This has been one of my all time favorite comics, and I
think will be in that slot for a while until I come across something so
groundbreaking again. The traditional and mixed media artwork done by Neil
Gaiman combined with the dark writing of Dave Mckean make for an excellent twist
of two remarkable artists.
What mark this comic as something remarkable are the images
on each page. Separately the pages are magnificent, showing the skill of a
painter and the visual language that is told on all panels. Neil Gaiman really
made an effort to have the story flow smoothly with Mckeans writing. This was
achieved partially from the many different texts that they used on every page.
The feeling that the artwork gives me is filled with emotion of darkness, rage
and depression, and it is mostly shown in the colors and mark making. One of my
personally favorite parts of the comic are when the joker has seized the asylum
and calls batman to tell him that he has a girl in front him who wants to be an
artist, The Joker then mentions he will blind the girl with her own pencil.
This scene gave a feeling of just how insane The Joker is, along with the art visually
describing the chaos depicted in the scene.
After seeing Neil Gaimans and Dave Mckeans work combined
together to cultivate a true masterpiece I’m definitely going to be looking
forward to reading other comics with there names on it.
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