Simone Bianchi
Frank Cho
Drew Moss
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La dernière attitude reste la meilleure (ou la plus iconique disons) . C’est celle qui servi pour le 1er tome chez Zenda d’ailleurs.
Souvenirs
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Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Batman: The Dark Knight #3 Story Page 45-46 Iconic Joker Death Original Art (DC, 1986).
In 1986, the world of comics was rocked by an earthquake that saw its old codes crumble and new ones emerge, spurred on by the genius of Miller and with the help of Dick Giordano at the editorial helm of DC Comics. The innovation of The Dark Knight Returns in its graphics and in its distinctly darker, more emotionally charged script, has left an indelible mark on comic book pop culture and is easily one of the most important comic series published in the US in the 1980s. In fact, the revolutionary series is now universally acknowledged as one of the most important stories in the history of American superhero comics, completely reinventing Batman and the Joker, DC’s most popular superhero and villain, and serving as the template for the characters ever since. And one of the key scenes in that series was the final showdown between the two archenemies, as seen here on these two mind-blowingly great consecutive pages. It’s a dramatic confrontation that ends with a powerful half-splash page panel of the injured Batman walking away from the still-smiling deceased Joker. These two pages alone represent the nirvana of this series, the final phase in the almost legendary confrontation between Batman and his arch-nemesis, the Joker, who will keep us smiling right to the end. In short, these two pages are the crème de la crème of any collection worthy of the name.
As is well documented, by this point in the series Miller began to make his own re-inked corrections to Janson’s finishes, sometimes as small paste-up patches, and sometimes as completely new inked pages, such as with this sequence. These two pages are the original Janson inks over Miller pencils, prior to Miller’s newly inked versions ultimately being used as the published art. The Dark Knight has long represented the pinnacle of original art collecting, and this is indisputably one of the key sequences in the entire series, both as conclusion and as the most memorable imagery from the storyline.
Striking in its layout, the pages were created in ink over graphite on bright white DC Bristol board with an image area of 11.25" x 17.25" each. These pages have been lightly taped to foam core backing boards. There is production tape residue in the margins. In Excellent condition.
Gerry Talaoc
Alan Davis
Sandy Plunkett
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Kristian Nygard
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Ardian Syaf
