In 1989, Grant Morrison and Dave McKean‘s Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth graphic novel took Batman on a journey into the twisted heart of Gotham’s dwelling for the criminally insane. Next 12 months, cartoonist Yehudi Mercado will take a barely lighter method as he explores the place the pets of the darkish knight’s rogues go when their masters are locked up. DC has introduced Barkham Asylum, a brand new middle-grade graphic novel the follows Jester, The Joker’s canine, as he mounts a daring jail break.
Here’s how DC describes Barkham Asylum:
When the Super-Villains of Gotham get thrown into Arkham Asylum, their henchpets go to the maximum-security pound often called Barkham Asylum. Fur flies when Jester, The Joker’s canine, will get a tough-talking stray cat named Penny tossed into lockup with him. But they’ll should work collectively to determine what the evil Dr. Hugo Mange is as much as. And the one method to cease this terrifying team-up is to win the expertise present and get visitation with their masters at Arkham on the hill. Because the Joker is bound to assist! What may go flawed with that plan?
Barkham Asylum is the second DC graphic novel from Yehudi Mercado, who additionally wrote and illustrated final 12 months’s Shazam!: Thunderstruck middle-grade graphic novel. Mercado has additionally labored with the characters of the DC secure prior to now as a storyboard artist on the DC Superhero Girls cartoon net sequence.
In a press release asserting the brand new e book, cartoonist Yehudi Mercado described pulling from his personal life for the story, and the connection central to the story:
“When crafting this graphic novel, I pulled some inspiration from my own experience growing up,” stated creator Yehudi Mercado. “I used to be a category clown at school and on account of that, I spent quite a lot of time in detention. So I can type of relate to the lead canine, Jester, in my very own manner.
“All Jester wants is to make people laugh, so in his mind, his master isn’t such a bad guy. Locked up with him is an innocent stray cat named Penny, a loner who rejects Jester’s request to join his pack. But if they’re going to get out of this mess, they will have to team up. And if a stray cat and The Joker’s dog can get along, then maybe there’s hope for all of us!”
A canine and cat working collectively? Mass hysteria! These animals have to be as insane as their homeowners.
Check out some inside preview pages from the forthcoming graphic novel under. Barkham Asylum is due out in shops on Tuesday, February sixth, 2024.
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