I've always been a fan of the classic Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez cover to
Batman 321, which is one of those covers that just leapt of the shelf at you as you walked past.
So, you may view this as a blasphemy, but with deep and sincere apologies to the magnificent Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez, when I won a recent e-bay cover recreation commission from Greg Kirkpatrick, I asked if he would modify it a little... well, a lot actually.
First off, what theme and what villain could I use? Well, it couldn't be the Joker, it had to be someone else. And it had to be a villain with a REAL mad on for Robins, and an iconic look (for better or worse).
Well, the most Robin-obsessive villain to me is
Crazy Quilt... and after that the rest was easy. The Joker could have a birthday cake, but a villain who could only see bright dazzling colours, with an obsession over the brightly coloured sidekick and a penchant for light and lasers as a weapon.... where ELSE could it be but a disco... but not only a disco.. a
DISCO OF DOOM!So as the talent was his, bouquets to Mr Kirkpatrick if you like it, but as the concept was mine, brickbats at me if you don't!
