Joker #[nn]

Lee Bermejo's uncomfortably close portrait of the Joker — all rotting teeth, scarred lips, and sickly pallor — makes this Dutch edition of the acclaimed graphic novel an arresting object to hold. Bermejo handles pencils, inks, and colors entirely on his own, and that total authorial control shows in every unsettling texture of this cover. Brian Azzarello's name shares the billing, promising the sharp, street-level writing that defines this dark take on Gotham's most dangerous mind.