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	Arkham Asylum
		In fact, when the asylum first appeared, it was actually in the city of Arkham; its Gotham location, and the consequent alternative explanation of the name, were later retcons.
		Originally, Arkham Asylum was used only to house genuinely insane characters - the Joker and Two-Face were inmates from its very first appearance - but over the course of the 1980s a trend was established of having the majority of Batman's supervillain opponents end up at Arkham, whether or not they were actually insane.
		Even a former Arkham employee is now an inmate; psychiatrist Dr. Harleen Quinzel went insane and turned to crime, as the loony Harley Quinn, after the Joker, then her patient, seduced her and enlisted her as his sidekick.
	www.angelfire.com /comics/clashofthetitans/otherfap/arkham.html (852 words)

	PopImage
		Tarot symbolism is threaded all throughout Arkham Asylum, from the symbol of the Hanged Man as Batman enters the asylum (holding the position of Campbell’s "Belly of the Whale experience" in the story of the major arcana), to the bookends of the story depicting the Moon alongside epigrams from Lewis Carroll.
		Arkham Asylum may be the ultimate example of how even "mainstream adventure" can walk a twisted, literary road and be highly significant in the way that it deals with commercial properties, but because the characters have so many aspects engendered by corporate concerns, the work will always be wounded and limited.
		Arkham Asylum definitively proves that Morrison's enjoyment of the superhero is justified.
	www.popimage.com /profile/morrison/012501arkham.html (1662 words)

	Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth is a graphic novel written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dave McKean.
		The story opens with a flashback sequence featuring Amadeus Arkham, the architect and first administrator of Arkham Asylum, detailing Arkham's renovation of the family manor into an asylum, following the death of his mother Elizabeth and his subsequent inheritance of the property, and also his subsequent descent into madness.
		Discovering Amadeus Arkham's journals, the razor and the dress, Cavendish begins to believe himself to be the one destined to continue Arkham's work, and on April 1st (the date Arkham's family was murdered and he swore his oath) he lures Batman to the Asylum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arkham_Asylum:_A_Serious_House_on_Serious_Earth (942 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Batman: Arkham Asylum: Books: Grant Morrison,Dave McKean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Arkham asylum stays with me, and i recommend it to anyone who is interested in a dark strangely compelling batman tale, but i warn you that this is not a fairy-tale.
		The theme is ofcourse, insanity: Bruce Wayne's insanity, the insanity inside the walls of Arkham Asylum (both that of the inmates and doctors), and ultimately, the insanity outside.
		Arkham Asylum tells the dual story of Batman as he ventures into the mental institue that has been taken over by inmates, whilst also telling the story of how Amadeus Arkham founded the asylum in the 1920's.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Batman-Arkham-Asylum-Grant-Morrison/dp/1852862807 (1766 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Comic Books > Grant's Arkham Asylum
		The script says that Arkham's wife is four months pregnant when they are killed (to reiterate her status as mother in the female triad in Arkham's life).
		Arkham Asylum looks fantastic (though why DC didn't take the opportunity to bind this better than the original, we still have text disappearing into the centre of the book) but the script would show the reason the story is perhaps not the greatest in the world is not for want of Grant trying.
		The repressed, armoured, uncertain and sexually frozen man in ARKHAM ASYLUM was intended as a critique of the '80s interpretation of Batman as violent, driven and borderline psychopathic.
	www.barbelith.com /topic.php?id=13761 (2508 words)

	Arkham Asylum
		Arkham Asylum has long been the DC universe's little Hell on Earth.
		The time it is the Dark Knight himself who must journey into the depths as Grant Morrison takes a closer look at the Asylum then ever before, its inhabitants, its history, the profound tragedy of Dr. Amadeus Arkham, and the relationship between the darkness of Arkham, and the darkness of the Batman.
		Arkham Asylum is a part of that change, one of the more controversial parts perhaps, and not to everybodies taste, but I can only recommend it.
	www.tabula-rasa.info /BurntToast/Issue07/Arkham1.html (640 words)

	IGUK Blog: Arkham Horror: A Call of Cthulhu Board Game
		Arkham Horror is a co-operative board game, which means that all the players work together to defeat the evil that is overshadowing the town of Arkham, Massachusetts in the 1920s.
		Movement: Players in Arkham move according to their Speed value, players who have been drawn through to other worlds move to the next space in that world.
		Arkham Encounters: Players draw an Encounter card matching the colour of their current location and act upon it, or if they are in a special location they may use that location's ability instead of having an encounter (such as buying items at a shop or restoring sanity at Arkham Asylum).
	iguk.co.uk /blog/2005/08/arkham-horror-call-of-cthulhu-board.html (1473 words)

	Amazon.com: Batman: Arkham Asylum: Books: Grant Morrison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although Batman is in the book and Arkham Asylum is where all of his criminally insane adversaries are kept locked up, this is not a book about Batman engaging in physical battles.
		Basically, Arkham serves as a Jungian metaphor for the mind, and all of its inmates represent the hidden aspects of the unconscious, with the Joker representing (in my opinion) the Trickster archetype whose role is to challenge and tear down the conscious mind, often with humour, and sometimes at the risk of destroying it.
		ARKHAM ASYLUM, written by manic Grant Morrison and painted by the brilliant Dave McKean, is probably the fifth finest Batman story ever (after Miller's DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Miller's YEAR ONE, Moore's THE KILLING JOKE, and Loeb's THE LONG HALLOWEEN).
	www.amazon.com /Batman-Arkham-Asylum-Grant-Morrison/dp/0930289560 (2506 words)

	The Last Arkham
		Head Psychotherapist Jeremiah Arkham personally supervises the care of each and every one of our guests; meals are prepared with gusto by a staff of dedicated French chefs.
		Security personnel at Arkham are instructed in the latest techniques of hostage negotiation and are experts with tasers.
		Two new stories have been posted to the Asylum's fanfiction library, most notabely Days of the Advent, a sequel to 2004's Children of the Night.
	www.geocities.com /nos4a2no9/Batman/lastarkham.html (280 words)

	disinformation \| occulture 2001: paranoia picks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (New York: DC Comics, 1989).
		One of the "must-reads" of the Batman: Dark Knight mythos, Arkham Asylum is also a masterful study of postmodern magical symbolism and the varying degrees of psychosis.
		The multi-strand narrative begins with the inmates, led by The Joker, taking over the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, holding the staff hostage, and demanding an audience with The Batman.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/article/id858/pg1/index.html (1146 words)

	Amazon.com: Batman: Arkham Asylum Anniversary Edition: Books: Grant Morrison,Dave McKean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In this groundbreaking painted graphic novel, the inmates of Arkham Asylum have taken over Gotham's detention center for the criminally insane on April Fool's Day and demand Batman in exchange for their prisoners.
		Arkham's story is from beginning to end an emotional journey through the situations and escalating tragedies that can slowly drive a man insane.
		But where the most pleasant surprises of the story lie for me are on Batman's iterated questioning of the "cures" administered to the inmates by the asylum's doctors, and the contemplation of the possibility that madness might not only be a physical illness but that it could also be a contagious disease.
	www.amazon.com /Batman-Arkham-Anniversary-Grant-Morrison/dp/1401204244 (2547 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Batman: Arkham Asylum Anniversary Edition: Books: Grant Morrison,Dave McKean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Arkham is a prime example of the type of literary indulgence that has been used to flesh out the world of Batman or explore a different vein on numerous occasions.
		In Arkham's case that is to really emphasise the dark, psychological element of Batman and the space he occupies.
		Arkham Asylum suffers a similair fate, but where Dark Knight' still has a good story at it's heart, this book is a very holllow expirence for new readers.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1845760220 (1554 words)

	Horror Asylum: Batman: Arkham Asylum - Anniversary Edition
		Batman is called in as a ransom payment for hostages being held by the inmates at Arkham asylum.
		Arkham asylum is a book with pitch fl sensibilities, it certainly would be hard to place Robin in this story.
		All around him is insanity and misery, eventually he ends up in mental decline - there is feeling that his insanity is absorbed into the very brickwork of the asylum, so that in the climax we actually see Batman tearing away at the bricks and pipes (ie- flesh and arteries) of this disturbed edifice.
	www.horror-asylum.com /literature/reviews.asp?item=100009 (832 words)

	Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Arkham Asylum
		Here and in #260, it was referred to as Arkham Hospital, "a polite name for an asylum which houses the criminally insane." These early stories also placed the building in Arkham, New England, NOT Gotham City.
		The 1980s saw a major proliferation of Arkham appearances, including the gradual transfer of most of the Bat-villains to the facility.
		The Arkham entry in 1985's WHO'S WHO #1 established the origin of Arkham for the first time though it was left to Grant Morrison's ARKHAM ASYLUM graphic novel to bring the events to life.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /bobro/103585005565655.htm (1776 words)

	Books : Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Three things are wrong with this tale-- it should not have the name Arkham Asylum, because it is reminiscient of Grant Morrison's excellent Arkham Asylum: Serious House on Serious Earth, next, it wasn't even a Batman story, it follows the Shark completely, and finally, it's just not entertaining.
		Arkham Asylum is the psychiatric hospital of Batman's Gotham City, and this is a story about what being involved with it and living inside it entails to the doctors, to the orderlies, to the madmen, to Dr. Jeremiah Arkham, and even to Batman himself.
		Arkham Asylum: Living Hell was something I picked up on impulse; I'd decided to buy Grant Morrison's Arkham Asylum, and thought that any trade paperback featuring Arkham Asylum would be an interesting read.
	www.cosyreading.info /1401201938/Arkham_Asylum_Living_Hell.shtml (1348 words)

	Rambles: Arkham Asylum: Living Hell
		A savvy judge sends White to Arkham Asylum, where he earns both the nickname "Fish" and a ringside seat to the unfolding events in which he's swept up: ghosts of the dead who want revenge, prison guards going toe-to-toe with demons, and inmates who make compacts with devils.
		The supernatural content is only half the story, though; the other half is solid, Oz-like prison drama, featuring one of the toughest and most humane cops ever to grace the pages of a Batman story: Aaron Cash, a man with a heart and soul to rival that of the masked vigilante himself.
		In a dark world like Arkham it would be easy to go all-out and be highly experimental, but Sook keeps the reader grounded with clean, lean, kinetic artwork so simple and effortless that it seems as though he did it in a single sitting.
	www.rambles.net /aa_livhell03.html (712 words)

	KMC Forums - Arkham Asylum should be closed!
		Arkham is no different from whatever prisons other heroes' enemies wind up in.
		Arkham is cool and if writers would make Arkham seem more like a tougher prison then the breakout stories would be great.
		arkham asylum is not a prison, it's a mental facility.
	www.killermovies.com /forums/f50/t32310.html (754 words)

	BATMAN-IN-COMICS -- Review/Retrospective of "BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLYM"
		This makes for an interesting subtext, but at the end, Batman reinforces his beliefs while Arkham is swallowed by his, and the comparison is lost.
		Perhaps that finality, or perhaps the obscurity of Amadeus Arkham as a character, is why no other writer has deemed to write about him again.
		ARKHAM ASYLUM still stands with the best Batman stories, and can still genuinely reward its reader.
	www.batman-on-film.com /comics_arkhamasylum_aluckett.html (1493 words)

	SJ FANBOY .com, Stockton Modesto Sacramento San Joaquin Entertainment Guide
		If he had paid attention to the news more than the books, he wouldn’t be playing second-fiddle to Two-Face or taking a shower with the Joker.
		Arkham Asylum has always held a special place in the hearts of Batman fans.
		Arkham seems like a regular grey building, except that it houses the most ruthless and insane criminals in Gotham.
	www.sjfanboy.com /comics/articles/arkham32304.html (503 words)

	Welcome to Arkham Asylum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Is it a fate worse than death or is it a quiet opportunity to heal?
		Stories as told by the patients, medical records and glimpses of madness...These are the secret files of Arkham.
		Some of the material may be unsuited for children under 12 years of age or people without strong stomachs.
	www.angelfire.com /goth/TheMachine/Arkhamasylum.html (79 words)

	Arkham Asylum: Living Hell @ Blogcritics.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Arkham Asylum was a clever addition to the world of Batman.
		But it does have two drawbacks: 1) writers must continually contrive ways of having the villains escape; and 2) if the asylum's guards can keep all the criminals under control, it lessens the importance of Batman; ordinary people shouldn't be able to accomplish what he does, no matter how many there are.
		Arkham Asylum: Living Hell sidesteps both of these potential problems: 1) Although some of the criminals do escape, it's temporary and incidental to the story.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2004/12/01/130910.php (1101 words)

	Comic of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Following a summer full of Batman projects, Arkham Asylum went places no super-hero graphic novel had gone — examining the richest psychological implications of the Batman myth through a complex architectural metaphor.
		The structure of the story evokes the hallways, cellars, and unkempt closets of the Asylum — and of the inmates who inhabit it.
		Dave McKean has since said that Arkham Asylum is too ambitious, that the character of Batman can't support the psychological horror of mental illness.
	www.heroesanddragons.com /ComicClub/CurrentMonth/2003-11.htm (232 words)

	UGO Batman Hub - Batman: Arkham Asylum - BATMAN.UGO.COM
		The Batman's entry into the tale is via a rescue mission: the lunatics have taken over the asylum, and he must venture in (like Dante into the Inferno, with the Joker as his psychopomp and the various members of his rogues' gallery standing in for the nine tiers of Hell).
		Arkham Asylum is great for a number of reasons.
		Chief among them, the graphic novel's depiction of the Joker and his wit, sharpened to a knife's point by his madness and his hatred for Batman, is the best anywhere outside of Alan Moore's The Killing Joke.
	batman.ugo.com /comics/batman_arkhamasylum/default.asp (565 words)

	LEGO Store - Arkham Asylum™
		The worst criminals in Gotham City™ are imprisoned behind the gloomy walls of Arkham Asylum.
		The Scarecrow™, the master of fear; The Riddler™, the prince of puzzles; Poison Ivy™, beautiful and deadly queen of the plant kingdom – all have been sent to Arkham by the Batman™.
		Includes Batman, Nightwing, The Riddler, The Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, and two Arkham Asylum guard minifigures.
	shop.lego.com /product.asp?p=7785 (171 words)

	Catwoman Committed to Arkham Asylum
		Catwoman's counselor, Dr. Harleen Quinzel, explained that the first indication she had of her patient's psychosis was the costume she had on when she arrived at Arkham Asylum.
		Interestingly, one of Catwoman's fellow inmates was originally confined to Arkham Asylum for similar reasons.
		Harvey Dent, former Gotham City District Attorney, was driven criminally insane after being unwittingly used as a test subject for Luthor Corp's "UltraWhite" serum, a formula designed to bleach the ethnicity out of the DNA of anyone injected with it.
	www.shaftagents.com /catwoman.htm (881 words)

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