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News: Walt Simonson's upcoming centuries-spanning Batman/Two-Face graphic novel "The Judas Coin"

Jan 27, 2012 14:47

So holy crap, DC has just announced that comics legend Walt Simonson is releasing a new graphic novel called The Judas Coin, featuring Batman and Harvey!

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Comments 19

straysheeper January 27 2012, 20:11:07 UTC

I honestly have noting to add other then HOLYFUCKINGSHITSOEXCITEDSQUEEEEE!!!

A western staring Batman and Two-Face and maybe Jonah Hex done by Walt Simonson!? May as well rename the comic Straysheepers Favorite Things: The Graphic Novel.

But seriously, that press release is pretty optimistic. Yay for addressing that Batman and Two-Face are dark mirrors to each other, something that's often paid lip service to but hasn't been explored as much. Plus at least with the western part, you have some very Harvey themes at work in terms of trying to establish order in a often lawless world.

about_faces January 27 2012, 20:15:09 UTC

Sadly, I doubt that Harvey and Batman will actually be in the western parts. From the title, I suspect the Judas Coin is some valuable object that Bat Lash encountered at some point and which Harvey is probably after in the modern day, but still, you get a western and a Two-Face story in one big book, plus who knows what else? Win-win all around!

But here, in the meantime, have this art to tide you over:

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straysheeper January 27 2012, 20:25:06 UTC

Awww, your probably right, kind of just saw Two-Face western and went into fan freak out mood. But yeah, it'll still be a lot of fun. Chocolate and peanut butter are fantastic together, but it's not so bad if you can only eat them separately. :P

Hahahaha hell yes that is amazing. I think the bat-logo on the holster is my favorite touch.

ext_262094 January 27 2012, 21:48:25 UTC

I look forward to this comic

eyeofthedivine January 27 2012, 22:23:07 UTC

wow this looks great, I can't wait til it comes out! Thank you for pointing me towards this entry ^_^

about_faces January 28 2012, 03:06:19 UTC

You're very welcome!

eyeofthedivine January 30 2012, 16:40:24 UTC

I needed some good news it really perked me up to read this ^_^.

kitewithfish January 27 2012, 22:59:47 UTC

Because you are the Chosen One.

about_faces January 27 2012, 23:56:08 UTC

I am the Pan!

straysheeper January 27 2012, 23:14:50 UTC

Also I'm sorry because this a ridiculously nitpicky point, but while that drawing is pretty great overall, I don't like Harvey's scarred eye being blue. The regular side yeah but it just doesn't work as well for the big bulgy rage eye. Prefer it to be like yellow or red, just a very strong color, just helps increase the contrast and makes the scarred eye stand out more.

But yeah, again, super duper minor and nitpicky. NERD. D:

about_faces January 28 2012, 00:46:37 UTC

You don't ever have to apologize for being nitpicky here! You're in very good in company! Hell, Harvey's eye color is one of my favorite recurring nits to pick! I always get annoyed when anyone colors his eyes brown, when they're canonically blue, but I always feel so silly for complaining about that.

I can totally understand why you prefer it that way, but personally, I kinda like both his eyes to match. I think it gives Harvey's face a small but vital bit of symmetry, that no matter how unrecognizable his scarred side may be, no matter how much his eye bulges out in a horrific fashion, it's still Harvey's eye, the same as its twin. Just a little something to offset the risk of Two-Face looking like a guy who's half-monster, you know what I mean?

psychopathicus January 28 2012, 01:24:01 UTC

Actually, I'm kind of on the fence about that. I mean, I get what you mean, but I've been wondering for a while now just how being splashed with acid would affect the human eye (besides quite possibly rendering it useless, of course). Assuming it got only a tiny sprinkling, might that not be enough to warp the surface of the cornea in some nasty way so that the eye itself appears quite different, perhaps even radically so? I've kind of toyed with the idea of Harvey's bad eye having a sort of roughly starburst-shaped iris and pupil in my personal canon - perhaps realistic, perhaps not; I don't know. It'd certainly LOOK cool, though.

straysheeper January 28 2012, 02:13:11 UTC

Yeah, I get what you mean too and it's a good point. It does add a little bit more humanity to Two-Face. I dig the asymmetrical eyes from a design standpoint, it just looks more striking to me, plus what Psychopathicus said about the acid affecting his eye.

And *whew*, glad to know I'm not alone when it comes to poking small details like that. Felt kind of embarrassed for bringing it up.