I enjoyed reading the interview with Grant Morrison that Neilalien linked to recently. Morrison discusses his recent writing in the Batman title and offers some interesting thoughts on the development of Batman's character in the DC universe.

Although I'm partial to Batman as a hero because of his capacity for suffering, I found myself agreeing with what Morrison had to say about the limits of portraying the Dark Knight as a grim hero haunted by his desire for vengeance. I think he is correct in saying that comics have pursued this direction as far as it can go. I was also greatly intrigued by Morrison's suggestion that other characters in the Batman universe had assumed the role of expressing those elements of Batman's personality that had been lost through such unrelentingly dark characterizations.