Lee Bermejo Joker & Luthor

These are my pieces from the great Lee Bermejo.

Luthor was drawn/published in 2005.

Joker was drawn from 2006 to Feb. 2008 and published in Oct. 2008.

In an interview with Lee from Dec 1, 2005, he says:

Visually, I like the idea of the character [Joker] being played a lot darker and more disturbing as well. It’s difficult to realistically explain why the guy would have a huge grin on his face all the time. This is why I came up with the idea to actually scar his face to mirror the Joker smile. I remember seeing some police photos of the Black Dhalia and being genuinely disturbed by how her face was cut to look like a killer smile. After all, if this character was truly a crazy maniac why wouldn’t he do this to himself? Add a little smeared lipstick, white face paint, and purple eye-shadow and you have yourself one demented looking dude. [...] As far as clothing, maybe push the character a little more in the Tyler Durden direction. Give him a wardrobe that could be a little over the top but not look completely fabricated and silly.