Brian Bolland don't know guns.
Apparently I can't comment here, (well, maybe anonymously) so my LJ gets another "The Killing Joke" entry. Yay.
Following on Ostrander's comments, TKJ read to me as if they had started out drawing the Joker killing Barbara, then had to put her back in later in the script. I would think editorial was skittish after killing off Supergirl & Aquagirl. But the use of the camera motif on the cover, & the "fetish photo shoot" scene, imply that they meant her to be crippled all along. I suppose as Brits, they don't have any understand of guns, or what a gutshot does.
Following on Ostrander's comments, TKJ read to me as if they had started out drawing the Joker killing Barbara, then had to put her back in later in the script. I would think editorial was skittish after killing off Supergirl & Aquagirl. But the use of the camera motif on the cover, & the "fetish photo shoot" scene, imply that they meant her to be crippled all along. I suppose as Brits, they don't have any understand of guns, or what a gutshot does.