The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3 p.20 - Winter Beauties! Mariska Hargitay

The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3 p.20 - Winter Beauties! Mariska HargitayNOTE: These pages measure 16. 5" x 21", slightly larger than twice up size! This page is a lovely breather in the middle of all the tension. Perkins shifts gears into a bright, bustling winter tableau, and the inks make the snowfall feel real. The establishing shot at the top has that classic midcentury holiday charm, with the big tree anchoring the scene and the crowd giving it a livedin warmth. But the real stars here are the women in the middle

or something far more dangerous

though because it wasn't used as the cover to a crime fiction novel

Mixed Media on 1/8" Illustration BoardThis is the original painting published as the paperback cover to a reprinting of the classic

quiet vulnerability of a man finally choosing a life over a mission

while a single glowing window hints at unseen danger

this is the one you need

making it a quintessential example of Good Girl Art (GGA)

) are the only real way to affordably own original art featuring important and classic tropes of the characters we love so much

allowing Joe Jusko to handle that task in the final painting

at least in Ronald's case

Pencilled by Mike Collins and inked by Larry Mahlstedt

created for the Ithaca Journal Leisure section and published on April 16