BRIAN BOLLAND'S BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE AND OTHER STORIES AND ART GALLERY EDITION HC (PRE-ORDER)
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Expected on Sep 23, 2024
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PUBLISHERGRAPHITTI DESIGNS
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ARTISTBrian Bolland
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ISBN9781779529800
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RELEASE DATESEPTEMBER 24, 2024
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The art of Brian Bolland has been a high-point for comic fans for over forty years. Scanned at actual-size from the original art, this deluxe, hardcover collection follows Bollands career featuring his DC Comics work from his early 1980s covers and stories to his current covers. This once in a lifetime gathering of Bollands art comprises the finest presentation and the definitive compilation of his body of work. This will be a 280 page, large-format (13 x 20) hardcover book that will include three 2-page foldouts and seven vellum inserts, with similar paper stock and production values to the previous Graphitti Designs Gallery Editions. Besides featuring the complete Batman: The Killing Joke story from 1988, the BRIAN BOLLAND-BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE and Other Stories & Art Gallery Edition will also include: Afterword by Brian Bolland Introduction by Richard Starkings An Innocent Guy from BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE #4 (8 pages) Certified Safe from MYSTERY IN SPACE #115 (7 pages) Freeway of Fun Fear! from THE OUTSIDERS #18 (8 pages) The Princess & the Frog from HEART THROBS #1 (5 pages) The Prince& the Witch from HEART THROBS #1 (1 page) Story pages from JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #200 (5 pages) Story pages from BATMAN #400 (9 pages) More than 100 pages of black & white and color cover art from WONDER WOMAN, CAMELOT 3000, ANIMAL MAN, ROBIN, BATMANand much more. Miscellaneous art and pin-ups including the two-page spreads of CAMELOT 3000 and GREEN LANTERN CORPS from DC COMICS WHOS WHO. Gallery of assorted UK, convention, pencil roughs and preliminary artwork. A new Digital Gallery section showcasing Bollands current work, annotated by Brian.
