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| Batman #39 Cover by Greg Capullo |
Words by Scott Snyder
Art by Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, FCO Plascencia
Last issue left us with Batman seeking out the help of The Court of Owls, which had me floored. Of course, it doesn't end well but we are left with Greg Capullo getting to draw some badass action sequences.
Here's something I noticed: it may be intentional, or not, but I feel like the team has decided to go a bit heavier on the inking when it comes to Batman being in the dark. There are a couple instances where he's drawn with less definition to him, and is really hidden, except for the white of his eyes. Again, it could be I'm just noticing it for the first time, but I like to think it was deliberate here.
Here it is again; out of the shadows and into the light.
Aaaaaand... money shot! Now, I can't seem to tell as to why Joker's face is this way. Last issue when we see him swimming his face is all intact. Could whatever it was that he used or did to get his face back to normal be wearing off?
Say what you will, but I've loved Scott Snyder's take on the Joker since he wrote him in his Detective Comics run a few years back. Snyder makes him pretty damn scary.
So, let me talk about this for a second. Back in Snyder and Capullo's Death of the Family arc (Batman #21-27, 29-33), Joker kidnapped Alfred and did some pretty nasty things to him. Snyder has mentioned in interviews that one of the things DC didn't let him do was cut off Alfred's hand, so imagine my face when I turned the page here. First off, kudos to FCO Plascencia for making that look disgusting. Second, Snyder and Capullo are clearly not pulling any punches. I mean, what's going to happen next? This is exciting, to say the least (and without sounding too macabre), because they are giving us something completely unexpected.
For me, Snyder and Capullo's previous arc, Zero Year, stood out a lot, and that was in part thanks to FCO's colors. Zero Year was a different beast altogether when it came to how a Batman book is supposed to look, and it truly is one of the most gorgeous books to just sit and flip through the pages because of that. Again, I'm so happy that he is able to do more of that here.
The Bat-Gang's all here! The only weird thing: Red Hood wearing his respirator over his mask? Also, I like the term "gigglers". Hehe.
The rogues are back in town (the rogues are back in to-o-o-o-own). Capullo is a beast.
Batman's silhouette plus the mark on the card behind Joker's throne kind of makes him look like a jester, maybe?
Yup. I can't wait. He really looks like he's starting to waste away now.
Last issue left us with Batman seeking out the help of The Court of Owls, which had me floored. Of course, it doesn't end well but we are left with Greg Capullo getting to draw some badass action sequences.
Here's something I noticed: it may be intentional, or not, but I feel like the team has decided to go a bit heavier on the inking when it comes to Batman being in the dark. There are a couple instances where he's drawn with less definition to him, and is really hidden, except for the white of his eyes. Again, it could be I'm just noticing it for the first time, but I like to think it was deliberate here.
Here it is again; out of the shadows and into the light.
Aaaaaand... money shot! Now, I can't seem to tell as to why Joker's face is this way. Last issue when we see him swimming his face is all intact. Could whatever it was that he used or did to get his face back to normal be wearing off?
So, let me talk about this for a second. Back in Snyder and Capullo's Death of the Family arc (Batman #21-27, 29-33), Joker kidnapped Alfred and did some pretty nasty things to him. Snyder has mentioned in interviews that one of the things DC didn't let him do was cut off Alfred's hand, so imagine my face when I turned the page here. First off, kudos to FCO Plascencia for making that look disgusting. Second, Snyder and Capullo are clearly not pulling any punches. I mean, what's going to happen next? This is exciting, to say the least (and without sounding too macabre), because they are giving us something completely unexpected.
For me, Snyder and Capullo's previous arc, Zero Year, stood out a lot, and that was in part thanks to FCO's colors. Zero Year was a different beast altogether when it came to how a Batman book is supposed to look, and it truly is one of the most gorgeous books to just sit and flip through the pages because of that. Again, I'm so happy that he is able to do more of that here.
The Bat-Gang's all here! The only weird thing: Red Hood wearing his respirator over his mask? Also, I like the term "gigglers". Hehe.
The rogues are back in town (the rogues are back in to-o-o-o-own). Capullo is a beast.
Batman's silhouette plus the mark on the card behind Joker's throne kind of makes him look like a jester, maybe?
Yup. I can't wait. He really looks like he's starting to waste away now.
In a couple interviews, Snyder pointed out that Joker's face was damaged when passing through the bat-cave's defences
ReplyDeleteYeah, I saw after the fact. Someone also told me that he mentions it in Death of the Family when Bruce is saying that there was no way Joker could have made it inside the cave because of the power of the stream.
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