DC Comics Cancels "Batgirl" Joker Variant Cover
03-20-15, 05:53 AM
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Re: DC Comics Cancels "Batgirl" Joker Variant Cover
And the Batman cover is not an apt comparison. Batman is still the protagonist, the hero on that cover, crashing through the window and ready to stop the villain. The Batgirl cover reduces her to a simpering wreck, not a hero but a victim. Sure, the Joker has done terrible things to Babs, but he has also done terrible things to Bruce and I doubt we'd ever see him represented on a cover this way.
03-20-15, 06:58 AM
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Re: DC Comics Cancels "Batgirl" Joker Variant Cover
Someone made a fan edit that really changes the cover tho
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03-20-15, 07:22 AM
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Re: DC Comics Cancels "Batgirl" Joker Variant Cover
The current run of Batgirl is more in line with Scott Pilgrim than The Killing Joke.
03-20-15, 07:31 AM
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Alot of variant covers don't fit the tone of the books. The artist Skottie Young is famous for drawing covers featuring "baby" versions of superheroes. His baby superhero covers have appeared on books that contained non-kiddy content on the inside. I would think this would be more offensive - having a kid-friendly cover on a book with more adult content on the inside, rather than vice versa.
03-20-15, 03:12 PM
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Re: DC Comics Cancels "Batgirl" Joker Variant Cover
For example, the KnightFall cover you mentioned showed Batman struggling in defiance, not whimpering in defeat.
Alot of variant covers don't fit the tone of the books. The artist Skottie Young is famous for drawing covers featuring "baby" versions of superheroes. His baby superhero covers have appeared on books that contained non-kiddy content on the inside. I would think this would be more offensive - having a kid-friendly cover on a book with more adult content on the inside, rather than vice versa.
The pulled Batgirl cover, however, is entirely plausible as an indicator of the interior content.
03-20-15, 03:20 PM
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Re: DC Comics Cancels "Batgirl" Joker Variant Cover
Alot of variant covers don't fit the tone of the books. The artist Skottie Young is famous for drawing covers featuring "baby" versions of superheroes. His baby superhero covers have appeared on books that contained non-kiddy content on the inside. I would think this would be more offensive - having a kid-friendly cover on a book with more adult content on the inside, rather than vice versa.
