Compared to the original cover, that is pretty badly drawn, quite a poor homage.
And I am not "emotionally involved": I do not read DCs…
couldnt disagree more, but hey, thats art for ya right?
Clever concept with better light+shadow renderings on #58
Sketchier? yes, but sometimes less is more.. The central character, joker in this instance, sticks out more than deathstroke in #1, mainly due to the color scheme.
I prefer this to the Mike Zeck cover, and I am a HUGE Zeck fan
I mostly meant the styles have little to do with each other (and when you do such kind of homages they have to adhere to the original), although I still believe that the Deathstroke cover is drawn a lot better.
That Joker also, regardless if one likes this caricatural approach, has a big head, it makes it hardly recognizable for a casual reader which is not familiar with the original cover. But again, this is an "inside homage"… not for readers, I guess.