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Arkham City’s Collector’s Edition Is Fit For A Billionaire Playboy
This hasn’t been confirmed yet but if recent listings at GameStop and News via Best Buy are true then Arkham City’s collector’s edition sounds insanely cool. According to the retailers, the special edition will charge $99.99, and while that might sound a little steep it does come with some very cool things. Like most other collector’s editions this one will bring with it an art book, and it will also include exclusive early access to DLC, Gotham Knight animated content, and a premium statue produced by Kotobukiya.
That all sounds great but because I’ll take any opportunity to show off my nerd cred I’m most excited for the statue. I don’t know what it’ll look like but I can guarantee you that thing will be on my desk, dusted daily. Sadly, there aren’t any pictures so we can get a better idea of what this edition’s contents will look like but there’s a good chance that’ll reveal itself soon.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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