Tag: The Joker 75th Anniversary

Frontline Spotlight: Joker

Comic Frontline

By: Jess, Fictional Planet So… I am in fact alive, I just have been too busy to breathe.  I am breathing now.  Coulson was in fact not present for my re-breathing ceremony. So after all the hoopla about the new Joker.. we may as well delve into him, shall we? (sidenote:  I don’t know what to think of it, maybe it was intended). After reading Batman: Hush, I really got into the actual comic Joker.  Joker is definitely one of the more known Batman villains. Such a nice guy. Perhaps the…

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So, How Over Reactive Is This?

Jay

Recently variant covers have been coming under fire for their treatment of the women on them. This really exploded last year when Marvel released the solicitations for Spider-Woman #1 which featured the now infamous “Spider-Butt” cover by Italian artist Milo Manara. That was followed recently by Bleeding Cool calling out IDW for the Dheeraj Verma variant to G.I. Joe #6 that featured the Baroness’ booty. Which brings us to this article, where Bleeding Cool once again calls out a publisher for featuring a variant cover with “a very disturbing sexual overtone.”…

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