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Comics More on the cultural vandalism front: artist Brian Bolland has recoloured his artwork for The Killing Joke, Alan Moore's classic Batman graphic novel and the edition will be the only version available. Bolland says that he's creating his original intentions but I can't see much difference between this colourising Citizen Kane.

True, the new version looks more realistic (whatever that means) and in keeping with the latest methods in comic art, but I always thought the point of the book was that it looked like the comic books of the time, bright colours included, but had a much starker, darker level of storytelling, particularly in the portrayal of The Joker. To my eyes, that loses its impact in the new imagery. I wonder what Alan thinks about this.