20 Mar, 2008
The $17.99 price tag is kinda hefty for a slim hardcover like this, but the new coloring — by artist Brian Bolland himself — on DC’s just-released Killing Joke Anniversary Edition is really impressive! Check the scans below and you’ll notice that the new coloring is often a subtractive process, making everything look less gaudy and more refined. Interestingly, the yellow oval on the Bat logo has been removed everywhere.
I might just have to buy this (especially since I gave my copy away years ago…)!
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- chanzero
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6 Responses to "Brian Bolland on The Killing Joke Remastered"
1 | MaGnUs
Looks good, but I think they muted the colors a tad too much, particularly the green in Joker’s hair.
2 | Geoff
I agree, it does look but they seemed to go overboard with the new look. It’s not so much re-colored as it is DE-colored.
3 | timothy b
trying to be a frank miller movie… why change something great…..
5 | Omar F.
Original Colors were Great! Of course new technologies added a lot to the industry, and we could make a greater colorig on this art piece, but without changing the original intention of the story. And I feel that this color key changes too much the atmosphere of the tale turning it to a another different direction. As an example, the Water/Tears of the Joker when he comes out of the Acid, now it turns into Blood??? Why??
Thanks!
O.
6 | AstoX
I think that the re-mastered version is much better. The flashbacks and Red Hood have much more impact and I always thought the yellow oval made him seem like a Golden-Era hero when I imagined Batman as a dark, brooding character, the oval doesn’t suit him but I feel that the Joker reveal would of been better if it was left untouched. (All the colors are dull until you see the Joker’s face) It would of had much more imact and effect.