Gordon has to contend with holding onto his sanity while escaping the maze and not being made permanently cuckoo for cocoa puffs. The design of the show looks beautiful and the maze would be a visual unlike any other.