Meet and Magritte Chris Burnham’s Magnifique Cover to BATMAN & ROBIN #26

I usually hold back and post the best covers for a weekly roundup upon their release, but this…C'est magnifique! 

Courtesy of DC's The Source Blog, check out Chris Burnham's surrealist cover to Batman & Robin #26, due out in August. Note the…ahem…clockwork orange. 
 


We've got Magritte. We've got Dali. A little Kubrick. Maybe even a little Inception. And a whole lot of Burnham, which is the important thing. Superstar status: unlocked. 

From DC: 

Someone’s freed the lunatics from Le Jardin Noir, France’s equivalent to Arkham Asylum, and they’ll turn Paris into a living nightmare unless Batman and Robin can get there to stop them.

Sounds like a great issue, and writer David Hine is paired with two really exciting artists here. In addition to cover artist Chris Burnham, Batman & Robin #26 features interior art by the sensational Greg Tocchini (The Last Days of American Crime). 

Vive la France! 

Comments

  1. gobo gobo says:

    *slow clap*

  2. vadamowens vadamowens says:

    I’m disappointed about Hine, but the art may carry it.

  3. stuclach stuclach says:

    Incredible.

    (I wonder if the issue will feature the McDonald’s and/or Apple store at the bottom of the Louvre’s glass pyramid?) 

  4. wangman31888 wangman31888 says:

    Lol this reminds me of a certain Doom Patrol story arc

  5. s1lentslayer s1lentslayer says:

    This takes removing the log out of your eye to another level.

  6. @wangman31888  Was thinking the same thing. Wonder if they’ll reference it.

  7. scherem scherem says:

    Covers like this make me miss Seth Fisher.

  8. PraxJarvin PraxJarvin says:

    Burnham and Tocchini, yay! David Hine… mixed feelings. This is an awesome cover.

  9. If Mr. Burnham is reading this, then know this is a cover I’ll buy straight up regardless of the inside work (which I am sure Tocchini will do great on – I loved his American Crime). I’ll want a print of this please.

  10. martinNL martinNL says:

    Great cover. Looks like a scene from Inception. If the comic’s anywhere near as good as that film it’s going to be an awesome issue!

  11. @scherem  amen to that!

  12. That’s an amazing cover.

    So I guess Tomasi and Gleason are not coming back? That’s a major bummer. Still, David Hine has been a bit of a underrated writer for Batman in the past couple of years. His Azrael work shows that…..I guess I’ll stay on board long enough to get this cover. 

  13. edward edward says:

    Ah… paris

  14. BatMantis BatMantis says:

    Tres bien.  It’s been a long time since I’ve just stared at a cover for so long.  And I’m not even done yet. 

  15. If only David Hine wasn’t aboard, I’d buy it. I dropped this title mid-Gleason.

  16. MegaPhilip MegaPhilip says:

    Now that’s a thing of beauty! 

  17. ukblueky says:

    Whats with all the David Hine hate? He is a trememdous writer.If only Morrison had half the talent he did.

  18. Funcrusher Funcrusher says:

    @ukblueky  if that is sarcasm it is extremely funny!

  19. MegaPhilip MegaPhilip says:

    @ukblueky  …I’m with Funcrusher, really hope you’re being sarcastic. I let out a big laugh when I read it but couldn’t tell if you were serious.

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