Smiles, Batsy

There she goes ! 

There’s only room for one homicidal maniac in this town.

PRIDE VARIANT COVERS

• • • Redesigning The Joker

• Wearing the character’s traditional color palette, the Joker is dressed in a light purple shirt, a thin medium toned purple tie and a green waistcoat, topped by a dark purple overcoat. The patterns and designs chosen were very popular during the Victorian and Edwardian periods; however, they are given an eccentric twist using the purple and green color palette. His shoes have an upward swoop at the toe, reminiscent of clown shoes. [Joker The Dark Knight’s wikipedia]

• I do love the Joker and the Penguin from the Burton films [but] with our version, I took a different approach. A Joker or Jester is a medieval character. An entertainer for the courts, and for the masses. I tried to base our Joker on a rock star, who is probably our modern day equivalent. A Pete Docherty, an Iggy Pop, Keith Richards or Johnny Depp type. Someone with charisma and the ability to draw the eye, and hold the audience’s attention. [Lindy Hemming, costume Designer on ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy, interview on Dark Knight News, February 23, 2018]

• Honestly, the only thing I can tell you I know for sure is that my version of the Joker, the way you see him in this book, was established long before Ledger was even cast. Just to be clear, this is not to say that Nolan and Co. were informed by my drawing. I’ve said this before and I really find it to be true, that certain ideas float around at the same time for a reason. Pop culture, social tendencies, fashion, you name it. If you want to do a realistic interpretation of the Joker, there are only a few ways to do it. [Lee Bermejo, interview on IGN Comics, October 30, 2008]