Dan Hipp’s artwork is most frequently attributed to the type of Teen Titans Go! and now he has illustrated a variant cowl for an upcoming Joker subject.
The Joker is assembly Teen Titans Go! in an upcoming variant cowl for The Joker 2021 Annual. Dan Hipp’s type is most frequently attributed to the character designs of the rebranded Teen Titans, and is a superb match for the clown prince’s eccentric persona.
The upcoming subject returns to an earlier time in Commissioner James Gordon’s profession with the GCPD. Concurrently coping with marital points, corruption inside his division, and the most recent vigilante Batgirl, Jim is now confronted with the Joker’s havoc in Gotham. The annual subject is written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg with artwork by Francesco Francavilla. Whereas the story itself takes on a grittier 70s’ crime film vibe, Hipp’s variant brings a vibrant sense of life to the problem.
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The variant cowl for the The Joker 2021 Annual illustrated by Dan Hipp options the Joker in a knitted turtleneck sweater, holding a cup of tea as an homage to the Mad Hatter. On the Joker’s sweater are a wide range of pins of Batman’s mates and foes, together with Red Hood, Commissioner Gordon, Nightwing, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, and some others. Carrying his maniacal smile and staring on the reader, the Joker is virtually breaking the fourth wall.
As Francavilla’s inside artwork showcases a darkish, city metropolis, Hipp’s variant cowl proves how open Batman’s most beloved villain is to interpretation. Whether or not he’s the middle of a mature story following Gordon’s early days, or the antagonist in one among Batman’s adventures, the Joker transcends anyone demographic. Though the Joker written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg within the subject seems to take issues much less significantly than different iterations, Hipp’s take calls again to his Teen Titans Go! iteration of characters. The pins he wears depicting numerous characters from the DC Universe additionally look as in the event that they have been plucked from the present.
Nonetheless, the pins additionally appear to homage particular variations of every character, which is what Teen Titans Go! character designs typically did as properly. The model of Jim Gordon on Joker’s sweater, together with Two-Face, carefully resemble their interpretations from Batman: The Animated Collection, whereas Deathstroke homages Slade from Teen Titans, and Harley Quinn references her fashionable canon type. Hipp’s variant cowl is virtually a love letter to Gotham Metropolis and its villains, with Joker depicted as Batman’s biggest enemy. Dan Hipp’s Joker cowl will probably be obtainable when The Joker 2021 Annual releases on Tuesday, November 30.