Bat-stuff all over the place...

My inker, Marc Deering sent me this file, so I thought I'd share.  All ten pages of our story from the 80-Page Giant...

Also, today is the day that Detective Comics Annual #12 hits shelves ... so here's a peek at a two-page spread from the Question backup story I did for that.  Inks by Ryan Winn, color by Jose Villarrubia!

Color!

Alright, I can't help it ... this blog needs some color!

Inks by Marc Deering, color by Jose Villarrubia ... in stores today!

And here ... we ... go.

At last!  The book you've been waiting for!  The one that will change your life!  No, really!

Okay, so maybe not.  But still, I'm pretty proud of this story.  In stores today, as part of DC's new Batman 80-Page Giant, is a story I did with Brad Desnoyer, Marc Deering and Jose Villarrubia, and with a really nifty cover by Dustin Nguyen.  Below are Dustin's cover, as well as a few of the pencilled pages ... I may post some of the finished art later on...

Batman 80-page Giant...

Fresh from Newsarama, here's the solicit for the Joker story I recently finished...

BATMAN 80-PAGE GIANT 2010 #1


Written by BRAD DESNOYER, MATT MANNING, MANDY MACMURRAY, JOHN STANISCI, PAUL TOBIN and PETER MIRIANI

Art by LEE FERGUSON, GARRY BROWN, MATT SOUTHWORTH, RYAN KELLY and SZYMON KUDRANSKI

Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN

Some of the most promising new talent in comics are corrupted by the most depraved villains in Gotham City in this all-new special featuring The Joker, the Riddler, Calendar Man, Scarecrow, and yes, even Humpty Dumpty! It’s seven short stories, all in one giant issue! The joke’s on you if you think you’ll make it out of this alive!

ONE-SHOT • On sale DECEMBER 1 • 80 pg, FC, $5.99 US

Miranda Mercury!

...so the Joker story is a wrap, getting inks and colors by a couple of tremendously talented guys, and I am back to drawing Miranda Mercury.  The home stretch for volume one, now ... I hope to have it done in just a couple of months.  But I've been told my loyal readers (all four of you) want to see something new, and I am one who likes to please the masses, so...

Here's a couple of final (for now) peeks at the Joker pencils:

...along with a look at everyone's (soon-to-be) favorite sci-fi heroine: