Although he claims to want power and money when he confronts Two Face and his peers, he really seems just to enjoy playing with people-shooting them, setting them on fire or skinning them alive. Newly released from Arkham Asylum, he begins disorganizing the criminal establishment of Gotham City. Rather than a natty Clown Prince of Crime, this Joker looks like a glam rocker gone to toxic seed. From Publishers Weekly:īuilding on Heath Ledgers performance in The Dark Knight (although long before the movies debut), Azzarello creates a memorably cringe-worthy story. Bermejo has illustrated the covers to the line of Vertigo Crime graphic novels, beginning with Filthy Rich, written by Brian Azzarello, and Dark Entries, written by Ian Rankin. He has also worked on Hellblazer with Mike Carey and Global Frequency with Warren Ellis.

He collaborated with acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello on the graphic novels Joker and Luthor, and worked with writer John Arcudi on the Superman feature in Wednesday Comics. Lee Bermejo began drawing comics in 1997 for WildStorm Studios in San Diego at age 19. Rock: Between Hell and A Hard Place with Joe Kubert Filthy Rich with Victor Santos and most recently the all-new ongoing series Wonder Woman with Cliff Chiang. Azzarello’s other work for DC includes Hellblazer and Loveless with Marcelo Frusin Dark Knight III: The Master Race with Frank Miller, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Janson Superman: For Tomorrow with Jim Lee Joker and Luthor with Lee Bermejo Sgt. He is the author of Jonny Double, Batman: Broken City, and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 Bullets, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s.

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