Bat-Man and the Joker: take two

A second attempt at my Bat-Man/Joker illustration I did earlier. I altered the Joker's jacket slightly giving him this patchwork design. It still retains that silent movie comedian meets Jack the Ripper.

But this time with a touch of Raggedy Ann doll from hell ;-)

The Red Hood

Inspired by my previous illustration of the Joker and Bat-Man, I thought I would do a second illustration. This time I thought I would incorporate the Red Hood origin into the illustration a little more.

As I stated in my previous post, I had always kind of liked that origin. Especially the way it appeared in Detective Comics #168 The Man Behind the Red Hood (February 1951). They mention that's how the Joker became the Joker but they still leave the exact identity of the Joker a mystery.

And as much as I like both the Tim Burton Batman and the Killing Joke, I don't particularly like how they give him an identity like Jack Napier or the stand up comic name Joe. Although, Alan Moore does hint at the fact this might not really be a true origin of the Joker and just one of his delusions.

But still. I think the latest Batman film got it right by never revealing who the Joker was. It makes the character a little more dangerous to have that bit of mystery.

Let's put a smile on that face!

I had to get this Joker concept out of my head. Sort of a cross between Dark Knight and Nightmare Before Christmas in design and keeping along the same theme as my Sons of the Silent Age Bat-Man illustrations.

Which the first illustration of that series is now in the private collection of one Andy Fish.

I also wanted to add the whole Red Hood origin to the illustration because I always liked that origin for the Joker. But with the Red Hood as a remoreless killer and not the failed stand up comic from The Killing Joke.

But I thought Batman: Brave and the Bold put an interesting spin on the concept with their Owlman two parter.

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